Germany, America, France, and Arabia. British trade with Zanzibar is included in the returns for East African Native States, and as Abyssinia is excluded these refer almost entirely to Zanzibar, and the mainland formerly belonging to it. The export from these States in 1888 to Great Britain amounted to 69,0887., and the imports from Great Britain to 80,8187. In 1888, 145 vessels entered the port, of which 51 were British, 10 German, 17 French, 4 American, 58 Zanzibari. There is a special coinage issued under the Sultan's authority, of which the Maria Theresa dollar is the unit; but the British Indian rupee is the coin now universally current, though in all business transactions the dollar (about 28. 10d.) is the standard of value. The dollar has a fixed value of 2 rupees 2 annas. British Agent and Consul-General.-Col. Euan Smith, C.B., C.S.I. Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Zanzibar. 1. OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS. Correspondence respecting Sir Bartle Frere's Mission to the East Coast of Africa, 1872-73. London, 1873. Hertslet's Treaties. Correspondence relating to Zanzibar. London, 1886. Further Correspondence relating to Zanzibar. London, 1887 and 1888. Reports on the Slave Trade of the East Coast of Africa (Africa, No. 7), 1887-88. Correspondence respecting Germany and Zanzibar. 1888 and 1889. The German White Books. Report on the Trade of Zanzibar in 'Reports of the Consuls of the United States,' No. 45. Washington, 1884 Report by Consul-General Kirk on the Trade and Commerce of Zanzibar for 1881, in 'Reports of H.M.'s Consuls,' Part XIII. London, 1882. Annual Statement of the Finance of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions, for 1888. London, 1889. East Africa Pilot. 2. NON-OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS. Burton (Capt. R. F.), The Lake Regions of Central Africa. London, 1860. Zanzibar 2 vols. London, 1862. Decken (Baron C. C. von der), Reisen in Ost-Afrika. Leipzig, 1869-70. Deutsche Kolonial-Zeitung. 1888-9. Fischer (G. A.) Mehr Licht im dunkeln Weltteil. Hamburg, 1885. Johnston (Keith), Africa. London, 1878. Johnston (H. H.), Kilimanjaro. London, 1885. Krapf (J. L.), Travels during an Eighteen Years' Residence in East Africa. London, 1860. Owen (Capt. W. F. W.), Narrative of Voyage to Explore the Shores of Africa, &c. 2 vols. London, 1833. Schmidt (K. W.), Sansibar. Leipzig, 1888. Stanley (H. M.), Through the Dark Continent. 2 vols. London, 1878. Thomson (Joseph), To the Central African Lakes and Back. 2 vols. London, 1881. Thomson (Joseph), Through Masai Land. London, 1885. Wilson (Rev. C. T.) and Felkin (R. W.), Uganda and the Egyptian Soudan. 2 vols. London, 1882. |