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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [282] (324/733)
The record is made up of 1 volume (364 folios). It was created in 1856. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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282
VISIT TO ZANZIBAR.
is at Ihe foot of a white round tower, which stands near the custom
house, on the point of the town,—it cannot well be called a castle. It
consists of a square fort or prison, with four walls, and a small tower in
each corner; the guns, eight or nine in number, are out of condition,
and outside of the tower close to the beach : a jolly boat would
take it, or knock it down. It is said His Highness intends to build a
new fort.
In concluding this statement of my proceedings, I feel it my duty to
state that His Highness the Imaum, during our stay at Zanzibar, con
tinued to send off' daily a bullock, with vegetables, and fruit sufficient
for the officers and ship's company, and completed us with wood and
water, for which His Highness would not receive any payment. The
morning before our departure, his interpreter came to say that His
Highness had 8,000 dollars, which he wished to send to Bombay, and
he would pay me the freight. After the generous manner in which
we had been treated, and the munificent offer of a seventy-four to His
Majesty, I thought I should ill represent my king, or the generosity of
my country, by receiving freight on so small a sum; I therefore, in
return, declined payment, and received the 8,000 dollars, without freight,
to be landed at Bombay.
List of the Ships of War belonging- to His Highness the Imaum oj
Muskat, with their Force, Tonnage, Age, State, and Condition,
laying at Zanzibar.
Built.
Tons.
State.
Remarks, icc.
Names.
Quality.
Guns.
When.
Where.
Liverpool....
Ship.
74
1826
Bombay.
1800
Good.
Hull in good condition. Her
masts are struck and stripped,
except the lower masts, and
her yards are lore and aft ou
the booms. She has about
150 Natives on board.
Shah Allum...
Frigate.
50
1820
Bombay.
1100
Good.
She was docked last year at
Bombay, was new coppered,
and had a thorough repair.
She is now at auchor off the
town of Zanzibar, as a guard-
ship. Her masts are struck,
and stripped, except the lower
masts, and her yards are tore
and aft on the booms. She
has about 50 men on board.
Piedmontese,.
Frigate.
36
1829
Cochin.
761
Good.
In good condition, and going t0
M adagascar. Is at present in
the same state as the others -
masts struck, and yards wie
and aft on the booms. s |ie
has 18 or 20 men on board.
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The volume is Selections from the records of the Bombay Government , compiled and edited by Robert Hughes Thomas, Assistant Secretary, Political Department, New Series: 24 (Bombay: Printed for Government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, 1856).
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- 1 volume (364 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains an abstract of contents on p. iii, a detailed list of contents on pp. vii-xx, an alphabetical index on pp. xxi-xxvii, and a list of maps etc on p. xviii.
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Pagination: two separate pagination sequences are present in the volume. The first sequence (pp. i-xviii) commences at the first page and terminates at the list of maps (p. xviii). A second pagination sequence then takes over (pp. 1-688), commencing at the title page and terminating at the final page. Both these pagination sequences are printed, with additions in pencil, and the numbers are found at the top (left, right or centre) of each page.
The fold-outs in this volume were not paginated by the publisher. As a result, these have been foliated using the nearest page number. For example, the fold-out attached to p.51 has been numbered as 51A.
Pagination anomalies: pp. 15, 15A; 45, 45A; 49, 49A; 51, 51A; 531, 531A.
The following pages need to be folded out to be read: 15A, 45A, 51A, 327-328, 531A.
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- 'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government'
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