Box 606754486
Container
Contains 98 Results:
To E. Mathieu, Singapore, about the prospect of his employment as manager of an estate to introduce and develop the cultivation of tropical produce, 31 May 1892
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 108, fol. 43r
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
31 May 1892
To W.J.N. Nicol, declining his firm's proposal to undertake the disposal in London of all cloves collected as taxes by the Zanzibar Government, 2 Jun 1892
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 108, fol. 43v
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
2 Jun 1892
To Nicol about repair of the sea wall, 4 Jun 1892
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 108, fol. 44r
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
4 Jun 1892
To Archdeacon Jones Bateman, Universities Mission Society, asking for help in putting down the sale of alcoholic liquors to indigenous people, particularly 'trade-gin', 11 Jun 1892
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 108, fols. 44v-45v
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
11 Jun 1892
To M. Anton about the illegal importation of German copper coins into Zanzibar, 16 May 1892
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 108, fols. 46r-46v
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
16 May 1892
To Dr de Souza about carrying out the provisions of the Brussels Act regarding liquor licences, 5 Jul 1892
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 108, fol. 47r
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
5 Jul 1892
To M. Anton and M. Ottavi about carrying out the provisions of the Brussels Act regarding liquor licences, 8 Jul 1892
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 108, fols. 47v-48r
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
8 Jul 1892
To M. Ottavi about carrying out the provisions of the Brussels Act regarding liquor licences, 9 Jul 1892
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 108, fols. 48v-49r
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
9 Jul 1892
To Anderson about the Imperial British East Africa Company, Berkeley, and abolition of the Sultanate and slavery, 26 Feb 1892
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 108, fols. 25r-[unfoliated page following 28v]
Includes information about the impossibility of the continuance of the Imperial British East Africa Company on the present footing, the problems facing Berkeley, the future administration of the Coast and the interior; Portal's proposal to return to England for a discussion of these matters and of the question of the abolition of the Sultanate and slavery, the mail steamer service, and the strategic value of Zanzibar to the Admiralty.
Extents: 5 Leaves
Dates:
26 Feb 1892
To Smith about Peters' hostility against the Warombo people, and the work of the Delimitation Commission, 13 Mar 1892
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 108, fols. [unfoliated page preceding 29r]-29v
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
13 Mar 1892
To F.C. Chappell, Temple Avenue Club, London, in reply to enquiries about agriculture in the islands, n.d.
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 108, fols. 30r-31r
Describes the methods and tools in use, the shortage of labour since the supply of new enslaved people had been cut off, and the potential wealth of both islands if cultivated by modern methods.
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
n.d.
To Dr de Souza, declining to attend a meeting, and about the petition of Messrs Masfen and Sleeman, 3 Apr 1892
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 108, fols. 31v-32r
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
3 Apr 1892
To M. Anton about liquor licences, 9 Apr 1892
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 108, fols. 32v-33r
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
9 Apr 1892
To M. Anton about the importation of copper coinage, and the position regarding M. Greffülke's contract of 1883, 11 Apr 1892
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 108, fols. 33v-34v
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
11 Apr 1892
To Major Chapman, Union Club, London, advocating the acquisition of land in Zanzibar by Englishmen for cultivation purposes, and the formation of an English Land Company, 12 Apr 1892
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 108, fols. 35v-36v
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
12 Apr 1892
To Mathews about a legal case brought by Merwandji Boice applying for freedom to be given to two enslaved women, 16 Apr 1892
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 108, fols. 36v-37r
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
16 Apr 1892
To L.C. Masfen, giving the 'salient points of the changes or reforms needed for the development of East African trade', 19 May 1892
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 108, fols. 37v-42r
Includes information about the barriers caused by existing treaties; and plans to improve navigation, establish a Chamber of Commerce, make Zanzibar the chief market for East Africa, and develop the agriculture of the islands.
Extents: 6 Leaves
Dates:
19 May 1892
To C.W. Strickland about the failure of the Gazette to publish government notices concerning statistics and returns, 21 May 1892
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 108, fol. 42v
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
21 May 1892
To R.N. Boustead about carrying out the provisions of the Brussels Act regarding liquor licences, 9 Jul 1892
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 108, fol. 48v
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
9 Jul 1892
To M. Cottoni, about the Benadir ports and rentals paid to the Government of Zanzibar, 20 Jul 1892
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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 108, fols. 50r-51r
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
20 Jul 1892