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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎664] (708/733)

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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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66 4 SLAVE TRADE.
the northern limit of which is the north point of Kaghoo Island, in 1' 57'
.outh latitude, and the port of Keelwa to the south, and its depen
dencies, the southern limit of which is the Souga Munara, or Pagoda
Point, in 9° 2' south latitude, including the islands of Zanzibar, Pemba,
and Monfea, or any vessel fitted out for f at purpose, and to send or
carry away such vessel, together with its master, sailors, passengers,
slaves, and cargo, for the purpose of such vessel being brought to
adjudication as hereinafter mentioned.
II. And be it enacted. That it shall be lawful for the High Court of
Admiralty of England, and for all Courts of Vice-
As to the Trial of Vessels Admiralty in any dominions of Her Majesty
engaged in the Slave trade. beyond the seas> i nc l u ding those Courts of Vice-
Admiralty within the territories under the Government of the East
India Company, to take cognisance of and try any such vessel which
shall be detained or captured for the violation of the said Agreement,
and to condemn any such vessel to Her Majesty, and adjudge as to the
slaves found therein, in like manner, and under such and the like rales
and regulations as are contained in any Act or Acts oi Parliament in
force in relation to the suppression of the Slave Trade by British-owned
ships, as fully as if all the powers and provisions contained in such
Acts were re-enacted in this Act as to such High Court of Admiralty or
Courts of Vice-Adrniralty.
III. And be it enacted. That every person who shall wilfully and
corruptly give false evidence in any examination
Persons giving false Evi- . . , , ^ . . „ „ „ „ vri
dence deemed guilty of or deposition had, or affidavit taken in, aii> pro-
Perjury. ceeding under the said Agreement, or under this
Act, shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and being thereof convicted,
shall be subject and liable to all the punishments, pains and penalties
to which persons convicted of wilful and corrupt perjury are liable;
and every such person may be tried for any such perjury, either in the
place where the offence was committed, or in any colony or settlement
of Her Majesty near thereto in which there is a Court of competent
jurisdiction to try any such offence, or in Her Majesty's Court of Queens
Bench in England ; and that in case of any prosecution for such otlence
in Her Majesty's said Court of Queen's Bench, the venue may be laid
in the county of Middlesex.
IV. And be it enacted. That the pendency of any suit or proceeding
_ . . „ . instituted for the condemnation or restitution of
Pendency of Suits to be . . i nr
a Bar to any Proceedings an y shl P or Cargo, or slaves, taken, seizeo, ui
instituted for the recovery detained by virtue of the said Agreement, or the
ot the Vessels detained. r i t . . • - a mont
nnal adjudication, condemnation, or judgmtu
or determination thereupon, may be pleaded in bar, or given in evidence
under the general issue, and shall be deemed in anv Court whatever to

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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)
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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.

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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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