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weighed in presence of the commanding officer, the master, and the mate; and the master may, upon the certificate of the commanding officer, and the oath of the mate, issue as much beef and pork as will make up the deficiency.

The weight of each must be as follows: 14 pieces of beef, cut for eight pound pieces, taken out of the casks as they rise, and the salt shaken off, are to weigh 112 lbs. avoirdupois; 28 pieces of pork, cut for four pound pieces, are also to weigh, under like circumstances, 112 lbs. A more particular statement will be found at page 1043.

Articles as Stores not allowed to be shipped on board transports duty free, except British plantation Rum and Wine, but drawback will be allowed on them for the use of officers embarking on foreign service, upon application to Treasury, certified to by the said officers as being requisite for the voyage.—Treas. Order 11th and Min. 12th Jan. 1830.

See also a List of Goods allowed to be shipped from the Bonded Warehouses for the use of the Ship's Crew, page 614.

CHAPTER VII

SLAVE TRADE.

FROM the time that this trade became an object of legislative consideration, various acts were passed to regulate it. At length its enormity and the cruelty exercised in transporting poor hapless negroes during a long voyage, manacled together, raised such a voice, and called so loud, that humanity could no longer remain deaf or indifferent to the subject.

Great Britain was the first to lead the way, and without regard to the interests of individuals, determined that the slave trade should be no more. Nor has she stopped here, for there is scarcely a kingdom on the continent that she has not entered into treaties with for the abolition of slave carrying, but has passed certain acts of parliament, viz. 7 and 8 Geo. IV. c. 54, An Act to carry into effect the Treaty with Sweden relative to the Slave Trade;" and likewise a similar one, 7 and 8 Geo. IV. c. 74, with relation to the Emperor of Brazil. And at the end of this Chapter will be found a copy of a treaty with the King of the French on the same subject.

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5 Geo. IV. c. 113.

An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws relating to the Abolition of the Slave Trade.

All acts relating to the slave trade, and the exportation and importation of slaves repealed.-From and after the 1st of January, 1825, all the acts and enactments relating to the slave trade, and the abolition thereof, and the exportation and importation of slaves, shall be and the same are hereby repealed, save and except in so far as they may have repealed any prior acts or enactments, or may have been acted upon, or may be expressly confirmed by this present act. § 1.

The purchase, sale, or contract for slaves declared unlawful; as also the exportation and importation of slaves; the shipping of slaves in order to exportation or importation; the fitting out vessels; making loans or guarantees; the shipping of goods, &c. or serving on board ships employed for any of the aforesaid purposes; or the insuring of

* The acts are not particularly recited.

slave adventures.-And it shall not be lawful (except in such special cases as are hereinafter mentioned) for any persons to deal or trade in, purchase, sell, barter, or transfer, or to contract for the dealing or trading in, purchase, sale, barter, or transfer of slaves, or persons intended to be dealt with as slaves; or to carry away or remove, or to contract for the carrying away or removing of slaves or other persons, as or in order to their being dealt with as slaves; or to import or bring, or to contract for the importing or bringing into any place whatsoever, slaves or other persons, as or in order to their being dealt with as slaves; or to ship, tranship, embark, receive, detain, or confine on board, or to contract for the shipping, transhipping, embarking, receiving, detaining, or confining on board of any ship, vessel, or boat, slaves or other persons, for the purpose of their being carried away or removed, as or in order to their being dealt with as slaves; or to ship, tranship, embark, receive, detain, or confine on board, or to contract for the shipping, transhipping, embarking, receiving, detaining, or confining on board of any ship, vessel, or boat, slaves or other persons, for the purpose of their being imported or brought into any place whatsoever, as or in order to their being dealt with as slaves; or to fit out, man, navigate, equip, despatch, use, employ, let, or take to freight or on hire, or to contract for the fitting out, manning, navigating, equipping, despatching, using, employing, letting, or taking to freight or on hire, any ship, vessel, or boat, in order to accomplish any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have hereinbefore been declared unlawful; or to lend or advance, or become security for the loan or advance, or to contract for the lending or advancing, or becoming security for the loan or advance of money, goods, or effects, employed or to be employed in accomplishing any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have hereinbefore been declared unlawful; or to become guarantee or security, or to contract for the becoming guarantee or security for agents employed or to be employed in accomplishing any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have hereinbefore been declared unlawful; or in any other manner to engage or to contract to engage directly or indirectly therein as a partner, agent, or otherwise; or to ship, tranship, lade, receive, or put on board, or to contract for the shipping, transhipping, lading, receiving, or putting on board of any ship, vessel, or boat, money, goods, or effects, to be employed in accomplishing any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have hereinbefore been declared unlawful; or to take the charge or command, or to navigate or enter and embark on board, or to contract for the taking the charge or command, or for the navigating or entering and embarking on board of any ship, vessel, or boat, as captain, master, mate, petty officer, surgeon, supercargo, seaman, marine, or servant, or in any other capacity, knowing that such ship, vessel, or boat is actually employed, or is in the same voyage, or upon the same occasion, in respect of which they shall so take the charge or command, or navigate or enter and embark, or contract so to do as aforesaid, intended to be employed in accomplishing any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have hereinbefore been declared unlawful; or to insure or to contract for the insuring of any slaves, or any property, or other subject matter, engaged or employed, or intended to be engaged or employed, in -accomplishing any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the

