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Report,  1871—continued.

Vivian,  The  Honourable  Crespigny.  (Analysis  of  his  E\\àQnc,e)—continued.
of  the  slave  trade,  184,  185  Suggestions  by  Dr.  Kirk  relative  to  the  amended  arrangements ­
  required  as  regards  liberated  slaves,  185.
Recent  despatches  from  Dr.  Kirk  relative  to  the  present  condition  of  the  slave  trade;
views  of  Dr.  Kirk  as  to  the  expediency  of  prompt  and  energetic  action,  for  that  otherwise
the  trade  will  flourish  so  long  as  the  old  treaties  alone  are  in  force,  185.
Report  from  Admiral  Cockburn,  dated  31st  May  1871,  showing  the  flourishing  state
of  the  Zanzibar  slave  trade,  the  difficulties  encountered  by  the  squadron,  and  the  remedies
required  for  the  suppression  of  the  traffic,  186  Reference  in  the  foregoing  reoort  to
the  disgusting  treatment  of  the  slaves  in  the  Zanzibar  slave  market,  ih.

W.
Waller,  Rev.  Horace.  (Analysis  of  his  Evidence.)—Was  for  nearly  three  years  in  the
country  about  the  Zambesi,  and  Lake  Shirwa,  having  joined  the  Universities  Mission  to
Cential  Africa,  925-926  Supplies  information  in  detail  relative  to  the  system  upon
which  the  slave  trade  has  been  carried  on  in  the  interior,  and  the  frightful  sufferings  and
mortality  of  the  slaves  whilst  being  driven  to  the  coast,  927
Large  export  of  slaves  formerly  under  the  French  engagées  system;  this  has  entirely
ceased,  927.  935-937  Large  proportion  of  children,  from  seven  years  of  age  upwards,
amongst  the  natives  taken  away  as  slaves,  929,  930  Immense  extent  to  which  the
country  in  the  interior,  about  Lake  Nyassa,  &c.,  has  been  and  is  being  devastated  and
depopulated  in  consequence  of  the  slave  trade  ;  testimony  of  Dr.  Livingstone  adverted
to  hereon,  931-950.  978-980.
Immense  waste  of  life  during  the  transit  to  the  coast  ;  concurrence  with  Di.  Livingstone
in  the  opinion  that  including  the  loss  ol  life  in  wars  fostered  by  the  sl^ve  dealeis,  theie
are  ten  natives  lost  for  every  one  that  reaches  the  coast,  93^*944  Large  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,  938,  939—--  Practice  of  the  slave  dealers
in  the  interior,  who  are  principally  Portuguese  subjects,  in  causing  native  wars  with  a
view  to  the  capture  of  slaves,  938.  955,  956.
Liberation  of  some  slaves  by  Dr.  Livingstone,  witness,  and  a  few  others,  940.  957
Frequent  slaughter  of  slaves  by  their  drivers,  940  Great  fertility  of  extensive  tracts
of  country,  and  very  large  population  of  the  villages,  not  many  years  ago,  whereas  the
land  is  now  entirely  devastated  between  Lake  Nyassa  and  the  coast,  945~954*  97^“9^2
Lawless  character  of  the  Arab  slave  dealers  near  Lake  Nyassa,  951,  952.
Suggestion  that  a  “floating”  consul  be  employed,  who  should  constantly  be  moving
about,  and  should  occasionally  reside  on  shore  at  Kilwa  and  other  points,  9ò^~959
Expediency  of  the  Sultan  of  Zanzibar  being  dealt  with  in  a  very  summary  manner,  and
of  the  slave  trade  being  no  longer  allowed  to  prevent  the  increase  of  legitimate  commerce,
960-96^.  970,  971  Comment  upon  the  employment  of  slaves  in  Zanzibar  by  Captain
Frazer,  and  upon  their  employment  by  other  Englishmen  in  Zanzibar  and  the  Comoro
Islands,  963.  965-968.  971.
Verv  large  trade  expected  if  the  slave  trade  be  suppressed,  97®  Inteiest  as  well
as  duty  of  England  to  suppress  the  slave  trade  on  the  coast,  970,971  Healthy
character  of  many  parts  of  the  country,  970  Comment  upon  the  encouragement  given
at  one  time  to  the  slave  trade  by  the  French,  971  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,  974;  975*  9^3»
Necessity  of  amendment  as  regards  the  status  of  British  protected  subjects  in
Zanzibar,  and  their  right  to  hold  slaves,  976,  977.
[Second  Examination.]  Extracts  from  a  letter  from  Dr.  Livingstone  in  February  1867,
relative  to  the  devastation  caused  in  the  interior  by  slave  dealers,  1352.
^Vard,  S.  Letter  from  IMr.  Ward  to  the  Rev.  S.  Hobbs,  dated  Seychelles,  22nd  May
1869,  as  to  the  vaiious  measures  necessary  in  connection  with  the  disposal  of  capture  i
slaves  in  the  island,  App.  107,  108.
West  Coast.  Importance  of  the  capture  of  Lagos  with  reference  to  the  suppression  of  the
West  Coast  slave  trade,  Hon.  C.  Vivian  107,  108;  Hillyar  1150,  1151  -Doubt
whether  on  the  West  Coast  the  squadron  alone  would  have  succeeded  in  suppressing  the
trade.  Sir  L.  G.  Heath  729~734*

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