ZANZIBAR.
' The Zanzibar Protectorate consists of the island of Zanzibar, area 625 square'miles, population 150,000, and the island of Pemba, area 360 square miles, population 50,000. Capital, Zanzibar. The Sultan is Said Hamud bin Mahomed, and a regular Government is constituted under British control, exercised through the ConsulGeneral. Slavery was abolished in April, '97, but the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society has since declared that the decree of abolition is a dead letter. Imports in '04, £1,197,681; exports, £1,096,240. The products are mainly cloves, which form four-fifths of the entire clove crop of the world, chillies, cocoanuts, betel-nuts, grain, and wheat. Ivory, rubber, hides, and gum are also exported from Zanzibar.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 267, 10 November 1899, Page 2
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111ZANZIBAR. Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 267, 10 November 1899, Page 2
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