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Report, 1871 —continued. 
Kilioa. Suggestion that there be a vice-consul at Kilwa, Hon. C. Vivian 137, 138; 
Churchill 436 Effect of sealing up Kilwa, and other ports, to prevent export to 
Madagascar, Hon. C. Vivian 177, 178—-Open manner in which the trade has been 
conducted between Kilwa and Zanzibar, Steere 1048-1051. 
Conveyance of the slaves from the interior, chiefly to Kilwa, as the principal port of 
shipment for Zanzibar, Hej). iii, iv. Total of 97,203 slaves exported from Kilwa in 
the five years from 1862 to 1867, v Probable necessity of a consular officer at 
Kilwa for a term, ih. vii. 
Kirh, Hr. Recent report by Dr. Kirk that the slave trade is being more vigorously 
carried on than ever, Hon. C. Vivian 139 Letter from Dr. Kirk, in December 1870, 
adverted to as showing that, under the commercial treaty with Zanzibar in 1839, pressure 
may be brought to bear for the suppression of the slave trade, ib. 184, 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 other 
wise the trade will flourish so long as the old treaties alone are in force, Hon. C. Vivian 
185 Suggestions by Dr. Kirk relative to the amended arrangements required as 
regards liberated slaves, ib. 
Assistance rendered to witness in his consular duties by Dr. Kirk, Churchill 294 
Large and useful experience of Dr. Kirk on the east coast; misfortune if he cannot 
cont'nue to act in witness’s absence, ib. 373-376- 
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, Waller 974, 975. 983, 984. 
Extract from Dr. Kirk, dated 10th June 1871, urging the mecessity of immediate 
action, and of the adoption of summary measures towards the Sultan of Zanzibar, 
App. 94. 
Recommendation that no technical rules of the service be allowed to interfere with 
the appointment of the present acting political agent, Rep. ix, x. 
Kutchees. Report of the Foreign Office, in April 1870, recommending that while the 
Kutchees should not be permitted to hold slaves in future, due consideration should be 
shown and allowance made for the circumstances under which they have conceived them 
selves justified in acquiring their slaves. App. 95-97. 
Misapprehension of the Sultan of Zanzibar as to the position of the non-registering 
Kutchees; suggestion by the Foreign Office for the removal of all doubt on the subject, 
ApP‘ 96, 97- 
Provision in the proposed new treaty that the Kutchees shall, after a certain date, be 
forbidden to possess slaves, Rep. vi. 
See also British, and British-Indian Subjects. 
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Labour. Great importance of lines of steam communication as a means of distributing 
• native labour along the coast. Sir B. Frere, 452-484 Belief that the commerce of 
Zanzibar would be greatly developed by a system of free labour, instead of being injured 
by a sudden stoppage of the slave trade, Rigby 631-633. 666, 667. 
Prospect of adequate supplies of free labour, if domestic slavery be abolished, 
Rep. viii. 
See also Domestic Slavery. Limitation of Export. 
Lamoo. Advantage of a vice consul at Lamoo, Hon. C. Vivian, 138 Expediency of 
checking the practice of shipping slaves from Zanzibar to Lamoo, this being a mere 
blind for facilitating export to the coast of Arabia, Steere, 1024-1028. 1051-1054 
Great facility for evading the cruisers, through its being legal for the slave dhows to clear 
out for Lamoo, Hillyar, 1143-1149. 
Circumstance of the slave, dhows being provided with proper clearances for Lamoo, and 
being thus enabled to make the first half of their journey north unmolested by British 
cruisers. Rep. v, vi. 
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