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APPENDIX III. 



A GENERAL VIEW OF THE EXPORTS AND IMPORTS 

 OF ZANZIBAR. 



Exports. 



Slaves. 

 Ivory. 

 Drugs. 

 Coir. 



Cocoa-nuts. 



Beeswax. 



Tortoise-shell. 



From Cutch. 



Imports. 



Surat cloth 

 Dungaree cloth 



J""^^- , . I from Bombay. 

 Sugar and rice ' 



Salt fish and Ghee, from Socotra. 



Cloths, cotton "J 



China ware 



Earthen jars 



Toys and ornaments ^ 



Rice, from Pemba. 



Dates, from Gulf of Persia. 



Slaves, ivory, and drugs \ From the 



Beeswax and > African 



Tortoise shell * Coast. 



From Surat. 



The inhabitants of Zanzibar consist of Arabs, descend- 

 ants of Arabs from Souallie mothers. The Arabs are not 

 very numerous ; but the principal part of the slaves and 

 landed property belong to them. A considerable number 

 of Banians likewise reside in the town, many of whom 

 appear to be wealthy, and hold the best part of the trade 

 in their hands. The Souallies form by far the major part 

 of the population, and are almost all slaves to the Arabs — 

 800 or 900 of them sometimes belonging to one individual. 

 They are in general purshased in their native country on 

 the opposite shores, when young, and are brought here by 

 the slave merchants, who dispose of them either to the 

 Arabs or to the merchants, &c., for exportation. Those 

 are fortunate who fall into the hands of Arabs, who are 

 justly famed for their mild treatment of their slaves. They 



