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Box 606754486

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Contains 98 Results:

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 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 M. Anton about liquor licences, 9 Apr 1892

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Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 108, fols. 32v-33r

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