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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [665] (709/733)
The record is made up of 1 volume (364 folios). It was created in 1856. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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SLAVE TRADE.
665
Captors of Vessels shall,
after the same are con
demned, be entitled to the
proceeds belonging to Her
Majesty.
be a complete bar in any action, suit, or proceeding, whether instituted
by any person or persons for the recovery of any such ship, vessel, or
cargo, or of any damage or for any injury sustained thereby, or by the
persons on board the same, in consequence of any capture, seizure, or
detention, or anything done under or in pursuance of the provisions
of the said Agreement.
V. And be it enacted. That any ship or vessel which shall be
Vessels condemned to be condemne d as aforesaid may be taken into Her
sold for Her Majesty's Ser- Majesty's Service, upon payment of such sum as
Vice, or bioken up. t | ie L or( j High Admiral or the Lords Commis
sioners of the Admiralty shall deem a proper price for the same ; or, if
not so taken, shall be broken up and demolished, and the materials
thereof shall be publicly sold in separate parts, and the proceeds thereof
shall be paid to such person or persons as the Commissioners of Her
Majesty's Treasury may appoint to receive the same.
VI. And be it enacted. That where any ship or vessel employed or
engaged in such illicit traffic in slaves, in viola
tion of the said Agreement, shall be seized by
any ship or vessel belonging to Her Majesty or
the East India Company, and afterwards con
demned, there shall be paid to the captors the
net proceeds to which Her Majesty is entitled, the same to be distribut
ed in the manner hereinafter directed for the distribution of bounties
on slaves taken on board the said vessels.
VII. And be it enacted. That there shall be paid to the commanders,
officers, and crews of Her Majesty's ships, or the
A Bounty of ol. for everv 1 a* i /.
Slave found on board of commanders, oiiiceis, and crews of the ships of
Vessels^ seized and con- the East India Company, a bounty of five pounds
for every man, woman, and child slave seized
and found on board any ship or vessel taken and condemned in pur
suance of the provisions of the said Agreement and of this Act; such
bounty to be issued and paid by order from the Commissioners of Her
Majesty's Treasury, and to be distributed to and amongst the captors
aforesaid, in such manner and proportions as Her Majesty shall think
fit to order by any
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
, made or to be made, or by any
Proclamation for that purpose.
VIII. And be it enacted, That where any ship or vessel which shall
A Bounty to bo paid on ha ™ been seized antI condemned under Ihe pro-
Tonnage of Slave Ships visions of the said Agreement shall have been or
captured and demolished. ghall be demolished, and the materials thereof
publicly sold in separate parts, as well as her cargo, there shall be paid
to the commanders, officers, and crews of Her Majesty's ships, or of
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The volume is Selections from the records of the Bombay Government , compiled and edited by Robert Hughes Thomas, Assistant Secretary, Political Department, New Series: 24 (Bombay: Printed for Government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, 1856).
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- 1 volume (364 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains an abstract of contents on p. iii, a detailed list of contents on pp. vii-xx, an alphabetical index on pp. xxi-xxvii, and a list of maps etc on p. xviii.
- Physical characteristics
Pagination: two separate pagination sequences are present in the volume. The first sequence (pp. i-xviii) commences at the first page and terminates at the list of maps (p. xviii). A second pagination sequence then takes over (pp. 1-688), commencing at the title page and terminating at the final page. Both these pagination sequences are printed, with additions in pencil, and the numbers are found at the top (left, right or centre) of each page.
The fold-outs in this volume were not paginated by the publisher. As a result, these have been foliated using the nearest page number. For example, the fold-out attached to p.51 has been numbered as 51A.
Pagination anomalies: pp. 15, 15A; 45, 45A; 49, 49A; 51, 51A; 531, 531A.
The following pages need to be folded out to be read: 15A, 45A, 51A, 327-328, 531A.
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- IOR/R/15/1/732
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- 'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1:28, 1:48, 50:688, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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