File 13/1 'Slavery in the Persian Gulf' [‎129v] (269/526)

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Compensation at the following rates were to be
Age
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5-8
9-15
16-20
21-45
46-60
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100
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120
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(b) Slaves over the age of 60 were to be declared free without compensation;
(c) Slaves found with no owners were to be released without payment of compensa
tion, but the headmen of the tracts in which these slaves resided were to be paid a
solatium of Rs. 15 for each ownerless slave ;
(d) All children born on or after the date of His Excellency the Governor’s Manao-
Durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). at Myitkyina — viz., January 10th, 1927 — and all persons enslaved since that
date by purchase, dowry or otherwise, were to be declared free without payment of
compensation;
(e) The chiefs and the people throughout the Triangle and other areas of release
were to be made clearly to understand that no slavery would be recognised or compen
sation paid for slaves after the date of the completion of the visit of the expedition;
(/) The compensation paid in the case of slaves who undertake to reside in the
Triangle or other areas of release was to be treated as a free gift not liable to be repaid.
No repayment was to be demanded from those impoverished or beyond work by reason
of physical or mental infirmities or single women or orphan children. In all other cases,
the amount was to be recovered in such easy instalments as fixed by the Civil Officer;
(g) Advances were to be made at the discretion of the Civil Officer to such freed
slaves as required them for their subsistence until they were able to cultivate land and
earn their own livelihood ;
(h) No interest was to be charged on amounts liable to be recovered, except a
penal interest of 10% per annum on overdue instalments ;
(i) No inducement was to be offered to freed slaves to leave the Triangle or other
areas of release, but the Deputy Commissioner, Myitkyina, was authorised to grant
agricultural advances where necessary to those slaves who settled in administered
territory;
(/) Each liberated slave was to be given a certificate of release signed by the Civil
Officer in the same form as used in the Hukawng Valley. In the case of free gifts for the
redemption of slaves, the same bond as used in the Hukawng Valley was to be executed;
(k) If a slave for whom compensation was paid as a free gift on condition of not
leaving the Triangle or area of release subsequently did so, he would be liable to the
repayment of the compensation money to the Government in full;
It was not considered necessary to reserve any special areas in the Myitkyina Distr
for the settlement of released slaves.
In the first season 1926/27, 4,006 slaves were released, 3,339 on payment of 2,69,(
rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 8 annas m compensation, 87 on payment of Rs. 1,305 as solatium and 580 with(
any payment The total sum thus disbursed was 2,70,375 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 8 annas.
n e o lowmg season, 1927/28, the work, except for a few cases subsequently discover
fn 88 ^ 0 ^ !f ed i b y- the ^ elease of ^ 381 slaves at a cost of Rs. 48,545. Compensation was p;
a solat Jum for 57 slaves, the remainder, 764, being freed without compensate
as in tfie case ol the Hukawng Valley, pauper slaves were also given subsistence allowanc
Releases in subsequent years were as follows :
How released
By compensation.
1928/29
1929/30
Total
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1
109
110
1
111
Solatium paid
Rs. 30
The results may therefore be summed up as follows :
Released by payment of compensation .
Re eased on payment of solatium
Released without compensation
Total
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