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LIBERATED  SLAVES.

Report,  1871—continued.

Libera  ted  Slaves  ;
1.  Expenditure  in  respect  of  Liberated  Slaves  at  Aden  and  Bombay.
2.  Suggestions  for  disposing  of  Liberated  Slaves  in  Zanzibar.
3.  Exceptions  taken  to  the  foregoing  Proposal.
4.  Advantages  of  the  Seychelles  for  the  T^ocahon  of  Liberated  Slaves.
Õ.  Suggestion  for  placing  captured  Slaves  at  Ear  Selam.
6.  Question  of  sending  Liberated  Slaves  to  the  Mauritius.
7.  Disposal  of  liberated  Slaves  at  Aden.
8.  Other  Details  and  Suggestions  generally.
1.  Expenditure  in  respect  of  Liberated  Slaves  at  Aden  and  Bombay.
Large  expenditure  for  maintenance  of  liberated  slaves  at  Aden,  Hon.  C.  Vivian,  72
Circumstance  of  the  Imperial  Government  now  paying  more  than  3,000  1.  a-year  in  respect
of  liberated  slaves  at  Aden  and  Bombay,  Sir  J.  W.  Kaye,  234.
Heavy  cost  of  the  liberated  slaves  taken  to  Aden  and  Bombay,  Rep.  v.
2.  Suggestions  for  disposing  of  TAberated  Slaves  in  Zanzibar  :
Recommendation  by  the  Committee,  of  which  witness  was  a  member,  that  the  liberated
slaves  should  le  landed  in  Zanzibar  itself  under  due  precautions;  nature  of  the  protection ­
  necessary  to  be  given  by  Great  Britain,  Hon.  C.  Vivian  75-78.  85,  86.  112
Proposition  for  the  disposal  and  employment  of  the  liberated  slaves  in  Zanzibar;
necessity  of  the  co-operation  of  the  Sultan,  C/twrc/i27/323.  363-367.  377-380.  393,  394
—'—Suggestions  for  the  regulation  and  protection  of  liberated  slaves  in  Zanzibar  ;  importance ­
  of  their  being  under  the  flag  of  the  Sultan,  who  would  be  backed  by  the  naval
and  consular  support  of  this  country.  Sir  B.  Frere  452,  485,  486.  529.
Approval  of  the  liberated  s'aves  being  all  disposed  of  in  Zanzibar;  precautions  being
taken  against  their  being  kidnapped,  Rigby  616-618  Reasons  in  support  of  a  depot
for  liberated  slaves  in  Zanzibar,  Rothery  799-802  Statement  iu  favour  of  the  liberated
slaves  being  all  placed  in  Zanzibar,  and  being  under  British  protection  there;  large
demand  for  labour  in  the  island,  Steere  1020.  1067.  1083-1088.  1099-1102.  1113-1121.
1126-1129  Advantage  of  placing  liberated  slaves  in  Zanzibar  under  British  protection, ­
  Colomb  1304-1307.
Provision  in  the  proposed  new  treaty  that  the  Sultan  of  Zanzibar  shall  punish  any
person  attempting  to  molest  a  liberated  slave.  Rep.  vi.
Contemplated  disposal  of  some  liberated  slaves  in  Zanzibar,  under  new  treaty  engagements, ­
  Rep.  viii,  ix.
3.  Exceptions  taken  to  the  foregoing  Proposal:
Objections  in  letter  from  the  late  Bishop  of  Mauritius  to  making  Zanzibar  the  depot
for  liberated  slaves;  several  grounds  upon  vvhich  this  proposal  is  earnestly  deprecated,
App.  iii.
4.  Advantages  of  the  Seychelles  for  the  Location  of  Liberated  Slaves:
Advantage  of  disposing  of  some  of  the  liberated  slaves  in  the  Seychelles,  Ho7i.  C.
Vivian  y2.  82-8^  ;  Rothery  8o¿^  ;  Hillyar  1183-  1186.  Excellent  capabilities  of  the
Seychelles  for  the  disposal  of  liberated  slaves,  Rigby  1200-1205  On  the  part  of  the
missionary  society,  witness  represents  the  superior  advantages  of  the  Seychelles  as  compared ­
  with  Zanzibar  island,  for  the  disposal  of  liberated  slaves,  Hutchinson  1336-1351
A  Government  contribution  of  Qd.  per  head  is  all  that  is  required  for  the  proposed
settlement,  ib.  1342,  1343.
Letter  from  the  Rev.  S.  Hobbs  to  Mr.  Hutchinson,  dated  Mahé,  19  May  1869,  relative
to  the  advantages  of  Seychelles  for  the  reception  of  liberated  slaves,  App.  106,  107.
Letter  from  Mr.  Ward  to  the  Rev.  S.  Hobbs,  dated  Seychelles,  22  May  1869  to  the
measures  necessary  in  connection  with  the  disposal  of  captured  slaves  m  the  island,  App.
107,  108.
Further  communications  from  Mr.  Hobbs,  dated  29  June  and  28  July  1869,  "P^n  the
question  of  disposing  of  the  liberated  slaves  in  Seychelles,  App.  108.
Reference  by  the  Committee  to  the  important  advantages  possessed  by  the  Seychelles
as  the  place  for  liberated  slaves.  Rep.  ix.
0.  Suggestion  for  placing  Captured  Slaves  at  Dar  Selam.
Importance  attached  to  a  recent  suggestion  by  Dr.  Kirk,  in  a  letter  to  witness,  that  a
European  settlement  be  formed  on  the  mainland,  near  Dar  Selam,  and  that  liberated
slaves  be  placed  there.  Waller  974,  975.  983,  984.
6.  Question  of  sending  Liberated  Slaves  to  the  Mauritius  :
Belief  that  the  liberated  slaves  taken  to  the  Mauritius  are  very  happy  there;  doubt,
however,  as  to  the  expediency  of  taking  them  there  or  to  any  other  British  colony,  Hon.
C.  Vivian