Report from the Select Committee on Slave Trade (East Coast of Africa); together with the proceedings of the Committee, minutes of evidence, appendix and index

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Title:: Report from the Select Committee on Slave Trade (East Coast of Africa); together with the proceedings of the Committee, minutes of evidence, appendix and index

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Year of publication:: 1871

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152 APPENDIX TO REPORT FROM SELECT COMMITTEE Appendix, No. 8. ^ Resolution by the Honourable Board, dated the 17th July 1860. Resolved, The Honourable the Governor in Council will defer his opinion on the various questions discussed in Brigadier Coghlan’s report, until he shall have received the final statement of that officer’s views on the respective pretensions of the members of the late Imam’s family, after his intended visit to Zanzibar. In the meantime copies of the Report and of its appendices, inclusive of the photographs, should be forwarded to the Government of India and to Her Majesty’s Secretary of State. These authorities the Honourable the Governor in Council feels certain, will consider that satisfactory progress has been made in this important investigation. Brigadier Coghlan may be requested to express to Assistant Surgeon Welsh the ac knowledgments of Government for his interesting contributions to the Appendix of the Report. The Commander in Chief of the Indian Navy should be requested to prepare the ‘‘ Punjaub ” for sea, in order that the Commission may, at as early a date as shall be prac ticable, proceed to Zanzibar. The Commander in Chief of the Indian Navy should also be instructed to engage freight to convey to Zanzibar a sufficient quantity of coals for supplying the " Punjaub ” after reaching that place during the strength of this monsoon. (signed) G. Clerk. W. Mansfield. H. W. Reeves. W. E. Frere. (No. 3767—Foreign Department.) From the Under Secretary to the Government of India to the Acting Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay ; dated Fort William, 31 August 1860. Sir, In reply to your letter, No. 35, dated 30th ultimo, with which was submitted a Report from Brigadier Coghlan describing his proceedings on the occasion of his visit to Muscat, I am directed by the Governor General in Council to state that the decision of the Supreme Government will be deferred until Brigadier Coghlan completes his inquiries, and reports the result of his visit to Zanzibar. I have, &c. (signed) C. U, Aitchison, Under Secretary to the Government of India. (No. 16, of 1860—Secret Department.) Muscat-Zanzibar Commission. From Brigadier W. M. Coghlan, in charge Muscat-Zanzibar Commission, to H. L. An son, Esq., Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay ; dated Bombay, 19 November 1860. Sir, I HAVE the honour to report, for the information of the Honourable the Governor in Council, my return to Bombay this day, the 19th of November, accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Badger and Dr. Welsh. 2. The “Punjaub” reached Zanzibar, via Galle and the Mauritius, on the 29th of Sep tember. The letter of the Honourable the Governor to Syud Majeed was delivered the same day ; and after the usual interchange of compliments with his Highness, no time was lost in commencing the inquiries specially connected with the subject of this mission. 3. Lieutenant Colonel Rigby had accompanied Captains Speke and Grant to the African mainland to see them fairly started on their journey of exploration into the interior, but, on hearing of our arrival, he returned on the 5th of October. I take this early opportunity of recognising the ready aid afforded me by that officer in prosecuting my researches at Zanzibar. 4. Several days were occupied in private interviews with Syud Majeed, the conferences being conducted by the Rev. Mr. Badger in Arabic. Two of his Highness’s secretaries were also present, who took notes of what passed on each occasion. A written statement of his claims and grievances was subsequently drawn up and presented to me by his Highness, at whose request it was forthwith translated into English by Mr. Badger. This, with numerous other documents bearing on the dispute pending between their Highnesses Syud Thoweynee and Syud Majeed, will be forwarded to Government in the course of a few days, attached to my Zanzibar Report. 5. Every opportunity was availed of, during our stay, to obtain reliable accounts of the slave trade on the east coast of Africa and the adjacent islands. In pursuance of the same inquiry, after leaving Zanzibar on the 18th ultimo, we touched at Mombasa on the mainland,

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