Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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State fqr
Foreign Affairs and tlie Secretary of
State for India in Council, wlio recommended
that, as the duties of
the agency and consulate
at Zanzibar were of a twofold character—one
part concerning the Indian, and the other the
Imperial Government—that the cost of maintenance
should be equally divided between the
Imperial and Indian Governments.
" This proposal was negatived by the Lords
Commissioners of the Treasury, and it was
stated in evidence that, in consequence of this
refusal
and of the representation of the Indian
Government, her Majesty's Secretary of State
for India in Council had informed the Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs that the Foreign
Office would no longer be privileged to send
any instructions to the Zanzibar agent; and
the whole matter, therefore, was brought to a
dead-lock.
" The principal means used to check the trade
have been the employment of some vessels of
her Majesty's Navy upon the East Indian
station as cruisers to watch the East African
Coast during the slaving season, which, depending
upon the monsoon, is from April to the
end of June, and from September to the
beginning of November. It was stated in
e\adence that during the years 1867, 1868, and
1869, there were captured by the squadron