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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  acknowledgments ­
  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  practicable, ­
  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.  Anson, ­
  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  September. ­
  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,