ABSTRACT
No. 39.-Notes on the ZANZIBAR PROTEOTORATE. 1861-1908, The dominions of Zanzibar were formerly a dependency of Muscat,
but became independent under an Award delivered by the Governor.. General of India on the 2nd April, 1861, for the settlement of differences between the Sultans of Muscat and Zanzibar. (See p. 326.)
Consular jurisdiction had been acquired by the United States of America as early as 1833 (see Treaty, p. 328), by France in 1844 (see p. 315), and by Great Britain and other European Powers later. Recognition by Great Britain, France and Germany of Independence 01
Zanzibar. On the 10th l\'Iarch, 1862, a Declaration was signed by Great Britain
and France engaging reciprocally to respect the independence of the Sultans of Muscat and Zanzibar (see GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE p. 718); and by Agreements between Great Britain and Germany of the 29th October and 1st November, 1886, the sovereignty of the Sultan of Zanzibar was recognised (see GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY, p. 882); the Delegates of the three Powers, Great Britain, France and Germany, having previously on the 9th June, 1886, having signed a Proces-Verbal recording their unanimous opinion with reference to the maritime, littoral and continental possessions of the Sultan of Zanzibar. (See G-REAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY, p. 874.)
Limits 01 Zanzibar Dominions. On the :+~ December, 1886, an Agreement was signed bet,veen
Great Britain and Zanzibar defining the limits of the Sultan's dominions, viz. : Islands of Zanzibar, Pemba, Lamu, and Mafia, and on the coast from Tunghi Bay to Kipini and the Benadir PortfJ to th.e north. (See p. 304.)
Accession 01 Zanzibar to Berlin Act. The Sultan of Zanzibar adhered to the II Berlin Act" of 1885,
with a reservation as to free trade, 8th November, 1886 (p. 314), but the reservation was withdrawn and Zanzibar placed under the free trade provisions of Art. I of the .A.ct on the 22nd June, 1892. (See p.
