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'Papers Respecting the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and the System Pursued for its Suppression' [38v] (16/72)
The record is made up of 1 volume (34 folios). It was created in 29 Oct 1869. 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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16
No. 15.
Mr. Melvill to Mr. Egerton.—(Received October 24.)
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.
, October 22, 1868.
I AM directed by the Secretary of State for India in Council to forward, for the
consideration of Lord Stanley, and for such remarks as his Lordship may think fit to
communicate to Sir S. Northcote, copy of papers reporting the late proceedings connected
with Zanzibar and the Comoro Islands.
I am, &c.
(Signed) J. COSMO MELVILL.
Inclosure 1 in No. 15.
The
Government of Bombay
From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
to Sir S. Northcote.
(Extract.) ' February 29, 1868.
WE transmit also, for the information of Her Majesty's Government, copy of a
letter from Mr. Churchill, dated 29th November last, with accompaniment, reporting the
establishment of a Vice-Admiralty Court at Zanzibar.
Inclosure 2 in No. 15.
Mr. Churchill to the Secretary to Government, Bombay.
Zanzibar, November 29, 1867.
I HAVE the honour to inclose herewith, for the information of the Right Honourable
the Governor of Bombay, copy of a despatch I have sent to Her Majesty's Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, with reference to the Vice-Admiralty Court at Zanzibar.
I have, &c.
(Signed) HENRY A. CHURCHILL.
Inclosure 3 in No. 15.
Mr. Churchill to Lord Stanley.
My Lord, Zanzibar, November 30, 1867.
TAKING into consideration the important fact of Sultan Majid's having acquiesced
in writing to the establishment of a Vice-Admiralty Court at Zanzibar, provided always
that a Delegate of His Highness be present when ships of his subjects are brought to the
said Court for adjudication, I have taken upon myself the responsibility of waiving
Dr. Seward's objections to the establishment of the Court in question at Zanzibar, as
reported in his despatch, and have condemned two dhows engaged in the Traffic of Slaves,
which have recently been seized by Her Majesty's ship " Penguin," the one off the coast
of Madagascar, and the other in the River Sindy, within the dominions of the Sultan of
Zanzibar.
Although the latter belonged to Arabs of the Coast of Arabia, the capture having
been made within the Sultan's territorial waters, it appeared to me expedient to invite the
Sultan's Delegate to be present at the adjudication; and I learn that His Highness was
highly gratified at this mark of deference.
I have, &c.
(Signed) HENRY A. CHURCHILL.
(J
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This file contains printed copies of correspondence between British officials regarding Britain's attempts to prohibit slave traffic on the East Coast of Africa, relations between Britain and the Sultanate of Zanzibar, and Zanzibar's relations with Muscat. The correspondence dates from September 1866-July 1869.
The file contains translated copies of correspondence between the Sultan of Zanzibar, Majid bin Saeed and the Viceroy of India, John Laird Mair Lawrence as well as translated correspondence between an Envoy of the Sultan of Zanzibar and the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord Stanley [Edward Henry Stanley].
On folio 42r, the file contains a translation of a letter from Queen Victoria to the Sultan of Zanzibar, Majid bin Saeed. The letter confirms the friendly relations between the two and informs the Sultan that a sword has been specially commissioned for him as a gift.
The file also contains translated correspondence between the Sultan of Johanna [Anjouan Island, now part of the Comoros Islands] and Henry Adrian Churchill, Britain's Agent in Zanzibar.
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- 1 volume (34 folios)
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The file is arranged in rough chronological order, with the earliest correspondence at the beginning of the file and the latest at the end of the file.
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Condition: the file is contained within a bound volume that contains a number of other files.
Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 31, and terminates at f 66, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 5-134; these numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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- 'Papers Respecting the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and the System Pursued for its Suppression'
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- 31r:54r, 55r:66v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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