Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 27 October 1853, and found at IOR/F/4/2536/147461. It is the fifth in a series of seven items about the 'slave trade' [trade in enslaved people].The item contains a letter from Henry Wilson Reeves, Bombay Civil Service, to the Government of Bombay. The letter mentions a map of the journeys made in 1850-51 by Dr David Livingstone and Mr Oswell, Madras Civil Service, in the region north of the 'Cape colony' [Cape of Good Hope] and north-east of the 'Great Ngamee Lake' [Lake Ngami]. Reeves notes that Livingstone and Oswell discovered 'slave trade' activity in the area, allegedly involving the Makololo [or Kololo] people and the 'Mambari' [word given to traders in the region], who may or may not be Portuguese. He suggests that Major Atkins Hamerton, Political Agent at Zanzebar [Zanzibar], should be asked to make enquiries about this trade and the general geography of the region, the Zambezi river in particular.The item also contains a minute by the Governor of Bombay, dated 14 September 1853, with instructions for forwarding Reeves's letter and map to Hamerton and the Government of the Cape of Good Hope.The map referred to was removed and catalogued separately at IOR/W/F/4/2536/147465.Hamerton is also referred to as HM Consul and Company Agent in the Dominions of His Highness the Imam [Imām] of Muscat.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '161 1854', 'Collection', 'Vol: 5', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection was described as 'No. 1 of No. 102 of 1853' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 832, and terminates at f 837, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
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 27 February 1874 and received by the India Office via Brindisi on 23 March 1874, forwarding a copy of a letter from the Acting Political Agent at Zanzibar, containing particulars regarding the death of Dr David Livingstone near Ujiji.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 388, and terminates at f 391, 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.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India's Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 21 July 1873 and received by the India Office's Political Department on 21 August 1873, forwarding copies of letters from the Political Agent and Consul at Zanzibar and the Resident at Aden respectively, which provide information regarding the Livingstone Expedition into East Central Africa, as well as news from Zanzibar.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 255, and terminates at f 260, 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 three foliation insertion anomalies: f 255a, f 257a, and f 259a.
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 31 January 1873 and received by the India Office Secret Department on 1 March 1873, forwarding copies of letters from the Government of Bombay containing news regarding Dr David Livingstone.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 342, and terminates at f 344a, 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 three foliation anomalies: f 342a, f 343a and f 344a.
Abstract: This item consists of a copy of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 3 January 1873 and received by the India Office Secret Department on 1 February 1873, forwarding a copy of a letter referring to certain matters connected with the ‘Livingstone Search Expedition', in continuation of despatch No. 227[Political?]. of 18 November 1872.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 63, and terminates at f 65a, 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 two foliation anomalies: f 63a and f 65a.
Abstract: This item consists of a copy of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 3 January 1873, forwarding a copy of a letter referring to certain matters connected with the ‘Livingstone Search Expedition’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 70, and terminates at f 71a, 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 one foliation anomaly: f 71a.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a General Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 2 April 1874 and received via Brindisi on 27 April 1874, communicating particulars regarding the death of Dr David Livingstone and forwarding a copy of a further report on the subject received from the Acting Political Agent at Zanzibar.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 364 and terminates at f 368, 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 two foliation anomalies: f 364a and f 367a.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a General Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 17 April 1874 and received via Brindisi on 18 May 1874, forwarding a copy of a letter from Captain William Francis Prideaux, Acting Political Agent at Zanzibar, reporting his proceedings subsequent to the arrival at Zanzibar of Dr Murphy and his party bearing the remains of Dr David Livingstone.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 503 and terminates at f 507a, 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 five foliation anomalies: f 503a, f 504a, f 505a, f 506a, and f 507a.