Letter No. 40 of 1850 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf [‎8r] (7/8)

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- the Customs at the port where the vessel may be at the time of condemnation, or in default
thereof by the best evidence which can be obtained : Provided always, That in every case in
which any ship or vessel -shall be seized with Slaves on board in which the bounty calculated
upon the number of Slaves’shall be less than the bounty calculated upon the tonnage, the
Commanders of Her Majesty’s ships or of those of the East India Company, making the
seizure, may- elect to take the bounty calculated according to tonnage, instead of the bounty
. rhich would be payable upon^the number of Slaves on board.
'10. And be it enacted, That all bounties payable under this Act shall be paid out of
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Command
ers, Officers, and Crews of Her Majesty’s ships and of the ships of the East India Com-
pany, and such bounties shall be issued and paid by order from the Commissioners ot Her
Majesty’s Treasury.
11. And be it enacted, That the said bounty, as also all bounties payable under any ot
the Acts for the abolition or suppression of the Slave Trade, shall not hereatter be charged
with Treasury Fees or Exchequer Fees of any description.
15. Provided always, and be it enacted, That in order to entitle the captors to receive
the said bounty money, the tonnage of the ship or vessel so seized and condemned shall be
proved to the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury by producing a copy, duly certified,
of the Sentence or Decree of Condemnation, or by such documentory or other evidence as
they may deem satisfactory.
13. Provided always, and be it enacted, That in order to entitle the captors to receive
the said bounty money on Slaves, the number of men, women, and children so taken, delivered
over, and*con"demned, shall be proved to the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury by
producing a copy, duly certified, of the Sentence or Decree of Condemnation, and also a Cer
tificate under the hand of the proper Officer or Officers, Military or Civil, who may be ap
pointed to receive such Slaves.
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14. And be it enacted,- That where any Slaves, or persons treated as Slaves, shall be
I seized on board any ship or vessel taken and condemned in pursuance of the said Agreements,
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 Ma
jesty’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
1 delivered over.
15. Provided also, and be it enacted, That any party or parties claiming any benefit by
way of bounty under the provisions of this Act, or of any share of the proceeds of any vessel
confiscated in pursuance of the provisions of the aforesaid Agreements, 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 deter
mine 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.
16. And be it enacted, That all the Provisions, Rules, Regulations, Forfeitures, and
Penalties respecting the deliver} 7 by Prize Agents of accounts for examination, and the distri
bution of Prize Money, and the accounting for and payingover the proceeds of Prize and the
per-centage due thereon to Greenwich Hospital, shall be extended to al J all bounties and pro
ceeds to be distributed under the provisions o*' this Act, to the Officer, and Crews of any of
Her Majesty’s ships and vessels of war.
17. And be it enacted, That where any ship or vessel belonging in whole or in part
to the before-mentioned Chiefs, or their subjects or dependents, shall have been detained and
brought to adjudication by any Officers of Her Majesty the Queen of G'reat Britain and Ire
land or of those of the East India Company, and the said ship shall be restored by sentence
of the Court, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, by Warrant
signed by any two or more of them, to direct payment to be made out of the Consolidated-Fund
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of any costs or damages which may be
duly awarded.: Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall exempt such Officer from
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