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APPENDIX TO REPORT FROM SELECT COMMITTEE 
Appendix, No. 8. 
^ Resolution by the Honourable Board, dated the 17th July 1860. 
Resolved, The Honourable the Governor in Council will defer his opinion on the various 
questions discussed in Brigadier Coghlan’s report, until he shall have received the final 
statement of that officer’s views on the respective pretensions of the members of the late 
Imam’s family, after his intended visit to Zanzibar. 
In the meantime copies of the Report and of its appendices, inclusive of the photographs, 
should be forwarded to the Government of India and to Her Majesty’s Secretary of State. 
These authorities the Honourable the Governor in Council feels certain, will consider that 
satisfactory progress has been made in this important investigation. 
Brigadier Coghlan may be requested to express to Assistant Surgeon Welsh the ac 
knowledgments of Government for his interesting contributions to the Appendix of the 
Report. 
The Commander in Chief of the Indian Navy should be requested to prepare the 
‘‘ Punjaub ” for sea, in order that the Commission may, at as early a date as shall be prac 
ticable, proceed to Zanzibar. The Commander in Chief of the Indian Navy should also 
be instructed to engage freight to convey to Zanzibar a sufficient quantity of coals for 
supplying the " Punjaub ” after reaching that place during the strength of this monsoon. 
(signed) G. Clerk. 
W. Mansfield. 
H. W. Reeves. 
W. E. Frere. 
(No. 3767—Foreign Department.) 
From the Under Secretary to the Government of India to the Acting Chief Secretary to 
Government, Bombay ; dated Fort William, 31 August 1860. 
Sir, 
In reply to your letter, No. 35, dated 30th ultimo, with which was submitted a Report 
from Brigadier Coghlan describing his proceedings on the occasion of his visit to Muscat, 
I am directed by the Governor General in Council to state that the decision of the 
Supreme Government will be deferred until Brigadier Coghlan completes his inquiries, 
and reports the result of his visit to Zanzibar. 
I have, &c. 
(signed) C. U, Aitchison, 
Under Secretary to the Government of India. 
(No. 16, of 1860—Secret Department.) 
Muscat-Zanzibar Commission. 
From Brigadier W. M. Coghlan, in charge Muscat-Zanzibar Commission, to H. L. An 
son, Esq., Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay ; dated Bombay, 19 November 1860. 
Sir, 
I HAVE the honour to report, for the information of the Honourable the Governor in 
Council, my return to Bombay this day, the 19th of November, accompanied by the Rev. 
Mr. Badger and Dr. Welsh. 
2. The “Punjaub” reached Zanzibar, via Galle and the Mauritius, on the 29th of Sep 
tember. The letter of the Honourable the Governor to Syud Majeed was delivered the 
same day ; and after the usual interchange of compliments with his Highness, no time was 
lost in commencing the inquiries specially connected with the subject of this mission. 
3. Lieutenant Colonel Rigby had accompanied Captains Speke and Grant to the 
African mainland to see them fairly started on their journey of exploration into the 
interior, but, on hearing of our arrival, he returned on the 5th of October. I take this 
early opportunity of recognising the ready aid afforded me by that officer in prosecuting 
my researches at Zanzibar. 
4. Several days were occupied in private interviews with Syud Majeed, the conferences 
being conducted by the Rev. Mr. Badger in Arabic. Two of his Highness’s secretaries 
were also present, who took notes of what passed on each occasion. A written statement 
of his claims and grievances was subsequently drawn up and presented to me by his 
Highness, at whose request it was forthwith translated into English by Mr. Badger. 
This, with numerous other documents bearing on the dispute pending between their 
Highnesses Syud Thoweynee and Syud Majeed, will be forwarded to Government in the 
course of a few days, attached to my Zanzibar Report. 
5. Every opportunity was availed of, during our stay, to obtain reliable accounts of the 
slave trade on the east coast of Africa and the adjacent islands. In pursuance of the 
same inquiry, after leaving Zanzibar on the 18th ultimo, we touched at Mombasa on the 
mainland,