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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232 POL REV llepoit, 1871—continued. Political Agency and Consulate {Zanzibar)—continued. Great importance of trained and experienced men for the political agency at Zanzibar, ix Recommendation that no technical rules of the services be allowed to inter fere with the appointment of the present acting political agent, ib. ix, x. Portugal. Discontinuance of the slave trade on the Portuguese coast, Hon. C. Vivians^ Increasing slave trade between the Mozambique ports and Madagascar, it being very important to check this evil, Rigby 586. 626 Information relative to the active part taken some years ago by the Portuguese on the East Coast in carrying on the slave trade, Waller 927. 935-937- Statements by Brigadier Coghlan in November i860 as to the great encouragement given to the slave trade on the East Coast by the Portuguese authorities, App. 112, 113. Statement by Colonel Rigby in i860 as to the part taken in the trade by the Portu guese officials, App. 121. ^ Continued existence of the slave trade between the Portuguese territory and Madagascar, Rep. V Recommendation that the co-operation of Portugal be invited in the sup pression of the East African slave trade, ib. x. See also Madagascar. Postal Communication. Great importance of lines of steam communication and of postal facilities; aid to be given by Government in the matter, Sir B. Frere 452. 463-467. 482-484. 525-528 Evidence as to the great importance of postal communication with Zanzibar, as a means of developing legitimate trade, and thus discouraging the slave trade; memorandum by witness on this subject in March 1867, 592-597 Conclusion that for a very small subsidy regular communication with Zanzibar may be secured, ib. 604-606. Importance attached by the Committee to regular postal communication with Zanzibar, Rep. vii, viii. Profits on Slaves. Great increase in the value of slaves when brought from the interior to Zanzibar or the Arabian coast, Hon. C. Vivian 38, 39 Large profit on slaves bought in Zanzibar and sold in Muscat, if it were not for the loss during the voyage, Rigby 560. 565, 566 Considerable profit on the sale of slaves at Mozambique and on the coast as compared with their cost in the interior, where they are bought for a few yards of calico, Waller 938, 939. Statement in letter from the late Bishop of Mauritius as to the great profit on every slave landed in Arabia, App. 111. Ready market for the slaves in Arabia and Persia, there being a large profit upon the sale. Rep. iv. R. Ras el Fladd. Concentration of the slaves for landing at or near Ras el Hadd, it being important to have a large naval force at this point in order to suppress the traffic. Coloré 1214. 1285-1289. 1292-1300. Red Sea. Very few slaves carried up the Red Sea previously to 1858, 533 Extent of the present traffic in slaves between Zanzibar and places in Egypt and Turkey by the Red Sea, ib. 645, 646. Continued import of slaves into Turkish ports in the Red Sea, v. Réunion. Doubt as to any difficulty arising through the import of free labour into Reunion, Colomb 1319, 1320. See also France. Revenue of Zanzibar {Slave Trade, ^c.) Calculation that the Sultan of Zanzibar derives at least 20,000¿. a year from the tax on slaves ; compensation necessary in order to induce the relinquishment of this revenue, Hon. C. Vivian 37. 99-104. 157. 160, 161 Con clusion as to the necessity of compensating the Sultan of Zanzibar for relinquishing the slave traffic not already prohibited by treaty; belief as to the sufficiency of a payment of 8,000 I, a year for the purpose, Sir J. W. Kaye 205, 206. 241-256. 274-277. 281 Estimate of from 15,000 Ã to 20,000 Z a year as the income derived by the Sultan of Zanzibar from the slave trade, Churchill 360-362. Disapproval of any attempt to interfere with the internal taxation of Zanzibar, as a means of compelling the observance of treaty obligations, »StV irrere 449-451 Small profits of the Sultan from the slave trade as compared with his increasing revenue from customs duties, Rigby 583-585. 634? 635-—Belief that the revenue from slaves cannot be more than 8,000/. a year, ib. 635 Estimate of about 80,000 /. a year as the gross income of the Sultan of Zanzibar, Rothevy 825, 826. Calculation by Lieutenant Colonel Rigby in i860, that the Sultan would lose about 8,500 1. a year by the the abolition of the slave traffic, App. 144. Consideration

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