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‘File 5/6 I Brussels Conference and general rules and procedure on slave traffic’ [‎34v] (85/297)

The record is made up of 1 volume (137 folios). It was created in 28 Mar 1892-21 May 1925. It was written in English, French, Arabic and Persian. 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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ARTICLE XXXIX.
The provisions of Articles XXXV, XXXVI,
XXXVII and XXXVIII are not applicable to
vessels only partially decked, having at most a
crew of ten men, and satisfying one of the two
conditions following ;—
1. That it be exclusively used for fishing within
the territorial waters.
2. That it be occupied in the small coasting
trade between the different ports of the same terri
torial Power, and never go further than 5 miles
jrom the coast.
These different boats shall receive, according to
the case, from the territorial or Consular authority,
a special licence to be renewed every year, and sub
ject to withdrawal under the conditions provided
for in Article XL, and the uniform model of which
annexed to the present General Act shall be com
municated to the International Information Office.
ARTICLE XL.
All acts or attempted acts of Slave Trade legally
brought home to the captain, fitter-out or owner
of a ship authorized to carry the Hag of one of the
Signatory Powers, or who may have obtained the
licence provided for in Article XXXIX, shall entail
the immediate withdrawal of the said authorization
or licence. All offences against the provisions of
paragraph 2 of Chapter III shall be punished, be
sides being subject to the penalties enacted by the
special Laws and Ordinances of each of the Con
tracting Powers.
ARTICLE XLI.
The Signatory Powers undertake to deposit at
the International Information Office the specimen
forms of the following documents :—
1. Licence to carry the flag;
2. The list of the crew;
3. The list of the negro passengers.
These documents, the tenour of which may vary
according to the different Regulations of each
country, shall necessarily contain the following
particulars, drawn up in one of the European
languages;—
1. As regards the authorization to carry the
flag :
{a.) The name, tonnage, rig, and the principal
dimensions of the vessel";
(b.) The register number and the signal letter
of the port of registry;
(c.) The date of obtaining the licence and the
office held by the person who has issued it.
2. As regards the list of the crew :
(a.) The name of the vessel, of the captain, and
of the fitter-out or of the owner;
(i.) The tonnage of the vessel;
(c.) The register number and the port of registry,
its destination, as well as the particulars specified
in Article XXV.
3. As regards the list of the negro passengers :
The name of the vessel which conveys them, and
the particulars indicated in Article XXXVI' for
the proper identification of the passengers.
The Signatory Powers shall take necessary t
sures so that the territorial authorities or ti
Consuls may send to the same office certified cv The Co:
of all authorizations to carry their flag as sooi stopped a
such authorizations shall have been grant^ cases mak
well as notices of the withdrawal of any [ ment and
authorization.
The provisions of the present Article only 6
cern the papers intended for native vessels. & sumr
the minut
2. The Stopping of Suspected Vesselt, vesse '
to the Int
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territorial
vessel in q
documenti
Bureau.
ARTICLE XLII.
W hen the officers in command of war -ves
(" batiments de guerre ") of any of the Signa:
Powers have reason to believe that a vessel of t
nage less than 500 tons, and found navigating
the above-indicated zone, takes part in the S.
Trade, or is guilty of the fraudulent use of a :
they may proceed to the verification of the st
papers.
The present Article does not imply any cht
in the present state of things as regards jurisdia
in territorial waters.
ARTICLE XLIII.
To this end a boat commanded by a naval ol
in uniform may be sent on board the susped
vessel after it has been hailed and informed of:
intention.
The officer sent on board the vessel which ;
been stopped shall proceed with all possible on
deration and moderation.
ARTICLE XLIV.
The verification of the ship's papers shall coi 3. Of if*
in the examination of the following document
1. As regards native vessels, the papers e
tioned in Article XLI.
2. As regards other vessels, the doeum-
required by the different Treaties or Convent!
remaining in force.
The verification of the ship's papers only aut
rizes the calling over of the crew and passes
in the case and in accordance with the condift
provided for in the following Article.
ARTICLE XLV.
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The investigation of the cargo or the search
only take place with respect to a vessel navigat
under the flag of one of the Powers which I
concluded, or may conclude, special Convention
mentioned in Article XXII, and in accordancef
the provisions of such Conventions.
ARTICLE XLVI.
Before quitting the vessel stopped, the o£
shall draw up a minute according to the formf
in the language in use in the country to whick
belongs.
This minute shall be dated and signed by
officer, and relate the facts.
The captain of the vessel stopped, as well as
witnesses, shall have the right to cause to be $
to the minutes any explanations they may t
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Correspondence related to the distribution of the text of the General Act of the Brussels Conference of 1890 throughout the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region. The English version of the Act is on folios 32-37. William Lee-Warner, Secretary to the Government of India in Bombay, sent Adelbert Talbot ( Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1891-93) 100 copies of the Act in Persian (folios 5-19), and 100 in Arabic, for distribution to the Political Agencies on the Persian and Arab coasts of the Gulf respectively. Talbot sent 25 copies of the Persian translation of the Act to his Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Bandar-e Lengeh, and a further 25 copies to the Agent of the British India Steam Navigation Co. (Gray Paul & Co.) at Bandar-e Abbas. The Governor of Turkish Arabistan, Nizam-es-Sultaneh was critical of the distributed Persian translation of the Act, which had been produced under the authority of British Government staff in Bombay. In response Talbot commissioned and distributed a new translation (folios 73-88), produced under his authority at the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire.

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1 volume (137 folios)
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The contents of the volume have been arranged chronologically, with the earliest documents at the front, and the latest at the rear.

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Foliation: The volume has been foliated with small circled numbers in the top right corner of each front-facing page. The front cover has been foliated 1, then there are two unfoliated pages, before foliation restarts at 2 on the title sheet. After the title sheet and contents page (folio 4) there are a further three unfoliated blank pages before foliation restarts on the first piece of correspondence.). Folio 100 is missing.

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