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Report,  1871  —continued.

D.

Dar  Selam.  Proposed  limitation  of  the  export  of  slaves  to  the  port  of  Dar  Selam  ;  advantage ­
  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  institution ­
  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  Zanibar
  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  Inexpediency ­
  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  children ­
  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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