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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [667] (711/733)
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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86
SLAVE TRADE.
667
XIII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That in order to entitle
Copy of Sentence of the ca P tors to receive the said bounty money on
Condemnation to be pro- slaves, the number of men, women, and children
duced to^the Treasury. so taken, delivered over, and condemned, shall
be proved to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, by pro
ducing a copy, duly certified, of the sentence or decree of condemna
tion, and also a certificate under the hand of the proper officer or offi
cers, military or civil, who may be appointed to receive such slaves.
XIV. And be it enacted. That where any slaves, or persons treated
In certain cases Treasury aS -laves, shall be seized on board any ship or
may order one Moiety of vessel taken and condemned in pursuance of
the Bounty to be paid. ^ ga j (J Agreement and of this Act, but who shall
not have been delivered over in consequence of death, sickness, or other
inevitable circumstance, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners
of Her Majesty's Treasury, if to their discretion it shall seem meet, to
direct payment of one moiety of the bounty which would have been due
in each case respectively if the said slaves had been delivered over.
XV. Provided also, and be it enacted. That any party or parties
Parties claiming benefit claimm g an y benefit by way of bounty under the
under this Act may resort provisions of this Act, or of any share of the pro-
.0 the Court of Admiralty. ceeds of any vessel oonfisoated purgaance of
the provisions of the aforesaid Agreement, may resort to the High Court
of Admiralty for the purpose of obtaining the judgment of the said
Court in that behalf; and that it shall be lawful for the Judge of the
said High Court of Admiralty to determine thereon, and also to hear
and determine any question of joint capture which may arise upon any
seizure made in pursuance of this Act, and also to enforce any decrees
or sentences of the said Vice-Admiralty Courts relating to any such
seizure.
XVI. And be it enacted. That all the provisions, rules, regulations,
forfeitures, and penalties respecting the delivery
by Prize Agents of accounts for examination,
and distribution of prize-money, and the account
ing for and paying over the proceeds of prize,
and the per-centage due thereon to Greenwich
Hospital, shall be extended to all bounties and proceeds to be distri
buted under the provisions of this Act to the officers and crews of any
of Her Majesty's ships and vessels of war.
XVII. And be it enacted, That where any ship or vessel belonging,
in whole or in part, to subjects of the Imaum of
Muskat, shall have been detained and brought
to adjudication by any officers of Her Majesty
the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, or of
Regulations and Penal
ties to which Prize Agents
are liable extended to
Bounties, &c. under this
Act.
Treasury may order pay
ment of Costs awarded for
Vessels detained, but not
condemned.
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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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- '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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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