File 3939/1926 Pt 6 'Revision of Aitchison's Treaties. Persian Gulf Section.' [‎460r] (355/818)

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OMAN (MUSCAT)—APPENDIX NO. Ill—1848.
be broken up and demolished, and the materials thereof shall be publicly sold in
separate parts, and the proceeds thereof shall be paid to such person or persons
as the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury may appoint to receive the same.
6, And be it enacted, that where any ship or vessel employed or engaged in
ft 8Uc k traffic in skves in violation of the
th f£m"a°re Condemned, be* en" said agreement, shall be seized by any ship or
titled to the proceeds belonging vessel belonging to Her Majesty or the East
to Her Majesty. j ndia Q om p an y an( j a ft e rwards condemned, there
shall be paid to the captors the net proceeds to which Her Majesty is entitled,
the same to be distributed in the manner hereinafter directed for the distribu
tion of bounties on slaves taken on board the said vessels.
7. And be it enacted, that there shall be paid to the Commander, officers>
* Dlarra and crews of Her Majesty’s ships, or the Com-
A bounty of £5 for every slave , . f
found on board of vessels seized mander, omcers, and crews of the ships of the
and condemned. East India Company, a bounty of five pounds
for every man, woman, and child slave seized and found on board any ship or
vessel, taken and condemned in pursuance of the provisions of the said agree*
ment and of this Act; such bounty to be issued and paid by order from the Com
missioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, and to be distributed to and amongst the
captors aforesaid in such manner and proportions as Her Majesty shall think fit
to order by any order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , made or to be made, or by any proclamation for
that purpose.
8. And be it enacted, that where any ship or vessel which shall have been
., , . , ., , seized and condemned under the provisions of
A bounty to be paid on tonnage A , , , n ,
of slave ships captured and the said agreement shall have been or shall be
demolished. demolished, and the materials thereof publicly
sold in separate parts, as well as her cargo, there shall be paid to the Comman
ders, officers, and crews of Her Majesty’s ships, or of those of the East India Com
pany, in addition to the amount of the proceeds of such sale as hereinbefore men
tioned, a further bounty on the tonnage of such ship or vessel at the rate of thirty
for every ton of such tonnage.
9. And be it enacted, that where any ship or vessel having no slaves on board
shall have been seized and condemned under
.fedtd condele^n the provisions of the said agreement there shall
additional bounty to be paid on be paid to the Commanders, officers, and crews
toima ^ e ‘ 0 f Her Majesty’s ships, or those of the East India
Company, an additional bounty upon the tonnage of such ship or vessel at the
rate of four pounds for every ton, and the tonnage of all such vessels shall be as
certained according to the mode of ascertaining the admeasurement of Britis
vessels, either by the principal officer of the Customs at the port where the vesse
may be at the time of condemnation, or in default thereof by the best evidenc
which can be obtained I provided ftlway T s that in every case in which any s ip
or Vessel shall be siezed with slaves on board in which the bounty calculate p
the number of slaves shall be less than the bounty calculated upon the tonnage,