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SLAVE TRADE. 679

Instructions to Commanders of the Honorable East India Company's
Ships, for carrying into execution the Provisions of the Act* of
XL and XIL Victoria, Cap. 128, entitled “ An Act for
carrying into Effect the Agreement between Her Majesty and
the Imaum of Mush at, for the more effectual Suppression of the
Slave Trade” ; also for carrying into execution the Provisions
of the Act \ of XII. and XIII. Victorice, Cap. 84, entitled
“ An Act for carrying into effect Engagements between Her
Majesty and certain Arabian Chiefs in the PersianGulf for
the more effectual Suppression of the Slave Tradc”\

I. You are required lo make yourselves fully acquainted with the
different provisions of these Acts of Parliament, and to guide yourselves
accordingly by them in all your acts, when you meet or fail in with any
vessels belonging to the Imaum of Muskat, or any of his subjects, or
with vessels belonging to any or either of the Arabian Chiefs therein
named, engaged in the Slave Trade, or fitted out for the purpose, con­
trary to the provisions of these Acts.
II. Your attention is to be directed to Article III. of the Agreement
with the Imaum dated 2nd October 1845, as set out in the Act.
III. And also to the provisions of the 1st Section of these Acts,
which empower the commanders of the ships of war of the East India
Company to visit vessels belonging to the subjects of the Imaum, with­
in the limits therein specified, suspected of being engaged in the Slave
Trade, and also to visit vessels belonging to the chiefs, or the subjects
of the chiefs named in Act XII. and XIII. Victories, Cap. 84.
IV. You will visit and detain, in any seas, except within the limits
exempted by the terms of Article III. of the said Agreement contained
in Act XI. and XII. Victoria3, Cap. 128, any merchant vessel belonging
to the subjects of the Imaum .of Muskat, which shall, upon reasonable
grounds, be suspected of being engaged in the export of slaves from the
African dominions of the Imaum of Muskat, or the importation of slaves
from any part of Africa into his possessions in Asia, excepting such
only as are engaged in the transport of slaves from one port to another
of his own dominions in Africa, between the port of Lamoo to the north,
and its dependencies, the northern limit of which is the north point of
Kaghoo Island, in 1° 57' south latitude, and the port of Keelwa to the
south, and its dependencies, the southern limit of which is the Souga
Munara, or Pagoda Point, in 9° 2' south latitude, including the Islands
of Zanzibar, Pemba, and Monfea, or any vessel fitted out for that pur-

* Vide pages 662 to 668 of this Selection. i’ Vide pages 671 to 673 of ditto.
X These Acts are dated the 5th September 1848 and the 1st August 1849.