§ ME. KENDAL O'BRIEN (Tipperary, Mid.)To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received any complaints or evidence that vacancies 259 in the Sultan of Zanzibar's Government have been farmed by His Majesty's officials serving in Zanzibar.
(Answered by Secretary Sir Edward Grey.) The Answer to this Question is in the negative.
§ MR. KENDAL O'BRIENTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether he will place upon the Table a statement of the reasons which actuated His Majesty's Government to terminate the services of Mr. A. S. Rogers, lately Regent and Prime Minister to the Sultan of Zanzibar; and if such dismissal had the approval or sanction of the Sultan, under whom the Regent was serving.
(Answered by Secretary Sir Edward Grey) His Majesty's late Government advised the Sultan of Zanzibar to terminate the arrangement under which Mr. Rogers was acting as First Minister, in pursuance of the policy initiated on the death of the late Sultan of strengthening their direct control over the internal administration of the country. The Sultan is bound, by the conditions he agreed to on his accession, to follow loyally and faithfully the advice given him by His Majesty's Agent and Consul-General in all matters relating to the government and administration of the Sultanate. There are no Papers which could usefully be laid on the subject.