Political No. 18 of 1873, Forwarding a Copy of Papers Regarding the Capture of a ‘Slave Dhow’ by HMS
Vulture
Date:
1873/1873
Description:
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 24 January 1873 and received via Brindisi on 17 February 1873, forwarding a copy of papers regarding the capture of a ‘slave dhow’ by HMS
Vulture, and stating that, pending the receipt of a reply to the separate despatch, relative to the source from whence the cost of ‘liberated’ enslaved people should be met, a separate account of the expenditure incurred on behalf of the enslaved people released by the
Vulturewill be kept and charged to ‘Political Agencies’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 155, and terminates at f 160a, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The sequence contains six foliation anomalies: f 155a, f 156a, f 157a, f 158a, f 159a, and f 160a.