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ON SLAVE TRADE (EAST COAST OF AFRICA).
into account; the pay of the political
^o^nt is 1,400 rupees per month; the doctor
eceives 650 rupees; the clerk, 100 rupees; the
erpreter, 60 rupees, and then there are nine or
u peous who receive in all 190 rupees ; all that
^ together, with a certain amount for con-^
^gent expenses, boats, flags, stationery, house
though the establishment of the surgeon
the agency belong to Government, still you
in/^ put down 100 rupees as the amount of
w that the capital expended on those houses
ould render), would make it 3,100 7. Then if
w established vice consuls on the coast, it
uiild make it a little more than that, because
40n would be something like 300 7. or
th ^ ^ year for each one ; so that if you had
^/^e or four, it Avould come to about 1,200 7.,
^ich, Avith the other amount, Avould have to be
between the tAvo GoA’ernments.
; 25. 'hiv. Foioler.'] You spoke of 3,000 slaves
^ lUg required for the population of Zanziare
those slaves kindly treated? — They
l^i^.^ery Avell treated in the Island of Zanzibar,
ef course they are always slaA^es ; the master
ni'n-L poAver of life or death over them ; he
j ^ght be amenable to a local court of justice, but
do not think he Avould be very severely
1 Uiushed for killing a slave. The blood money of
ihmaccording to the value of the slave
hß is Avhat they call a green slave
tb 1 y® u slave just come from the interior),
® blood money is only 25 dollars ; if he is at
fo^. ^^^ustomed to manual labour it is 50 dollars ;
be ^î’tizan, a bricklayer, and so on, it Avould
it, ^ dollars, and for a good looking concubine
'^^ouldbe 100 dollars.
26. There is no restraint upon the treatment
of slaves by their masters, except their oAvn interests
?—That is so ; they are treated as you
would treat your horse.
327. But the slaA^es are generally kindly
treated? — They are very kindly treated, except
on the transit betAveen the coast of Africa and
the coast of Arabia ; I Avould not say they are
harshly treated there, but they are packed very
closely, and ill fed ; I take it that they are ill
fed because they are much more easily managed
Avhen they are Aveak, and in ill condition, than
Avhen they are strong ; if they Avere A'^ery strong
they might overpoAver the creAV.
328. Are you acquainted Avith Egypt? —
Yes.
329. Would you consider that, practically, the
system of slavery in Zanzibar was like the
system of slavery in Egypt?—I think there is
very little difference.
330. I have ahvays understood that in Egypt
the slaves are very kindly treated ?—Yes ; they
are so in Zanzibar, too.
331. I presume that in Egypt there is more
restraint upon the poAver of life and death, for
instance?—Yes; though the law AAmuld be the
same, the Koran. In Turkey, since Sultan
Abdul Mejid came into poAver, they have instituted
the Ka-noon, Avhich is a laAv beyond the
Koran ; there is no such laAv as the Ka-noon in
Zanzibar.
. 4^^' J presume that contact with Avestern
civilisation Avhich has operated in Turkey and
Egypt, Avould not have had any effect in Zanzibar?—Very
little. There are A^ery fsAV Europeans
there; still, the Arabs of Zanzibar are
very gentle, and I may say, quite as civilised
as the Turks.
Mr.
Churchill
13 July
1871.
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