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‘File 5/6 I Brussels Conference and general rules and procedure on slave traffic’ [32r] (80/297)
The record is made up of 1 volume (137 folios). It was created in 28 Mar 1892-21 May 1925. It was written in English, French, Arabic and Persian. 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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POLITICAL DEPARTMENT.
Jiomhay Castle, Sth June 1891.
Ko. 4567.—The Governor in Council is pleased
to republish for general information a translation
of the General Act of the Jirussels Conference,
reprinted from pages 20 to 37 of the Parliamentary
Blue Book, Africa, No. 7 (1890) :—
GeusTdl Act of the Bvussels Confevence,
In the Name of God Almighty.
His Majesty the German Emperor, King of
Prussia, in the name of the German Empire ]
His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of
Bohemia, &c., and Apostolic King of Hungary ;
His Majesty the King of the Belgians;
His Majesty the King of Denmark;
His Majesty the King of Spain, and in his name
Her Majesty the Queen Regent of the Kingdom;
His Majesty the Sovereign of the Independent
State of the Congo ;
The President of the United States of America ;
The President of the French Republic ; f
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India;
His Majesty the King of Italy;
His Majesty the King of the Netherlands,
Grand Duke of Luxemburg, &c.;
His Majesty the Shah of Persia;
His Majesty the King of Portugal and the
Algarves, &c.;
His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias;
His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway,
&c.;
His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans and
His Highness the Sultan of Zanzibar;
Equally animated by the firm intention of
putting an end to the crimes and devastations
engendered by the Traffic in African Slaves, pro
tecting effectively the aboriginal populations of
Africa, and insuring for that vast continent the
benefits of peace and civilization ;
Wishing to give a fresh sanction to the decisions
already takwi m -the same sense and at different
epochs by the Powers, to complete the results
obtained by them, and to draw up a collection of
measures guaranteeing the accomplishment of the
work which is the object of their common solici
tude ;
Have resolved, on the invitation addressed to
them by the Government of His Majesty the King
of the Belgians, in agreement with the Government
of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and
Ireland, Empress of India, to assemble with this
object a Conference at Brussels, and have named as
their Plenipotentiaries:
[Ao^e.—The names will be inserted when the Act
is printed with the Protocols.]
b 235—1
Who, furnished with full powers which have
been found in good and due form, have adopted
the following provisions :—
Chapter I.— Slave Trade Countries.—
Measures to be taken in the Places of
Origin.
ARTICLE I.
The powers declare that the most effective means
for counteracting the Slave Trade in the interior of
Africa are the following ;—
1. Progressive organization of the administra
tive, judicial, religious, and military services in the
African territories placed under the sovereignty or
protectorate of civilized nations.
2. The gradual establishment in the interior by
the Powers to which the territories are subject of
strongly occupied stations, in such a way as to
make their protective or repressive action effectively
felt in the territories devastated by slave-hunting.
3. The construction of roads, and in particular
of railways, connecting the advanced stations with
the coast, and permitting easy access to the inland
waters, and to such of the upper courses of the
rivers and streams as are broken by rapids and
cataracts, in view of substituting economical and
rapid means of transport for the present means of
carriage by men.
4. Establishment of steam-boats on the inland
navigable waters and on the lakes, supported by
fortified posts established on the banks.
5. Establishment of telegraphic lines, insuring
the communication of the posts and stations with
the coast and with the administrative centres.
6. Organization of expeditions and flying
columns, to keep up the communication of the
stations with each other and with the coast, to
support repressive action, and to insure the security
of high roads.
7. Restriction of the importation of fire-arms,
at least of modern pattern, and of ammunition
throughout the entire extent of the territories
infected by the Slave Trade. \
ARTICLE II.
The stations, the inland cruizers organized by
each Power in its waters, and the posts which serve
as ports of register for them shall, independently
of their principal task, which is to prevent the
capture of slaves and intercept the routes of
the Slave Trade, have the following subsidiary
duties :—
1. To support and, if necessary, to serve as a
refuge for the native populations, whether placed
under the sovereignty or the protectorate of the
State to which the station is subject, or independ
ent, and temporarily for all other natives in case of
imminent danger; to place the populations of the
first of these categories in a position to co -operate
for their own defence j to diminish inland wars
between tribes by means of arbitration ; to initiate
them in agricultural works and in the industrial
arts so as to increase their welfare; to raise them
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Correspondence related to the distribution of the text of the General Act of the Brussels Conference of 1890 throughout the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region. The English version of the Act is on folios 32-37. William Lee-Warner, Secretary to the Government of India in Bombay, sent Adelbert Talbot ( Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1891-93) 100 copies of the Act in Persian (folios 5-19), and 100 in Arabic, for distribution to the Political Agencies on the Persian and Arab coasts of the Gulf respectively. Talbot sent 25 copies of the Persian translation of the Act to his Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Bandar-e Lengeh, and a further 25 copies to the Agent of the British India Steam Navigation Co. (Gray Paul & Co.) at Bandar-e Abbas. The Governor of Turkish Arabistan, Nizam-es-Sultaneh was critical of the distributed Persian translation of the Act, which had been produced under the authority of British Government staff in Bombay. In response Talbot commissioned and distributed a new translation (folios 73-88), produced under his authority at the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire.
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- 1 volume (137 folios)
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The contents of the volume have been arranged chronologically, with the earliest documents at the front, and the latest at the rear.
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Foliation: The volume has been foliated with small circled numbers in the top right corner of each front-facing page. The front cover has been foliated 1, then there are two unfoliated pages, before foliation restarts at 2 on the title sheet. After the title sheet and contents page (folio 4) there are a further three unfoliated blank pages before foliation restarts on the first piece of correspondence.). Folio 100 is missing.
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