Zanzibar Protectorate Blue Book

This is the Zanzibar Protectorate Blue Book for 1918, a government administrative document detailing the protectorate's fiscal and regulatory framework. The publication comprehensively outlines taxation structures, including customs duties on imported goods (7.5% ad valorem on merchandise, with higher rates on spirits), export duties on clove stems and other local produce, and port dues. It establishes licensing fees for various occupations—beach porters, brokers, goldsmiths, hawkers, money lenders, and ship brokers—and vehicle registration charges for motor cars, carriages, and other transport. The document specifies court fees for civil matters, bankruptcy proceedings, probate applications, and ordinary suits, systematized by case value. Administrative sections cover native vessel registration, boat licensing, and various commodity tariffs. This reference work served as the official record of Zanzibar's revenue sources and administrative regulations under British protectorate authority.