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ADEN.

PRELIMINARY ENGAGEMENT of the Sultan M'Hassan of Lahej, for the Transfer of Aden to the British Government.

[Received by Capt. S. B. Haines, Indian Navy, at Aden, on the 23rd January, 1838.]

The peace, mercy, and blessings of the Almighty be with you. We have received the letter which, through Jaffer, you have written concerning our agreement about Aden, on the 5th of Shuval; but you must know that we have claims upon that place, as also have the tribes aud Sultans around it. About the delay of the 2 months, Zilkad and Zilhuj, to which you and I have agreed before the transfer, we earnestly desire that it be observed. You will go to Bombay, and there consult the Government, while we will consult our people, the Princes and Shaikhs, and prepare their minds ; then we and you, the Commissioner of the Company, will carry into effect the delivery of the fortress of Aden into your hand, and ratify the expenses of the tribes and Sultans, the regulations and manner of proceeding of everything connected with the town, the war by land and sea; then you, as the Commissioner, shall receive a true and full account and ratified transfer of the fortress of the town. As for the said customs, one-half will be upon you, and the other half upon us, after the 2 months, if it is agreed upon between us. On your arrival we will treat about the monthly or annual stipend. But the Arabs of the present town must remain under our name and our jurisdiction; all other people will be your subjects; and while we are treating after the delay of the 2 said months you must not act aggressively against us, or wrest any part of Aden from us. If you did not observe the delay of 2 months, we will not be responsible to you for anything that may happen.

(L.S.) SULTAN M'HASSAN FOUDTHEL.

Witness: RASHED BIN ABDULLA.

After the 2 months we will speak and treat with Captain Haines and no other person.

VOL. XI.

Sultan M'Hassan of Lahej to Capt. Haines, Jan. 23, 1838.
(Extract.)

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahum bemunnihee t'alla, &c. and
compliments.

WHAT I now write is from Lahej, where all are well. Your letter reached me, and I understand all you wrote in that letter. I have finished with you on the subject of the town, and told you all. Jaffer came to me from you. I have spoken truth, and gave him a letter, and from his hand received another. I have given my seal that Aden is yours, and you must now give me yours as a security to me. You have both my letter and seal.

SULTAN M'HASSA N

AFRICA. (East Coast.)

AGREEMENT with the Chief of Maroni, of Comoro, for the abolition of Slave Trade. Maroni, July 29, 1861.

AGREEMENT between Sultan Omadi, Chief of Maroni, and other places in the Island of Comoro, on the one hand, and Algernon Frederick R. de Horsey, Captain of Her Majesty's ship "Brisk," and Senior Officer on the East Coast of Africa, and William Sunley, Esq., Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at the Comoro Islands, on the other hand, for the abolition of the Slave Trade in the Sultan's dominions.

ART. II. Sultan Omadi hereby engages to prohibit all foreign traffic in slaves in his territories, and not to permit slaves to be imported into Maroni or any other place under his dominion.

III. The Sultan hereby consents to the seizure by the ships of war of Her Majesty the Queen of England, of any vessels under his flag which may be met with having slaves on board, or slave fittings, or which shall not be provided with a proper pass under the Sultan's hand.

Done at Maroni, Island of Comoro, in duplicate, this 29th day of July, 1861.

SULTAN of MARONI.

A. F. R. DE HORSEY, Captain H. M.'s ship "Brisk," and
Senior Officer, E. C. of Africa.

WM. SUNLEY, H. B. M.'s Consul at the Comoro Islands.
Witness: E. S. ADEANE, Lieutenant H. M.'s ship "Brisk."

AFRICA. (South Coast.)

PROCLAMATION of the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, on the restoration of Peace with the Chief Sandilli and the Gaika tribe. King William's Town, March 2, 1853.

PROCLAMATION by His Excellency Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Geo. Cathcart, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Settlement of the Cape of Good Hope, in South Africa, and of the Dependencies thereof, Ordinary and Vice-Admiral of the same, and Her Majesty's High Commissioner for the settling and adjustment of the Affairs of the Territories in Southern Africa, adjacent and contiguous to the Eastern and North-eastern Frontier of the said Colony, and Governor of British Kaffraria. WHEREAS the rebellious Gaika people have now been driven out of the Amatolas and all other Gaika lands, and are dispersed -some having fled beyond the Kei, and others wandering about without homes:

And whereas the said people have ceased, for several months past, to resist the Queen's troops, or to commit thefts of cattle, or other offences against Her Majesty's loyal subjects:

And whereas the hereditary Chief Sandilli-to whose fortunes, although deposed, the said people have continued devotedly attached and other minor chiefs associated with him, who have caused all these evils, have at length, in obedience to the Governor's "word," crossed the Kei, and have acknowledged that they have been subdued, and humbly crave pardon, and an allotment of some other land where they may be allowed to rest in peace :

And whereas it appears that the time has arrived when an opportunity ought to be given to this misguided people to be restored to habits of peace and good order, and to be placed in a situation to return to their duty and allegiance to Her Majesty, under the efficient restraint and control of some acknowledged and responsible chief :

Now, therefore, I do hereby proclaim, declare, and make known, that considering that Her Majesty's authority has been vindicated, and that sufficient punishment has been inflicted, and with a view to the re-establishment of peace and good order, I hereby extend the Royal mercy and pardon to the said Chief Sandilli and the Gaika people.

And I further proclaim, declare, and make known, that although the said chief and chieftains, and the Gaika people, cannot be allowed to return to the Amatolas and their other former lands, which have all been forfeited to the Crown, and are