Excerpt from The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies, Vol. 22: Containing Original Communications, Memoirs of Eminent Persons, History, Antiquities, Poetry, Natural History, Geography, Review of New Publications, Debates at the East-India House; July to December, 1826 The shameful abuse of the indulgence granted by Government to the inhabitants of this island and Bourbon, is such, that it is high time it should be checked a list was given of 868 slaves at Tamatave, as private property at the time of the capitulation of that colony whereas 1 em fully convinced not half that number were in their posses sion, and I have now certain information of 880 having been introduced into the two islands; notwithstanding which, Mr. Deller, who is styled the accredited agent of Government, writes word that there are 847 slaves still remaining to be sent from Tamatave. A second incident worthy of remark is strongly indicative of the refractory disposition of the subordinate authorities in these colonies, on the subject of the slave-trade: the prompt step taken by the Governor, upon this occasion, deserves commendation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.