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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [663] (707/733)
The record is made up of 1 volume (364 folios). It was created in 1856. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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SLAVE TRADE.
663
his subjects, carrying on Slave Trade, excepting such only as are en^
gaged in the transpoit of slaves from one port to another of his own
dominions in Africa, between the port of Lamoo to the north, and its
dependencies, the northern limit of which is the north point of Kaghoo
Island, in 1° 51' south latitude, and the port of Keelwa to the south,
and its dependencies, the southern limit of which is the Souga Munara,
or Pagoda Point, in 9° 2' south latitude, including the islands of Zan
zibar, Pemba, and Monfea.
Article IV.
This Agreement to commence and have effect from the first day of
January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven of the year of
Christ, and the fifteenth day of the month of Mohurum, one thousand
two hundred and sixty-three of the Hijree.
Done at Zanzibar, this second day of October, one thousand eight hun
dred and forty-five, of the year of Christ, and twenty-ninth day of
Rumzan, one thousand two hundred and sixty-one of the Hijree.
(Signed) Syud Saeed bin Sultan,
Imaum of Muskat.
(Signed) Atkins Hamerton , Captain,
On behalf of Her Majesty the Queen of
Great Britain and Ireland , Her Heirs
and Successors.
And whereas it is expedient and necessary that effectual provision
should he made for carrying into execution the provisions of the said
Agreement:—
I. Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty,
Power to Commanders of b y and with the advi ce and consent of the
Ships of War and of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons,
viSt Vessds C bebnging to in tllis Present Parliament assembled, and by
Subjects of the Imaum of the authority of the same. That it shall be law-
Muskat, within certain li- r i r ,i n i ^ m r t -,
mits, suspected of hein^ 1 ui J or tlie commanders and other olhcers of Her
engaged in the Slave Majesty's ships of war, or of the East India
Company, to visit, and detain in any seas,
except within the limits exempted by the terms of Article III. of the
said Agreement, any merchant vessel belonging to the subjects of the
Imaum of Muskat, which shall upon reasonable grounds be suspected of
being engaged in the export of slaves from the African dominions of the
Imaum of Muskat, or the importation of slaves from any part of Africa
into his possessions in Asia, excepting such only as are engaged in the
transport of slaves from one port to another •f his own dominions in
Africa, between the port of Lamoo to the north, and its dependencies,
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The volume is Selections from the records of the Bombay Government , compiled and edited by Robert Hughes Thomas, Assistant Secretary, Political Department, New Series: 24 (Bombay: Printed for Government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, 1856).
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- 1 volume (364 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains an abstract of contents on p. iii, a detailed list of contents on pp. vii-xx, an alphabetical index on pp. xxi-xxvii, and a list of maps etc on p. xviii.
- Physical characteristics
Pagination: two separate pagination sequences are present in the volume. The first sequence (pp. i-xviii) commences at the first page and terminates at the list of maps (p. xviii). A second pagination sequence then takes over (pp. 1-688), commencing at the title page and terminating at the final page. Both these pagination sequences are printed, with additions in pencil, and the numbers are found at the top (left, right or centre) of each page.
The fold-outs in this volume were not paginated by the publisher. As a result, these have been foliated using the nearest page number. For example, the fold-out attached to p.51 has been numbered as 51A.
Pagination anomalies: pp. 15, 15A; 45, 45A; 49, 49A; 51, 51A; 531, 531A.
The following pages need to be folded out to be read: 15A, 45A, 51A, 327-328, 531A.
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- IOR/R/15/1/732
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- 'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1:28, 1:48, 50:688, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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