Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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APPENDIX. 441
of British Consul at Zanzibar, and, in addition
to the ordinary duties of a
Pohtical Agent and
Consul, is Judge of the Vice Admiralty Court.
The expenses of this. Establishment are borne
by the Indian Government.
"The Government have proposed to enter
into a new treaty with the Sultan of Zanzibar
to the following effect :
'"1.
To limit the shipment of slaves from the
mainland to one point only on the African coast,
namely, Darra Salaam, and to prohibit entirely
their export from any other places.
" '
2. To make Zanzibar the only port for the
reception of slaves shipped from Darra Salaam,
but with liberty to transport from thence to
Pemba and Mombaza only ; imports of slaves
to any other place, or which have not come
through Zanzibar, should be declared illegal,
and liable to seizure.
"
' 3 That the number of slaves exported
from Darra Salaam to Zanzibar, and thence to
Pemba and Mombaza, shall be strictly limited
to the actual requirements of the inhabitants of
those places, to be annually settled by mutual
consent between the Sultan and the British
Agent, such number to be gradually decreased
so as to cease altogether within a certain time.
" '
4. That every vessel engaged in the transport
of slaves shall be liable to capture, unless