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8.

to^  s7uÄv"  pel
tribes^  ofdecision  will  exercise  a  very  salutary  effect  on  the  maritime
f^  Brigadier  Coghlan,  that  a  duly  qualified  British  Agent  be  appointed  to
Muscat.  His  Excellency  in  Council  very  heartily  concurs  in  all  that  Brigadier  Coo-hlan
has  urged  upon  this  subject,  with  the  exception  that  he  is  not  inclined  to  think  that  beneht
  will  arise  fr^  the  proposed  arrangement  of  making  the  Agent  at  Muscat  entirely  independent ­
  of  the  Resident  in  the  Persian  Gulf.  But  he  thinks  that  for  the  present  the  independence ­
  now  existing  should  be  maintained,  and  he  will  hereafter  have  the  honour  of
proposes  for  the  improved  arrangement  of  our  several  agencies
at  Aden,  Zanzibar,  Muscat,  and  Bushire.
24.  Brigadier  Coghlan  concludes  his  valuable  report  with  a  warm  and  well-merited
expression  of  his  gratitude  to  the  Bey.  Mr.  Badger.  The  Honourable  the  Governor  in
Council  would  earnestly  commend  this  accomplished  scholar  to  the  iirotection  of  the
Bight  Honourable  the  Governor  General.  It  would  be  very  difficult  to  over-estimate
the  solid  usefulness  of  Mr.  Badger’s  services  during  his  long  residence  in  Aden.  The
requisition  for  his  presence  with  the  Persian  Expeditionary  Force,  and  for  his  association
with  the  Zanzibar  Commission,  indicate  the  high  opinion  of  his  ability  entertained  by
officers  so  well  qualified  to  judge  as  Sir  James  Outram  and  Brigadier  Coo-hlan  This
Government  has  recently  suggested  to  Her  Majesty’s  Secretary  of  State  the^ropriety  of
erfrag,ig  the  study  of  the  Arabm  language  and  literature  in  England,  bytheÁtaWishment
  of  a  Professor  s  chair  in  one  of  our  seats  of  leaiming.  The  Honourable  the  Goveimor
in  Council  would  solicit  the  support  of  the  Bight  Honourable  the  Governor  General  to
us  lecommendation  and  his  advocacy  of  the  pre-eminent  claims  of  the  Bev.  Mr.  Bado-er
to  the  distinction  of  being  the  first  professor.  ®
25.  In  committing  this  important  case  to  the  final  decision  of  the  Bight  Honourable  the
Governor  General,  the  Honourable  the  Governor  in  Council  feels  it  his  duty  to  submit  to
li^  Eordship  s  favourable  consideration  the  valuable  services  of  Brigadier  Coohlan.  That
officer  IS  about  to  retire,  on  account  of  impaired  health,  temporarily,  it  may  be  permanently.
  from  trie  important  position  which  he  has  long  held  with  such  conspicuous  ability
at  Aden.  Ihe  capacity  and  resource  which  he  has  exhibited  in  many  difficult  coniunc-^res
  have  elicited  the  cordial  acknowledgments  of  the  Government  of  India,  and  the
close  of  a  castinguished  career.  The  late  Lord  Elphinstone  recommended  Brigadier
Coghlan  s  services  to  the  favourable  consideration  of  Her  Majesty’s  Government  and  the
recommendation  was  supported  by  the  Bight  Honourable  the  Governor  General.  The
numerous  claims  to  reward  which  existed  on  the  other  side  of  India,  it  may  be  presumed
prevented  the  recognition  at  that  time  cf  Brigadier  Coghlan’s  merits  ;  but  the  Honourable

(signed)

4  February  1861.

G.  Clerk.
W.  R.  Mansfidà.
H.  W.  Reeves.
W.  R.  Frere.

(No.  1532.)
From  the  Officiating  Secretary  to  the  Government  of  India  to  the  Chief  Secretary  to
the  Government  of  Bombay.

Sir,

Foreign  Department,  Fort  'William,
2  April  1861.

T  „  ,1  1  ,  2  April  1861.
I  HAVE  the  honour  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  letter.  No.  Ô,  dated  15th
February,  submitting  a  report  by  Brigadier  Coghlan  on  the  differences  existing  between
his  Highness  Syud  Thoweynee  of  Muscat  and  his  Highness  Syud  Majeed  of  Zanzibar
together  with  a  copy  of  the  resolution  recorded  thereon  by  the  Bombay  Government.  '
2.  In  reply,  I  am  directed  to  state  that  his  Excellency  the  Governor  General  in
Council  agrees  to  the  three  conditions  of  settlement  recommended  in  the  resolution  of  the
Bombay  Government,  paragraph  16.
3.  The  limitation  to  80,000  crowns  of  the  arrears  of  subsidy  to  be  paid  bv  Zanzibar  +n
Muscat  IS  expedient,  because  it  names  a  distinct  sum.  In  the  opinion  of  hi^  Excellency
in  Council,  the  demand  should  be  made  rather  in  the  form  of  a  compromise  than  as  the
X^mable''^''  ''  understood,  also,  that  the  aggregate  amount  of  the  arrears
claimable  would  not  much  exceed  this  sum.
4.  The  three  conditions  will  constitute  the  decision  of  the  Governor  General  as  arbitrator ­
  ;