To point out to Portuguese
Government the bene-.
ficial effects of acting
jointly for the suppres
sion of the Slave Trade
in Portuguese waters
in Mozambique............ 801

Ir. Cobbold to the Earl of Apr. 14 May 1 Inclosing copy of note
Derby

addressed to PortuGovernment. guese Gratification of Her Majesty's Government at issue of Decree of October 31, 1874, freeing libertos in Cupe Verde Islands

Apr. 15 May 2 Sends copy of corre

spondence with Portu

801

Lord Lytton to the Earl of May 31 June 16 Inclosing copy of note

Derby

to Senhor Corvo as to

operations of Thetis in

Page

802

the Umfusi River ....... 806

Sept. 30 Oct. 8 Inclosing copy of note to

Portuguese Minister,
expressing apprecia-
tion of Senhor Adrião's
services

807

PORTUGAL (Mozambique).

Consul Elton to the Earl of May 12 June 27 | Visit to Johanna in Her

Derby

....

a

Majesty's ship Thetis.
Punishment of
Shereef, convicted at
Zanzibar for compli-
city in Slave Trade, by
Sultan of Johanna... 809

May 25 June 27 Reception of freed slaves

in temporary depôt at Mozambique. Portuguese Government consent to, but Natal Government does not wish for at present 811 Slaves at Kivolane and Umfusi

811

Consul Hopkins to the Earl July 31 | Sept. 18 Report on publication of of Derby

Law of April 29, 1875.
Sends extract from
"Boletim Officiel of
May 26, 1875. Regu-
lation of labour in the
Province of Angola .... 815

EGYPT.

Major-General Stanton to the Jan. 6 Jan. 29 Inclosing letter from

Earl of Derby

Consul at Jeddah on Slave Trade in Hedjaz and Yemen

Dec. 4 Dec. 13 Interview with Khedive.

Murder of Munzinger
Pasha by natives

849

850

Lord Lyons to the Earl of Feb. 3 Feb. 6 Sends copy of note from

Derby

850

Duc Decazes on dhow
under French colours,
Instructions sent to
French Admiral.......... 851

May 28 May 29 Note to the French Go

vernment, expressing acknowledgments of

Her Majesty's Govern-
ment for conduct of
Mr. Consul Gaspary at
Zanzibar, in prevent-
ing abuse of French
flag in Slave Trade...... 851

Lord Lyons to the Earl of July 7 July 10 Sends copy of note sent

Derby

to French Government on use of French flag for Slave Trade pur

SPAIN (Havana).

Commissary-Judge Sept. 1 Oct. 2 Sends copy of statement

Crawford to the Earl of

Acting

Derby

in" Havana Gazette."
Number of persons

freed under Law of

Consul Pauli to the Earl of May 12 May 31 | Incloses
Derby

report from Vice-Consul Gibbons on result of abolition of slavery and contract of "libertos"

858

TURKEY.

The Earl of Derby to Sir H. | May 11
Elliot

Case of 4 slaves on Mace-
donia, from Malta,
liberated.

Sir H. Elliot to the Earl of July 10 July 20 Complicity of Governor
Derby

of Bengazi in Slave
Trade. Sends copy of

865

note to Safvet Pasha... 865

Aug. 8 Aug. 17 Sends report of Sir P.

Francis on female slave

Consul Beyts to the Earl of Dec. 27 | Jan. 29 Official installation as Derby

Consul on 21st instant.

Remarks on Slave

Trade, &c.

878

closed since his ap

pointment. Forwards

list of slaves liberated
at Jeddah since his
arrival

874

Instructions as to course
to be pursued on
Slave Trade questions 875
Remarks on slaves im-

ported into Yemen
and Hedjaz, &c.

877

· Consul Beyts to the Earl of June 10 June 21 Inclosing report on Red

Derby

Sea Slave Trade.
remarks upon it

His

877

Vice-Consul Ellon to the Earl of Derby.-(Rec. January 11, 1875.) (Extract.)

Zanzibar, December 15, 1874.

I HAVE the honour to inclose you copy in translation of a letter addressed by me to His Highness the Sultan of Zanzibar, together