Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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she is provided with a proper pass from the
Sultan, which shall be valid only for one voyage,
and with distinctive marks on her hull and sails;
a heavy penalty being attached to any piracy of
these passes or marks.
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5. That the public slave-markets at Zanzibar
shall be closed.
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6. That the Sultan shall engage from the
date of the treaty to punish
severely any of his
subjects who may be proved to be concerned,
directly or indirectly, in the slave-trade, and
especially any attempt to molest or interfere
with a liberated slave.
" ' 7. That the Kutchees, and other natives of
Indian
states under British protection, shall be
forbidden, after a date to be fixed by the
Government of India to possess slaves, and that
in the meantime they shall be prevented from
acquiring any fresh slaves.
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' Lastly, The treaty shall contain a stipulation
providing for the eventual entire prohibition
of the export of slaves from the mainland.'
" The Government have sent out instructions
to press this proposed treaty upon the present
Sultan ; but pending the inquiry of this Committee
nothing more has been done.
" It has been stated to the Committee that for
the performance of the additional
duties which
would devolve upon the Consul, should the