CRUISERS. 
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Report; 1871—continued. 
Cruisers : 
1. Generally as to the Operations hitherto of the Squadron, and their limited 
Success. 
2. Admiralty Instructions of November 1869. 
3. Interpreters. 
4. Bounties. 
5. Health of the Station. 
6. Suggestions for increasing the Efficiency of the Service in various Par- 
ticulars. 
1. Generally as to the Operations hitherto of the Squadron, and their limited 
Success : 
Difficult duties of the British cruisers as to slavers, Hon. C. Vivian 59-65 I.iarge 
force of cruisers on the coast ; difficulty of the duty, legal traders as well as slaves dhows 
being often captured, 317-3-1 Great check given to the trade when the 
cruisers were active and successful in making seizures, Rigby 556. 559 Utter inca 
pacity of the squadron when witness was in Zanzibar, ib. 567 Belief as to there being 
now no French or American cruisers on the east coast, ib. 647-651. 
Total of seven ships generally under witness, including his flagship; efficiency of 
several of these cruisers. Sir L. G. Heath 673-676 Employment of all the vessels for 
the suppression of the slave trade during the months wlien it was most active, ib. 680- 
683 Statement to the effect that out of about 20,000 slaves conveyed annually from 
the east coast an average of little more than 1,000 a year is captured by the cruisers ; 
reference herein to the numerous dhows boarded and released as not being slavers, 
ib. 685-700. 705-708. 724, 725. 741-744. 753-755 Information relative to the 
disposition of the cruisers, ib. 685. 765-769 Further explanations relative to the 
operations of the squadron under command of witness, and its failure to capture the great 
majority of slavers, ib. 756-760. 
Inefficiency of the operations of the squadron for suppressing the slave trade; undue 
interference with legitimate traders, 1014-1016. 1069-1075 Instances of mis 
conduct on the part of officers and crews, ib. 1014. 1071-1075. 
Entire inadequacy of the force formerly under charge of witness on the east coast ; 
particulars as to its disposal and mode of operation, Hillyar 1136-1149, 1173-1182 
Denial of certain statements as to misconduct on the part of the force, ih. 1161-1166 
Groundlessness of complaints as to the conduct of the naval force when witness was on 
the east coast, Rigby 1193-1196. 
Capture of six vessels by witness with slaves on board, three of the vessels having only 
one slave each, Colomb 1209-1213. 1227 Great difficulty of the commanders, by 
reason of their not being supplied with information when they are placed on the station, 
ib. 1214.1268.1272, 1273. 1279. 
Statement by Colonel Rigby, in i860, as to the utter inadequacy of the British cruisers 
on the coast for the suppression of the slave trade, App. 120, 121. 
Entire insufficiency of the present squadron to check, much less to stop, the trade, 
Rep. vil Comparatively few slave dhows captured by the cruisers, d->. 
2. Admiralty Instructions of November 1869 : 
Special instructions issued to the British cruisers on the east coast in November 1869, 
in consequence of irregularities and mistakes committed by commanding officers, Hou. 
Prejudicial eftect upon the action of the cruisers by reason of an Admiralty Circular of 
November 1 869, ¡ir obi biting the capture of dliow^s with domestic slaves on board; com 
ment upon the instructions in this circular, Sir L. G. Heath 704-710. 754, y55 
Statement in further justification of the former practice of the cruisers in capturing dhows 
with domestic slaves on board, ih. 744-749. 
Statement in explanation and justification of the Admiralty Orders prohibiting the 
capture or destruction of dhows with domestic slaves, Rolhery 811-820. 832-859, 
Instructions, dated Admiralty, 6th November 1869, for the guidance of naval officers 
employed in the suppression of the slave trade, App. 91-93. 
3. Interpreters : 
Great want of improvement in the class of persons employed as interpreters. Sir B. 
452. 480, 481 ; Steere 1032-1034 Advantage of an improved class of inter 
preters, who should not share in the bounties, Rothery 808-810 Necessity of an 
.improved class of interpreters, Colomb 1214, 1215. 1252-1254. 
Recommendation by the Committee that some effort be made to provide the squadron 
with efficient and trustworthy interpreters. Rep. ix. 
420. F F 
4. Bounties.