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'Papers Respecting the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and the System Pursued for its Suppression' [66r] (71/72)
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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Admiralty Court against the captors, and Lord Clarendon fears that if the system of
destroying vessels suspected of being engaged in the Slave Trade which is now carried out
to a very considerable extent by British cruizers on the East Coast of Africa is continued,
not only will it give rise to large pecuniary claims on Her Majesty's Government, but in
some instances vessels may be destroyed, and their owners, from not knowing where their
case will be adjudicated, may be unable to obtain a hearing and defend their property;
and thus injustice will be done to honest traders, a state of things which it is on every
account the object of Her Majesty's Government to avoid.
I am, &c.
(Signed) A. J. OTWAY.
No. 79.
Mr. Otway to Mr. Merivale.
Sir, Foreign Office, July 22, 1869.
I AM directed by the Earl of Clarendon to transmit to herewith a copy of a despatch,
with its inclosures in original, from Colonel Disbrowe, Her Majesty's
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.
and
Consul at Muscat, relative to a difference which he has had with the de facto Ruler of
that country, which difference induced him to withdraw from the town for a while, and
to go on board Her Majesty's gun-boat " Clyde."
I am to request that, in laying this paper before the Secretary of State for India in
Council, you will inform him that Lord Clarendon has informed Colonel Disbrowe that
the matter has been referred to the
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.
, it being one which will be dealt with by
the India Government.
I am, &c.
(Signed) A. J. OTWAY.
P.S.—Since the above was written, a further despatch has been received from
Lieutenant-Colonel Disbrowe on the same subject, which is sent herewith, and it is
requested that the inclosures in this letter, being sent in original, may be returned to this
office when done with.
No. 80.
Mr. Otway to Lieutenant- Colonel Disbrowe.
(No. 2.)
Si r> Foreign Office, July 22, 1869.
I AM directed by the Earl of Clarendon to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch
of the 28th of May last,* reporting the circumstances under which a difference had arisen
between yourself and the de facto Ruler of Muscat, which had induced you for a short
time to retire from that place and to go on board Her Majesty's gun-boat " Clydeand
I am to state to you that, this affair being one which, from its nature, must be exclusively
dealt with by the Indian Government, his Lordship has referred your despatch above-
mentioned to the Secretary of State for India.
I am, &c.
(Signed) A. J. OTWAY.
* No. 75.
PRINTED AT THE FOREIGN
OFFICE BY T. HARRISON.— 29/10/C9.
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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'
- Pages
- 31r:54r, 55r:66v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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