Zanzibar Affairs

IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 29-34

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The record is made up of 1 item (6 folios). It was created in 22 Feb 1860. 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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Enclosures Nos. 3-4 of Despatch No. 5 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 22 February 1860. The Enclosures are dated 30 November 1859-20 February 1860. Received 21 March 1860.

The Enclosures include a report from Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Palmer Rigby, Consul and British Agent, Zanzibar, dated 30 November 1859, covering the arrival and departure of British and other foreign ships at Zanzibar, and the suppression of the slave trade. Also present is a letter from Commodore George Greville Wellesley, Commander in Chief, Indian Navy, dated 20 February 1860, recommending the use of a screw sloop rather than a screw gunboat for the suppression of the slave trade in the area.

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Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay, Vol 142

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Original held at: 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.
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Archive reference: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 29-34
Former external reference(s): No. 5
Date(s): 22 Feb 1860 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: Slave trade
Places: Zanzibar
People & organisations: Political Agent and Consul, Zanzibar

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 29-34
Title: Zanzibar Affairs
Pages: 29r:34v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence