'Slave-dealing and Slave-holding by Kutchees in Zanzibar' [‎123v] (35/63)

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2. We also forward a copy of oxir letter in reply, dated the 13th instant, which
contains a further expression of our views on this subject.
We have, &c.,
(Signed) Mayo.
W. R. Mansfield.
H. M. Duband.
H. S. Maine.
John Strachey.
B. H. Ellis.
No. 113, dated Bombay Castle, the 31st March 1869.
C. Gonne , Esq., Secretary to the Government, Bombay, Political Department, to
the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department.
Adverting to your Letter, No. 1544, dated the 31st December last, and previous
correspondence, I am directed to forward for submission to His Excellency the
Viceroy and Governor General in Council, the enclosed copy of a jetter w^h lts
enclosures, from the 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, dated 22d January 1869, No. 5/26,
relative to the traffic in slaves by Kutchees in Zanzibar.
2 The 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. 's proceedings in calling for a list of the slaves possessed
by each Kutchee, with a view to determining whether they are held as domestic
slaves or for the purpose of slave traffic, seem to the Governor in Council to be
in pursuance of the orders of the Government of India communicated in your
letter above quoted, but the order limiting the number of domestic slaves which
each Kutchee is permitted to retain goes beyond those orders.
3. This has been pointed out to Mr. Churchill, but, looking to the reason given
by him for issuing the order, the Governor in Council will await his turther
report.
No. 5/26, dated Zanzibar, the 22d January
H A Churosill , Esq., C .B., Her Britannic Majesty's Consul and 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. ,
Zanzibar, to C. Gonne , Esq., Acting Chief Secretary to the Government ot
of Bombay.
I received your Despatch, No. 3406, of the 7th ultimo, relative to the possession
of slaves by the Kutchees residing at Zanzibar, on the 4th instant, and, although I
took an early opportunity of communicating the decision of the Indian Government
to His Highness the Sultan, who was on the coast of Africa, at Dar Selam, spend
ing the Rammadan, I thought it better to wait until the Sultan's return to Zanzibar,
as the delay incurred by this means would have the effect of reconciling His
Highness with the stringent measures I purposed taking with regard to the natives
of India under his protection. I trust that my having allowed the Indians this
short respite, as a mark of deference to His Highness the Sultan, will not be
disapproved by the Right Honourable the Governor in Council, although it was,
as I am aware, my duty to have acted upon the orders I had received without the
least delay. . ,. . . ,
On the day after the Sultan's return to Zanzibar, and immediately after the
ides of Rammadan, I drew up a notice informing the natives of India, who had
placed themselves Under His Highness's protection, that they would no longer be
allowed to purchase or sell slaves, and that they had to present themselves at the