Die Theorie der Volkswirtschaft

Report from the Select Committee on Slave Trade (East Coast of Africa); together with the proceedings of the Committee, minutes of evidence, appendix and index

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URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-76808

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Author:: Maslov, Petr http://d-nb.info/gnd/123876184

Title:: Die Theorie der Volkswirtschaft

Place of publication:: Leipzig

Publisher:: Verlag von Arthur Kade

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 293 Seiten)

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ON SLAVE TRADE (EAST COAST OF AFRICA). 125 Appendix, No. 8. PAPERS RELATING TO BRITISH ARBITRATION BETWEEN MUSCAT AND ZANZIBAR. (No. 67 of 1860.—Secret Department.) From H. L» Anderson, Esq., Secretary to Government, Bombay, to Brigadier W. M. Coyhlan, Political Resident at Aden-, dated 1st March 1860. Sir, It being of the utmost consequence to our maritime interests that an impartial officer should be appointed to inquire into, and report on, the merits of a dispute existing between his Highness Syud Thoweynee, the ruler of Muscat, and his Highness Syud Majeed, the ruler of Zanzibar, I am directed to intimate to you that the Right Honourable the Governor in Council has been pleased to entrust to you this important duty. 2. With this view, I am desired to forward to you the accompanying copies of pro ceedings, which will place you in possession of the grounds of dispute between the par ties; the political occurrences which have arisen out of them; and the measures adopted by this Government for effecting an adjustment of the matters at issue. 3. You will perceive from these proceedings that both the rulers have agreed to accept an arbitration by the Governor General between them, and that the formal consent of the ruler of Muscat has been obtained to abide by the decision of that authority. 4. To facilitate your inquiries, the Right Honourable the Governor in Council con siders it desirable that Mr. Rassam should be deputed to Muscat to act as British Agent at that place. In announcing this appointment, I am desired to intimate that it is only temporary, and that the question of remuneration to that officer will be settled hereafter. In the meantime Mr. Rassam will be permitted to draw, in addition to his salary of rupees (300) three hundred per mensem as your assistant, rupees (150) one hundred and fifty per mensem as British agent, and a further sum of rupees (50) fifty per mensem for a writer and boat hire. 5. With Colonel Rigby at Zanzibar and Mr. Rassam at Muscat, and the aid of tele graphic communication with the latter officer, the Right Honourable the Governor in Council doubts not that you will be able to complete the duty entrusted to you in a short time. I have, &c. (signed) H. L. Anderson, Secretary to Government. (No. 46 of 1860.—Secret Department.) (No. 180 of 1860.) From Brigadier W. M. Coghlan, Political Resident and Commandant, Aden, to H. L. Anderson, Esq., Secretary to Government, Bombay, dated 3rd April 1860. Sir, I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter (No. 67 of 1860, in the Secret Department), apprising me that the Right Honourable the Governor in Council had been pleased to appoint me to the duty of examining into, and reporting on, the merits of a dispute existing between Syud Thoweynee, of Muscat, and Syud Majeed, of Zanzibar. 2. A careful perusal of the correspondence which accompanied the letter under reply has suggested a difficulty to my mind, in connection with the investigation thus entrusted to me, which I deemed it important to submit without delay for authoritative solution. 3. I cannot better describe the nature of this difficulty than by quoting several passages from the correspondence referred to. 4. In the opening letter from the British Agent at Zanzibar, dated 17th February (No. 19 of 1859), he evidently regards Syud Majeed as the de jure as well as the de facto sovereign of that island and its African dependencies. Speaking of the causes which led Syud Thoweynee to undertake hostilities against the territories of Zanzibar, he asserts the claim of Syud Majeed to the absolute sovereignty of those possessions in these words:— After he (Majeed) has ruled them with undisputed right since his father’s death.” In the Resolution of the Honourable Board on this letter, dated 22nd April 1859, the basis for an arrangement is suggested : “ If the ruler of Muscat could be induced to abandon his pretentions on receiving an annual subsidy from his brother.” 0.116. Q 3 5. Further: Appendix, No. 8.

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