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'Papers Respecting the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and the System Pursued for its Suppression' [39r] (17/72)
The record is made up of 1 volume (34 folios). It was created in 29 Oct 1869. 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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Inclosure 4 in No. 15.
The Secretary to Government, Bombay, to the Foreign Secretary, India.
^ r ' t AA/r j- i , , Bombay Castle, January 22, 1868.
AM directed to forward, for the information of the Government of India, the
accompanying copy of a letter, and of its inclosure, dated the 29th November last, from the
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Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
at Zanzibar, regarding the establishment of a Vice-Admiralty Court at
Zanzibar. J
I have, &c.
(Signed) W. WEDDERBURN.
Inclosure 5 in No. 15.
The
Government of Bombay
From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
to Sir S. Northcote.
(Ext ract.) September 7, 1868.
i ^ i, reterence to the papers forwarded with our despatch dated the 29th February
last, we have the honour to transmit herewith copy of a letter, and of its inclosures, from
the Pohhcal Agent at Zanzibar, dated the 3rd March following, connected with the
establishment of a Vice-Admiralty Court at that place.
Inclosure 6 in No. 15.
Mr. Churchill to the Secretary to Government, Bombay.
Sir
r tr a "VTr fi-. v, + 'i. ^ r- Zanzibar, M^arch 3, 1868.
1 HAVE the honour to transmit to you, for the information of the Right Honourable
the Governor in Council, a copy of a despatch, together with its inclosure, that I have
latterly received from Her Majesty s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
relative to the establishment of a \ ice-Admiralty Court at Zanzibar, and the erroneous
view taken by the late officiating
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
of the matter.
I have, &c,
(Signed) HENRY A. CHURCHILL.
Inclosure 7 in No. 15.
Lord Stanley to Mr. Churchill
n ' j uwv u A 1 . j . . Foreign Office, October 10, 1867.
/ H Ay ® had under my consideration, m consultation with the Queen's Advocate
the doubts raised by Mr. Seward in his despatch of the 30th May last, as to the competency
f. f. ' i 1 Ke-Admiralty Court to adjudicate, under present Treaty arrangements
within the ZanzibOT terntonties, in the matter of confiscating vessels the prdpertv of subjects
of the Sultan of Zanzibar, which nave been seized by ships of Her Majesty's navy on
suspicion of being engaged in tne Slave Trade within the Sultan's dominions; and I have
to state to you, that Mr. Seward s doubts on this subject were not well founded and that
any decision he might have given as Judge of Her Majesty's Vicc-Admiralty Court in the
territories of Zanzibar, would have been perfectly valid. j ui me
I inclose for your information, an extract of a letter from Colonel Playfair, to whom
Mr, Seward s despatch was also referred. wnom
I am, &c.
(Signed) STANLEY,
Inclosure 8 in No. 15.
^ ^ Colonel Playfair to Mr. Churchill
rr- VT E r< : adDr - Seward's despatch which accompanied your note of the lOth ultimo
hensibde to'me to exerclse Vloe - Adm "- a % J ^diction at Zanzibar, are quite incompra:
hensible to me.
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This file contains printed copies of correspondence between British officials regarding Britain's attempts to prohibit slave traffic on the East Coast of Africa, relations between Britain and the Sultanate of Zanzibar, and Zanzibar's relations with Muscat. The correspondence dates from September 1866-July 1869.
The file contains translated copies of correspondence between the Sultan of Zanzibar, Majid bin Saeed and the Viceroy of India, John Laird Mair Lawrence as well as translated correspondence between an Envoy of the Sultan of Zanzibar and the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord Stanley [Edward Henry Stanley].
On folio 42r, the file contains a translation of a letter from Queen Victoria to the Sultan of Zanzibar, Majid bin Saeed. The letter confirms the friendly relations between the two and informs the Sultan that a sword has been specially commissioned for him as a gift.
The file also contains translated correspondence between the Sultan of Johanna [Anjouan Island, now part of the Comoros Islands] and Henry Adrian Churchill, Britain's Agent in Zanzibar.
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- 1 volume (34 folios)
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The file is arranged in rough chronological order, with the earliest correspondence at the beginning of the file and the latest at the end of the file.
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Condition: the file is contained within a bound volume that contains a number of other files.
Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 31, and terminates at f 66, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 5-134; these numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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- 'Papers Respecting the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and the System Pursued for its Suppression'
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