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'Papers Respecting the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and the System Pursued for its Suppression' [44v] (28/72)
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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assigned. In the absence of any other explanation, it may reasonably be assumed that
the Governor-General avoided involving the Government in any such guarantee, and
preferred making no allusion to the possibility of non-payment.
Believing that the good faith of the Indian Government is in no way involved, I
sincerely hope that this offer of a change in the existing Treaties may be accepted. To
do so would facilitate the operations of Her Majesty's ships ; it would help to maintain
order in the harbour of Zanzibar, by checking the invasion of the Arab pirates; and it
would tend to suppress the largest branch of the Slave Trade that exists.
The kindness and courtesy recently shown to the Zanzibar Envoys by Lord Clarendon
and the Duke of Argyll, lead me to hope that the circumstances of the East African
Slave Trade will receive their attention, and that they may before long take measures for
its more effectual suppression.
Anoloeizing: for the length to which this letter has run, I remain, &c.
F & 6 (Signed) T. FOWELL BUXTON.
No. 35.
Dr. Kirk to Lord Stanley.—(Received January 23, 1869.)
(No. 43.)
My Lord, Zanzibar, November 12, 1868.
I HAVE the honour to transmit, in translation from the Arabic, a copy of the Procla
mation issued by His Highness Seyd Majid relative to the currency within the dominions
of Zanzibar.
To avoid the confusion which might otherwise arise from the uncertain value of
money in so small and rival a community, I have notified that in the settlement of claims
before Her Majesty's Consular Court, after the expiry of one year from the present date,
the intrinsic value of each coin, as determined by the Bombay Mint, will be adopted.
I herewith inclose a copy of the Consular notification above referred to, of which I
have the honour to request your Lordship's approval, as required by Her Majesty's Order
in Council of the 9th August, 1866, Section 2.
I also transmit a copy of my despatch to Secretary to Government, Bombay, on this
subject.
I have, &c.
(Signed) JOHN KIRK.
Inclosure 1 in No. 35. ,
Proclamation.
(Translation.) , • j
SEYD MAJIB BIN SAIED, ro all who may see this, know that from this date, to
the end of one lunar year, the American coin, and the coins of other countries, shall pass
in our Kingdom at their present established values, and that after the end of one year
from this date all money shall circulate at its market value without price fixed by us.
Only the silver dollar, known as " shami" (or German crown) shall be our standard dollar
and unit of account throughout our Kingdom.
Written by order of the Sultan, by his servant Suliman bin Ali.
25 Rejeb, 1285 {March* 11, 1868).
Inclosure 2 in No. 35.
Notice.
WHEREAS His Highness Seyd Majid has issued a Proclamation that, from the
25th Rejeb, 1285 (11th November, 1868), until the 25th Rejeb, 1286, the various coins
now in use shall maintain their former values, but that after the 25th day of Rejeb, 128 d ,
or twelve lunar months from the present date, the German crown known as 4 shami
alone shall be the dollar of Zanzibar and standard of account. . . n
Notice is hereby given that in the settlement of claims before the British Consular
Court within the next twelve months, as expressed in His Highness' Proclamation, each
coin will be reckoned as formerly, but that after the 25th day of Rejeb, 1286, all money
* Query,—November.
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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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