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ARTICLE LXXXIV.
"The documents and information shall be collected and published periodically, and addressed
to all the Signatory Powers. This publication shall be accompanied every year by an analytical
ns ^ lhe se R f . tab | e 0 f the legislative, administrative, and statistical documents mentioned in Articles LXXXI1
wers who shali; a nd LXXXIII.
ARTICLE XC.
ry year a
' Justly anxious respecting the moral and material consequences which the abuse of spirituous
liquors entails on the native populations, the Signatory Powers have agreed to apolv the Drovi-
sions of Articles XCI, XC1I, and XCI1I within a zone extending from the 20th degree north lati-
tilde to the 22nd degree south latitude, and bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and on
Informatm r^ 116 east by the Indian Ocean and its dependencies, comprising the islands adjacent to the shore
up to 100 marine miles from the coast.
I ARTICLE XCI.
least ck « In j he re g 10ns 0 f t^jg zone) j t s hall be ascertained that either on account of religious
ii.n 0r , 0 1 t ; her motives the use of distilled liquors does not exist, or has not been develooed
c. y existing P owers shall prohibit their importation. The manufacture therein of distilled liquors shall
equally be prohibited. ~ f? n
d liberated, ^ ' Each p ower shall determine the limits of the zone of prohibition of alcoholic liquors in its
vviM.in fu 113 0r prot f ectorates , and shal l be bound to notify the limits thereof to the other Powers
ttie space of six months.
the Pf 1 ; ibition can onl y be suspended in the case of limited quantities destined for
a special k 0 V he non-native population, and imported under the system and conditions
^"uuea oy each Government.
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"ARTICLE XCII.
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oned in Ar art not J 0 , wer s having possessions or exercifkg protectorates in the regions of the zone which
iry offices "either frp T un ^ er the system of prohibition, and into which spirituous liquors are at present
f - y imported or pay an import duty of less than 15 fr. per hectolitre up to 50 degrees
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" ARTICLE LXXXV.
"The office expenses and the expenditure incurred for correspondence, translation and print-
ie SiVnatn d s ^ a11 s ^ ared ^ t ^ e Signatory Powers, and shall be recovered through the Foreign Office
' & ' ory Pot a j Brussels.
"§ III. Protection of Liberated Slaves.
and informatio; "ARTICLE LXXXVI.
P- For thi s pur " The Signatory Powers, having recognized the duty of protecting liberated slaves in their
Ime: respective possessions, undertake to establish, if they should not already exist, in the ports of
the zonjp determined by Article XXI, and in such parts of their said possessions as may be places
.• I Yrvm for the capture, passage, and arrival of African slaves, as many offices or institutions as they may
ALVIII. deem sufficient, the business of which will specially consist in freeing and protecting the slaves in
competent to accordance with the provisions of Articles VI, XVIII, LII, LXIII, and LXVI.
XLIX.
dance with Ar. " ARTICLE LXXXVII.
[ "Such offices, or the authorities charged with this service, shall deliver letters of freedom
the slave trade and keep a register thereof. '
" On receiving notice of an act of slave trade or of illegal detention, or at the instance of
the slaves themselves, the said offices or authorities shall exercise all necessary diligence to insure
the liberation of the slaves and the punishment of the offenders.
as^th 0 ^ P0? " The deliver y of letters of freedom should in no case be delayed if the slave be accused of a
terru: crime or offence against common law. But after the delivery of the said letters the ordinarv
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legal procedure shall take its course.
)nsult its arclf
•g e . It shall C; ' "ARTICLE LXXXVIII.
I f " The Signatory Powers shall encourage the foundation in their possessions of establishments
of refuge for women and of education for liberated children.
stablished in c: "ARTICLE LXXXIX.
. ^ r . " Freed slaves shall always be able to resort to the offices to be protected in the eniovment
. conformity r of their liberty. Whoever shall have used fraud or violence to deprive a liberkted slave This
letters of freedom or of his liberty shall be considered as a slave-dealer,
they relate to: ((
■ial and Consi ' " C hapter VI.—R estrictive M easures concerning the T raffic in S pirituous
'n to the Zanzi; liquors. '