General No. 28 of 1874, Forwarding a Copy of a Letter from the Acting Political Agent at Zanzibar, Submitting a Report on the Present Condition of the Jail Building at Zanzibar [‎371v] (14/20)

Building for Zanzibar Jail and Hospital.
Government should appoint them as extra Consular neons and tw n 7 ,
is b U et er e t e o q h ally ^'l 1 amon S st a11 th e meu. In a small Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. like ‘this 11 n
L lo llavo one homogeneous body of subordinates than tu-,, „ ‘
scattered over various duties" At present there are only eiihLeous a ta nl
to the establishment, and these are scarcely sufficient for the multifbw atta< * ed
not enumerate. They are not over well mid °r ^ 0tt ^, C ! u . ties willc h I need
sent duties, they had to act as iail wnrdJL 5 aiu \ 1 A m addition to their pre-
would be absolutely necessary. J ? a reinforc ^^ of at least two men
thatft'isTCiydTffi^^ 1 Ilave the honor to state
and material vary much at* different tb C i° Se ?? tl P aatej as tile pi’ices of labour
slave trade, that of the former is inero-i ,- mos ‘ ;! wl , n y to tlie suppression of the
the slaves formerly employed in the" an ^ ! ve ^ r ^ ur ther to increase, as
masters to the plantations, and there'appears 1° yZl
free labour. I enclose hmvnv^ 0 ,^PPeais^as yet to be no immigration of
my request by a gentleman who hn \° U ? 1 estl , mate wlllcl1 lias been drawn up at
which 1 may, therefore he rel ed on ex P ei ' ienee ^h matters, and
exceed Kupees 3,000. * s cln ^ acciira te. The total cost will not
with yenetian U WinTs 0 fonhfo t uteide e a 'rd a rf WS ° f the u PP er s tol J he furnished
is at times exceedingly violent and the f'Z P ane * f 01 ' 1116 mside, as the wind
its force. As the W sills would ?. P “I® r uId be Protected from
should in addition he furnished ndth “a 3 - 1 ’ 17 flU -} 1 with the floor the frames
the window as a guard It woo d he f C lr ° U f ai l iD S s to rea °h half-way up
Bombay than to construct them at Zanzibar ^l 1 " t0 lln P 01 't th ese windows from
dear and generally bad. Two donv« n* ’ u er<3 car P enter s work is always
pattern followed in the Presidenev T n cons l :i * uc ted according to the
for the cells. lesidency Jails should also be furnished from Bombay
tion has been C 0 erelted On a I cerfaffi t portimi t h a h frOm the ti . me tIle llouse iu l 1168 -
to the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and his family Unde,^ th 0 h been ° ccu P led b y the Head Clerk
of course be compelled to vacate It f,® Wf SGd arran gements they would
hnd a house in the town fit for the" u d a matter ot great difficulty to
rental than Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 300 or Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 400 a Euro I )ean to ^e let at a lower
fully to submit, for the considemtion o? and 1 venture aspect-
m Council, whether a certain monthlv « 1IlS Ex 1 celleuc 3 7 th e Governor-General
to the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Clerk, in the event of tlio a§ l f^ e ^ ent may not be flowed
carried out. L ' ent ol scheme for a jail and hospital being
No. 6, dated Zanzibar, 23rd May ]874.
Prom—Civil Surgeon of Zanzibar,
T0 ^ MaJeSty ’ S 1,0Utieal Consul-General, Zanzibar.
fitness of Ve hLse nw occ^pie^^v^^V 6 !? UeSting me to re P ort on the
have the honor to offer the following Ml ’' lloberts for a j ail and hospital, I
accommodation required is for the ns a - s “?S es hons; and I assume that the
space set apart for the Resident SuncGnf 3 f U '? P< T S ’ w . itb th e exception of the
■ the Subordinate Medical Department Wh ° miSht b ° SOme intdli S eilt