"أوراق تتعلق بتجارة الرقيق على الساحل الشرقي لأفريقيا والنظام المتبع لكبحها" [ظ‎‎٣‎٨] (٧٢/١٦)

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No. 15.
Mr. Melvill to Mr. Egerton.—(Received October 24.)
India Office, October 22, 1868.
I AM directed by the Secretary of State for India in Council to forward, for the
consideration of Lord Stanley, and for such remarks as his Lordship may think fit to
communicate to Sir S. Northcote, copy of papers reporting the late proceedings connected
with Zanzibar and the Comoro Islands.
I am, &c.
(Signed) J. COSMO MELVILL.
Inclosure 1 in No. 15.
The Government of Bombay to Sir S. Northcote.
(Extract.) ' February 29, 1868.
WE transmit also, for the information of Her Majesty's Government, copy of a
letter from Mr. Churchill, dated 29th November last, with accompaniment, reporting the
establishment of a Vice-Admiralty Court at Zanzibar.
Inclosure 2 in No. 15.
Mr. Churchill to the Secretary to Government, Bombay.
Zanzibar, November 29, 1867.
I HAVE the honour to inclose herewith, for the information of the Right Honourable
the Governor of Bombay, copy of a despatch I have sent to Her Majesty's Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, with reference to the Vice-Admiralty Court at Zanzibar.
I have, &c.
(Signed) HENRY A. CHURCHILL.
Inclosure 3 in No. 15.
Mr. Churchill to Lord Stanley.
My Lord, Zanzibar, November 30, 1867.
TAKING into consideration the important fact of Sultan Majid's having acquiesced
in writing to the establishment of a Vice-Admiralty Court at Zanzibar, provided always
that a Delegate of His Highness be present when ships of his subjects are brought to the
said Court for adjudication, I have taken upon myself the responsibility of waiving
Dr. Seward's objections to the establishment of the Court in question at Zanzibar, as
reported in his despatch, and have condemned two dhows engaged in the Traffic of Slaves,
which have recently been seized by Her Majesty's ship " Penguin," the one off the coast
of Madagascar, and the other in the River Sindy, within the dominions of the Sultan of
Zanzibar.
Although the latter belonged to Arabs of the Coast of Arabia, the capture having
been made within the Sultan's territorial waters, it appeared to me expedient to invite the
Sultan's Delegate to be present at the adjudication; and I learn that His Highness was
highly gratified at this mark of deference.
I have, &c.
(Signed) HENRY A. CHURCHILL.
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