File 3939/1926 Pt 6 'Revision of Aitchison's Treaties. Persian Gulf Section.' [‎595r] (625/818)

PERSIAN GULF—APPENDIX NO. 1—1849. v
and the proceeds thereof shall be paid to such person or persons as the commis-
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury may appoint to receive the same.
VI. And be it enacted that where any ship or vessel employed or engaged in
^ such illicit traffic in slaves, in violation of the said agreements, shall be seized by
Captors of vessels shall after ^ ship 0r VC ' SSel belon £ in g to Her Majesty or
the same are condemned, be en- the East India Company and afterwards con-
^H„M.j^y Pr0CeedB WOn8i ” 8 dCInn ' !d ’ there 8hal! be I’ aid ‘“A ca P tors thc
proceeds to which Tier Majesty is entitled, ihe
same to be distributed in the same manner hereinafter directed for the distribu
tion of bounties on slaves taken on board the said vessels.
VII. And be it enacted that there shall he paid to the Commander, Officers,
and crews of Her Majesty’s ships, or the Commander, Officers, and crews of the
Bounty for slaves captured. ShipS ° f the East India Com Pany, 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 agreement and of this Act, such bounty to be issued
and paid by order from the Commissioners 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.
VIII. And be it enacted that where any slop or vessel which shall have been
seized and condemend under the provisions of the said agreements shall have been
or shall be demolished, and the materials thereof
ihj^ptured inTdfmoufhed^ 6 P ublicl 7 sold ™ separate parts, as well as her
cargo, there shall be paid to the Commanders,
Officers, and crews of Her Majesty’s ships, or of those of the East India Company,
in Addition to the amount of the proceeds of such sale as hereinbefore mentioned,
a further bounty on the tonnage of such ship or vessel at the rate of thrity shilling
for every ton of such tonnage.
IX. And be it enacted that where any ship or vessel having no slaves on board
ehall have been seized and condemned under the provisions of the said agreements,
w , A i x, a there shall be paid to the Commanders, Officers,
Where no slaves are on board r t , ,
a ship seized and condemned an and crews of Her Majesty’s ships or those of tne
additional bounty to be paid. East j ndia 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 ascertained according to the mode of ascer
taining the admeasurement of British vessels, either by the principal officer of
the customs at the port where the vessels 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