'Further Papers respecting the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and the System Pursued for its Suppression' [‎89r] (45/50)

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No. 26.
Mr. Otway to Mr. Hamilton.
Sir, Foreign Office, October 23, 1869.
IN reply to your letter of the 2nd instant I am directed by the Earl of Clarendon
to request that you will inform the Lords of the Treasury that in the year 1863 the
Sultan of Zanzibar undertook to prohibit entirely the transport of slaves from port to port
within his dominions during the months of January, February, March, and April, when the
Northern Arabs from the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Red Sea frequent the coasts of the Sultan's
territories for the purpose of procuring slaves.
Lord Clarendon is not aware that the Sultan has extended that prohibition to the
remaining months of the year; and it would appear by his letter to Mr. Churchill
of December last that he has not done so, as he therein demands " that the British navy
should no longer molest the ships of our subjects found between the limits within which
the carrying of slaves is allowed, namely, from Keelwa to Lamoo, save during the four
months at which time, in accordance with the wishes of the British Government, we have
prohibited the carrying of slaves in our own dominions."
I am, &c.
(Signed) ARTHUR OTWAY.
No. 27.
Mr. Otway to Mr. Hamilton.
Sir, Foreign Office, October 23, 1869.
I AM directed by the Earl of Clarendon to transmit to you, to be laid before the
Lords of the Treasury, copies of two Orders in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , granting among other rights of
jurisdiction to Her Majesty's Consuls in Muscat and Madagascar, the powers ordinarily
given to Yice-Admiralty Courts in Her Majesty's possessions abroad in regard to Slave
Trade matters; and I am to request that you will move their Lordships to refer these
Orders to their legal advisers on Slave Trade matters, with a view to the preparation of
enactments granting to the Vice-Admiralty Courts in Muscat and Madagascar, powers in
regard to bounties and the adjudication of Slave Trade cases similar to those given to the
Court at Zanzibar, by the Act of last Session entitled " The Slave Trade Jurisdiction
(Zanzibar) Act."
I am, &c.
(Signed) ARTHUR OTWAY.
No. 28.
Memorandum by Mr. Churchill respecting Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa,
Information. Suggestions.
1. In the Indian Ocean dhows are en
gaged in the Slave Trade from the south
point of Madagascar, and the southern end
of the Portuguese Colony of Mozambique,
to the upper extremity of the Persian
Gulf.
The nationalities to which the said dhows
belong, are the following: Portuguese, Mal-
gash, French, Johanna, Mohilla, Zanzibar,
Kutch, Somali, Turkish, Muskat, Persian
Gulf, Soor, and Makulla.
As a rule, large dhows when new do not
engage in the Slave Trade ; it is only when
a vessel has become worthless that she is
employed in this traffic, for the good reason,
that if she is captured the loss sustained
thereby is inconsiderable. There is little in
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