HC Deb 02 April 1897 vol 48 cc406-7
MR. THOMAS BAYLEY

I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps have been taken to carry out the pledge of Her Majesty's Government to make arrangements immediately on Mr. Hardinge's return to Zanzibar to abolish the legal status of slavery in that island and in Pemba; and when the promised change may now be expected?

MR. CURZON

The Decrees concerning the abolition of the legal status of slavery in Zanzibar and Pemba will be issued in Zanzibar next week, and a Parliamentary Paper containing the Instructions of Her Majesty's Government to Mr. Hardinge will be laid simultaneously in this House.

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