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flourishing trade of that state would be rapidly developed. Material
assistance to this development might be afforded by a line of mail
steamers to Zanzibar. Should the Sultan be willing to enter into a
new treaty, the Committee recommend that it contain provisions for
the entire abandonment of the slave trade, the closing of the Zanzibar
and Kilwa slave markets, the punishment of any of the subjects of
Zanzibar in any way engaged in the slave trade, permission to the
British Gfovernmerit to station Vice-Consuls at Kilwa, Dar Selam, and
Lamoo; and on the part of the British Government an agreement
to settle, under full and stringent measures for their protection, a
certain number of negroes released from slavery by Her Majesty's
cruisers.
"It has been stated in evidence that some time must elapse after
the measures above referred to have been put in force before the
slave trade could be stopped; and assuming that an efficient squadron
is maintained, the Committee see that the disposal of the liberated
slaves becomes a matter of large importance. They have recommended
the liberation at Zanzibar of adult slaves, on the assumption that the
Sultan would enter into a new treaty; should he, however, oppose
the formation of a depot there, it will be necessary to seek some
other locality for that purpose, and no other place combines the
advantages possessed by the Seychelles Islands.
" It was given in evidence that the Church Missionary Society are
willing to enter into an arrangement for the superintendence and
education of the children at the Seychelles, similar to that entered
into with the Government with respect to liberated children at Sierra
Leone, the Mauritius, and at JNasik in Bombay. . . .
"In view of the considerable commercial interests with Germany,
Prance, America, and Portugal possess in commerce with Zanzibar
and the surroundings, your Committee suggest that Her Majesty's
Government invite the co-operation of these several Governments in
the suppression of a traffic so subversive of these interests. There
is reason to believe that such an overture would be responded to,
especially by the Government at Berlin, in virtue of the preponderance
of German trade at the port of Zanzibar."
Nearly a year passed away without any apparent result,
during which continued efforts were maintained to interest
the general public, and various meetings were held, at
which Bishop Ryan, the Rev. H. Waller, Sir T. F. Buxton,
Sir Bartle Frere, and others, spoke. A large and influential
meeting was held at the Mansion House, which sent up
an important deputation to Lord Granville just before the
close of the session. To all these efforts a most important
and powerful impetus was lent by the discovery that Dr. Living-