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Report,  1871—continued.

Number  of  Slaves.  Belief  that  the  export  of  slaves  from  the  dominions  of  the  Sultan  of
Zanzibar  is  considerably  more  than  20,000  a  year  ;  small  portion  required  for  domestic
labour  in  Zanzibar,  the  rest  going  to  Persia,  &c.,  Hon.  C.  Vivian  23,  24.  28-34.  37*  4^
Calculation  as  to  about  20,000  slaves  being  imported  into  Zanzibar  annually,  the
great  majority  of  whom  are  re-exported.  Sir  L.  G.  Heath  684,  685.  741  Decrease  of
the  slave  trade  on  the  East  Coast  since  1867,  Hillyar  1158-1160.
Great  difficulty  in  arriving  at  an  exact  conclusion  as  to  the  number  of  slaves  who
leave  the  African  coast  yearly.  Rep.  iv  Annual  number  exported  from  Kilwa  to
Zanzibar,  and  elsewhere  ;  total  of  97,203  in  five  years,  ih.  iv,  v.  Export  of  numbers
of  slaves  from  other  places  on  the  coast  as  well  as  from  Kilwa,  ih.  v.
Nyassa.  At  present  the  slaves  are  chiefly  brought  from  the  neighbourhood  of  Lake
Nyassa,  Hon.  C.  Vivian  26.  35  Immense  extent  to  which  the  country  in  the  interior,
about  Lake  Nyassa,  &c.,  has  been  and  is  being  devastated  and  depopulated  in  consequence ­
  of  the  slave  trade;  testimony  of  Dr.  Livingstone  adverted  to  hereon.  Waller  931-950.
  978-980  The  slaves  taken  to  Zanzibar  are  now  brought  from  the  west  side  of
Lake  Nyassa,  ib.  951,  952.

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Palmenton,  Lord.  Concurrence  in  the  views  of  Lord  Palmerston  in  favour  of  putting  down
the  slave  trade  with  a  high  hand,  Rigby  574,  575.  580.
Persia.  Nature  of  the  treaties  with  Persia  with  respect  to  the  prohibition  of  the  import  of
slaves  by  sea;  inconvenience  of  the  stipulation  that  there  must  be  a  Persian  officer  on
board  a  British  cruiser  when  capturing  slavers,  Hon.  C.  Vivian  8,  9.  155,  156  Refusal
of  Persia  to  prohibit  the  import  of  slaves  by  land,  ib.  156  Satisfactory  assurances
received  fiom  Persia  relative  to  treaty  engagements,  ib.  165,  166  Contemplated
representations  to  the  Persian  government  in  order  to  obtain  all  possible  facilities  for  the
seizure  of  slaves,  Sir  B.  Frere  489-492.  502,  503.
Firman  issued  by  the  Shah  of  Persia  to  the  Governor  of  Pars  in  June  1848,  prohibiting
the  import  of  slaves  to  Persia  by  sea  alone,  App.  98  Further  firman  issued  by  the
Shah  to  the  Governor  of  Ispahan  and  Persian  Arabia  in  June  1848,  prohibiting  the
import  of  slaves  by  sea,  ib.  98,  99  Convention  in  August  1851  for  the  detention  and
search  of  Persian  vessels  by  British  and  East  India  Company’s  cruisers,  ib.  99,  100.
Expediency  of  negotiations  being  entered  into  with  the  Government  of  Persia,  in  order
to  secure  greater  facilities  of  search  in  vessels  suspected  of  carrying  slaves,  Rep.  x.
Political  Agency  and  Consulate  {Zanzibar').  Information  relative  to  the  functions  of  the
political  agent  of  the  Indian  Government  at  Zanzibar,  who  is  also  consul,  there  being
also  a  vice-consul  and  clerk;  undue  expense  to  India  in  respect  of  the  former,
Hon.  C.  Vivian  91-97.  1^3  It  is  proposed  to  share  the  expense  of  the  agency
between  the  Imperial  and  Indian  Governments,  ih.  143.
Information  relative  to  the  joint  office  of  agent  and  consul  held  by  the  representative
of  India  and  Great  Britain  at  Zanzibar,  Sir  J.  W.  Kaye  190-194  Arrangement  that
all  matters  connected  with  the  slave  trade,  the  entire  instructions  to  the  agent,  should
come  from  the  Foreign  Office,  and  that  the  India  Office  should  have  nothing  to  do  with
it,  ib.  195.
Statement  in  detail  in  explanation  and  support  of  the  claim  made  by  the  India  Office»
and  eventually  concurred  in  by  (he  Foreign  Office,  that  half  the  expense  of  the  Zanzibar
agency  (the  total  being  3,019/.  a  year),  should  be  borne  by  the  Imperial  Exchequer  ;
comment  upon  the  refusal  oí  the  Treasury  to  accede  to  this  arrangement.  Sir  J.  ff.  Kaye
195,  196.  215-230.  239,240.  267,268.  281.  283  Statement  as  to  its  having  been
notified  to  the  Foreign  Office  by  the  India  Office  that  as  (he  Treasury  decline  to  pay  a
moiety  of  the  expenses  of  the  agency  at  Zanzibar,  instructions  relating  to  the  slave
trade  should  no  longer  be  sent  to  the  agent,  ¿ó.  220-224.  260-262  .  Very  injurious
effect  of  the  refusal  of  the  Treasury  to  pay  about  1,500/.  a  year  towards  the  Zanzibar
agency;  necessity  however  of  some  compensation  being  also  paid  to  the  Sultan  for  a
suppression  of  the  slave  traffic,  ?7>.  221-232.  242-256.  277-281  Large  portion  of  the
time  of  the  agent  at  Zanzibar  taken  up  with  slave  trade  matters,  ib.  263,  264.
Outline  of  witness’s  duties  as  political  agent  and  as  consul  ;  very  heavy  work  arising
out  of  the  slave  trade,  and  the  proceedings  in  the  Vice  Admiralty  Court,  Churchill  291-294
  Very  limited  staff  of  the  consulate  with  reference  to  the  work  to  be  done,  ib.  294
Estimate  of  3,100/.  a  year  as  the  cost  of  the  political  agency  and  staff,  ib.  324.
Contemplated  increase  in  the  present  staff  of  the  agency  and  consulate  at  Zanzibar,
Rep.  vii  Reference  to  the  proposed  division  between  the  Imperial  and  Indian  Governments ­
  of  the  cost  of  the  agency  and  consulate,  and  the  result  of  the  objection  made  thereto
by  the  Treasury,  ib.
420.

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