MR. J. W. WILSON (Worcestershire, N.)To ask the Under Secretary of 1090 State for Foreign Affairs whether, with a view to facilitate the liberation of the remaining slaves in Zanzibar and Pemba it is the intention of His Majesty's Government to recommend the Sultan's Government to abolish at an early date the regulations, which have now been some years in operation, as to the payment of compensation for slaves in future liberated within the Sultan's territories.
(Answered by Lord Cranborne.) His Majesty's Government are unaware that there exists any difficulty whatever in the liberation of the remaining slaves in Zanzibar and Pemba. Emancipation lies in their own hands, and no action seems required to achieve the object suggested by the hon. Member.