Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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Mr. Edward Hutchinson called in ;
examined.
and
1336. Ghairman] " You are one of the Secretaries
of the Church Missionary Society? "— " I
am."
1337. " Has your Society been instituting inquiries
with respect to the suitability of Seychelles
as a place to which to send liberated
slaves ? "— " I may say shortly that the whole of
this matter has been before our committee for the
last four years ; we have been investigating it
thoroughly for that time, and we arrived at this
conclusion, that the Seychelles was the most
suitable place at which a depot for liberated
slaves could be established ; and, in anticipation
of the Government agreeing with our view, we
sent a missionary there with instructions to
purchase a property there, and commence a
training institution ; we did not do that till we
had ascertained from the fullest evidence we
could collect upon the subject, that Seychelles
was the best place for the pm^pose.
We sent a
gentleman from the Mauritius to the Seychelles,
who sent us a report, an epitome of which I
have here, and he also procured for us a
report
by Mr. Swinburne Ward, the Government
Commissioner at the Seychelles, speaking in
the most favourable terms of the Seychelles