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Report, 1871 —continued. 
D. 
Dar Selam. Proposed limitation of the export of slaves to the port of Dar Selam ; advan 
tage of a consular officer there, Æo». C. Vivian 137, 138 Approval of a consular 
officer at Dar Selam, ChuroUll 436 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 975. 983, 984 
Very healthy situation of Dar Selam, on the mainland, Steere 104^. 1111. 
Provision in the proposed new treaty for limiting the shipment of slaves from the 
mainland to one port, namely, Dar Selam, Rep. vi Reference to the proposed 
appointment of a consular officer at Dar Selam ; duties to be fulfilled by this officer, 
lb. vii. ix. 
Depopulation and Devastation. See Interior of the Country. 
Dhows. DiflBculty in preventing the slave dhows coming from the north, or in distinguishing 
between trading dhows and slave dhows,Churchill 420-426. 440,441 Out of 400 dhows 
boarded within a certain period, only eleven were slavers, Sir L. G. Heath 685,686. 753- 
755* 7G4 Facility of distinguishing between dhows having domestic slaves and dhows 
vvith slaves for sale. Sir W. Coghlan 909 Resistance sometimes offered by the slave 
dhows. Hillyar 1189. 
Excessively close packing of the slaves on board the dhows. Rep. v Provision in the 
proposed new treaty with a view to identifying the dhows engaged in conveying slaves to 
Zanzibar for domestic purposes, ib. vi. 
See also Condemnation of Slave Dhows. Cruisers. Sea Passage. 
Domestic Slavery. Legality of slavery in Zanzibar, it being a perfectly recognised institu 
tion among Mahomedans, Hon. C. Vivian 4—6 Constant excess of the coast limits 
recognised for export for domestic purposes, ib. 20-22 Doubt as to the number of 
slaves required for legitimate or domestic slavery in Zanzibar, Sir J. W. Kaye 284. 
Good care taken of the slaves in Zanzibar, their masters generally treating them with 
kindness, CAwrcM/288. 297. 325-328 Estimate of from 3,000 to 4,000 sla^s as 
required for the purposes of Zanzibar ; much larger number shipped lor illegal traffic, ib. 
303-309—'—Arrangements suggested for the restriction and regulation of the export of 
slaves from the mainland to Zanzibar for domestic purposes. Sir B.Frere, 451, 452. 
Growing feeling of the Arabs in Zanzibar that it is better to keep the slaves there for 
home cultivation than to export them ; less objection, moreover, to slavery in Zanzibar 
or on the mainland than to the export trade to the north, Rigby 568-572. 611-615. 632. 
652-663 Contemplated permission to export a limited number of slaves from Mirama 
on the east coaat to Zanzibar for home use, ib. 612-615. 652-663 ^Importance of 
treaties prohibiting the domestic as well as the foreign slave trade, Cdomb 1217- 
1220. 
Object of the British Government in assenting to certain treaty conditions, to avoid 
interference with the status of domestic slavery in the dominions of the Sultan of Zani- 
bar Rep V. vi. Very small number of slaves required for Zanzibar, as compared with 
the ’number’ intended for the foreign market, ib. vi. Provision in the proposed new 
treaty for limiting the number of slaves exported to Zanzibar, and thence to Pemba and 
Mombazo, ib. 
Conclusion of the Committee that any attempt to supply slaves for domestic use in 
Zanzibar will always be a pretext and a cloak for a foreign trade. Rep. viii Inex 
pediency of any recognition by Great Britain of the slave traffic required to keep up 
domestic slavery, ib. 
E. 
Education. Good care taken of the children in schools at the Seychelles and at Bombay 
Hon. C. Vivian 72. 82-84- Satisfactory result of the measures taken for the education 
of liberated slave children in Zanzibar, Steere 1002-1006 Representations on the part 
of the Church Missionary Society in favour of ths training and education of slave chil 
dren in the Seychelles, Hutchinson 1337-1351« 
Reference by the Committee to the willingness of the Church Misssionary Society to 
undertake the charge and education of the children at the Seychelles, Rep. ix. 
Emancipated Slaves. See Liberated Slaves. 
Expenditure. Saving to be effected not only as regards liberated slaves, but in time, by the 
withdrawal of the squadron, if compensation^be paid for the suppression of the traffic. Sir 
J. W. Kaye 234. 248-252. 283 Expected objection by the Government of India to 
pay an increased sura towards the expenses of the squadron, ib. 257-259. 
420. 
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