§ SIR ROBERT ANSTRUTHERasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether Her Majesty's Government are in possession of any information showing that the efforts of the Sultan of Zanzibar for the suppression of the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa have hitherto proved ineffectual, and that large gangs of slaves are being constantly moved northward, along the coast, for exportation or sale at Pember and other places; and, when the Papers relating to the Slave Trade will be laid upon the Table of the House?
§ MR. BOURKESir, the last reports from Dr. Kirk show that attempts have been made, apparently with some success, to revive the inland Slave Trade to the North. The traffic by sea, we believe, is practically stopped, with the exception of a small current that is carried on between the mainland and Pember. The Sultan has shown the utmost willingness to act against the traders. His authorities lately seized 14 dealers and 100 slaves. He has degraded and imprisoned a relative of his own—the Governor of Kilwa—who was proved by Dr. Kirk to be engaged in the Slave Trade. There is no doubt of his being zealously backed up by Dr. Kirk. The delay in the issue of Papers is accounted for by the mass 1671 of Papers on other subjects lately issued by the Foreign Office.