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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234 R I G S E Y Report, 1871—continued. Rigby, Major General Christopher Palmer. (Analysis of his Evidence)—continued. [Second Examination.]—Groundlessness of complaints as to the conduct of the naval force when witness was on the east coast, 1193-1 ) 96 Belief that there is no exaggeration in Doctor Livingstone’s accounts of the devastation caused by the slave trade, 1197-1199 Excellent capabilities of the Seychelles for the disposal of liberated slaves, 1200-1-205. Rigby, Lieutenant Colonel (i860). Replies by Lieutenant Colonel Rigby in answer to queries submitted by Brigadier Coghlan in October i860, relative to the extent and character of the slave trade on the east coast, and the measures desirable for its sup pression, App. 120-1 2.:]. Information furnished by Lieutenant Colonel Rigby in i860, upon the question of the severance of Zanzibar from Muscat, and of tlie payment of a subsidy by the former to the latter, 171-178. Rothery, H. C. (Analysis of his Evidence.)—Is legal adviser to the Treasury in all matters relating to the slave trade, 790-793 Refers to the Vice Admiralty Court at Zanzibar as having been much needed, and as being attended with great advantage, 794- 798 Submits reasons in support of a depot for liberated slaves in Zanzibar, 799-802 Is unable to supply statistics as to the proportion of children among the captured slaves, 803. 827-831 Approves of the disposal of the children in the Seychelles, 804. Difficulty of the question as to the expediency of the system of bounties; decided objection, however, to the bounty of 1 1. 10 s. a ton when dhows are destroyed at sea, 805-807. 849-851 Advantage of an improved e-lass of interpreters, who should not share in the bounties, 808-810 Statement in explanation and justification of the Admiralty orders prohibiting the capture or destruction of dhows with domestic slaves, 811-820. 832-859 Concurrence in the suggestions of the Foreign Office Committee for the suppression of the slave trade on the east coast, 821, 822. Estimate of about 80,000 1. a-year as the gross income of the Sultan of Zanzibar, 825, 826 Several instances of illegal capture and destruction of trading dhows, with some domestic slaves on board ; prejudice thereby to legitimate trade, 843-846. 853-859 Importance attached primarily to the development of legitimate trade for the suppression of the slave trade, 847, 8^8. 863-866 Conclusion that save in very exceptional cases all captured dhows should be taken into port and should be sent before a prize court before condemnation, 86J, 862. 867-877. Ryan, The Rev. Vincent W. Letter from the Rev. V. VV. Ryan, late Bishop of Mauritius, dated 27th July 1871, relative to the cruelties and atrocities practised upon the East African slaves, and the best means of providing for those who have been captured and liberated, 110, ill. S. Sea Passage. Close packing and inadequate feeding of the slaves during the voyage from the coast of Afiica, Churchill 288. 310, 311. 317 Excessive mortality during the voyage to Muscat in the slave dhows; great cruelty of the treatment on board, 560-563 Frightful sufTering from want of water and of proper food, and from being densely packed, *6. 561, 562 Frequency of great suffering and mortality during ihe voyage between Kilwa and Zanzibar, 991, 992. 1050 Recent instance of 90 slaves having been thrown overboard, either dead or dying;, between Kilwa and Zanzibar, ib. 991. Good condition of many of the slaves captured by witness; statement hereon as to the slaves not being confined nor ironed during the voyage, Colomb 1236-1240. Great suffering of the slaves during the sea passage, from overcrowding and from insufficient food and water ; great mortality on some occasions, Rep. iv. Seychelles. Advantage of disposing of the liberated children in the Seychelles, Hon. C. Vivian 72. 82-84 ; Rothery 804 Excellent capabilities of the Seychelles for the dis posal of liberated slaves, Rigby 1200-1205. The climate is excellent, and a large number of emancipated slaves might most advantageously be employed, ib. On the pa it 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 ihe advantages of Seychelles for the reception of liberated slaves, App. 106, I07 Letter from Mr. Ward to the Rev. S. Hobbs, dated Seychelles, 22 May 1869, as to the best measures necessary in connection with the disposal of captured slaves in the island, ib. 107, 108 Further communications from Mr. Hobbs, dated 29 June and 28 July 1869, upon the questions of disposing of the liberated slaves in Seychelles, ib. 108. Advantages of the Seychelles for the disposal of liberated slaves, adverted to by the Committee, Rep. v. Slave

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