objects, which objects and contracts have hereinbefore been declared unlawful. § 2.

Penally for dealing in slaves, or exporting or importing them, &c. ; or shipping slaves for the purpose of exportation or importation.And (except in such special cases as are by this act permitted) if any persons shall deal or trade in, purchase, sell, barter, or transfer, or contract for the dealing or trading in, purchase, sale, barter, or transfer of slaves, or persons intended to be dealt with as slaves; or shall carry away or remove, or contract for the carrying away or removing of slaves or other persons, as or in order to their being dealt with as slaves; or shall import or bring, or contract for the importing or bringing, into any place whatsoever, slaves or other persons, as or in order to their being dealt with as slaves; or shall ship, tranship, embark, receive, detain, or confine on board, or contract for the shipping, transhipping, embarking, receiving, detaining, or confining on board of any ship, vessel, or boat, slaves or other persons for the purpose of their being carried away or removed, as or in order to their being dealt with as slaves; or to ship, tranship, embark, receive, detain, or confine on board, or contract for the shipping, transhipping, embarking, receiving, detaining, or confining on board of any ship, vessel, or boat, slaves or other persons, for the purpose of their being imported or brought into any place whatsoever, as or in order to their being dealt with as slaves; then and in every such case the person so offending, and their procurers, counsellors, aiders, and abettors, shall forfeit for every such offence £100, for each slave; one moiety to his Majesty, and the other moiety to the use of any person who shall inform, sue, and prosecute; and all property, or pretended property, in such slaves or persons, shall also be forfeited, and the said slaves or persons shall be seized and prosecuted as hereinafter is provided. § 3.

Penalty for fitting out slave ships.—And (except in such special cases or for such special purposes as are by this act permitted) if any persons shall fit out, man, navigate, equip, dispatch, use, employ, let, or take to freight or on hire, or contract for the fitting out, manning, navigating, equipping, despatching, using, employing, letting, or taking to freight or on hire, any ship, vessel, or boat, in order to accomplish any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have hereinbefore been declared unlawful, such ship, vessel, or boat, together with all her boats, guns, tackle, apparel, and furniture, and together likewise with all property, goods, or effects found on board, shall become forfeited, and may be seized and prosecuted as hereinafter provided. § 4.

Penalty for embarking capital in the slave trade.-And (except in such special cases or for such special purposes as are by this act per mitted) if any persons shall knowingly and wilfully lend or advance, or become security for the loan or advance, or shall contract for the lending or advancing, or become security for the loan or advance of money, goods, or effects, employed, or to be employed in accomplishing any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have hereinbefore been declared unlawful, then and in every such case the persons so offending, and their procurers, counsellors, aiders, and abettors, shall forfeit for every such offence double the value, to be recovered and applied as hereinafter provided. § 5.

Penalty for guaranteeing slave adventures.-And (except in such

special cases, or for such special purposes as are by this act permitted) if any persons shall knowingly and wilfully become guarantee or security, or contract for the becoming guarantee or security for agents employed, or to be employed in accomplishing any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have hereinbefore been declared unlawful, or shall in any other manner engage, or contract to engage, directly or indirectly therein, as a partner, agent, or otherwise, then and in every such case the persons so offending, and their procurers, counsellors, aiders, and abettors, shall forfeit for every such offence double the value, to be recovered and applied as is hereinafter provided. § 6.

Penalty for shipping goods to be employed in the slave trade.-And (except in such special cases, or for such special purposes as are in and by this act permitted) if any person shall knowingly and wilfully ship, tranship, lade, receive, or put on board, or contract for the shipping, transhipping, lading, receiving, or putting on board of any ship, vessel, or boat, any money, goods, or effects, to be employed in accomplishing any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have hereinbefore been declared unlawful, then and in every such case the persons so offending, and their procurers, counsellors, aiders, and abettors, shall forfeit for every such offence double the value, to be recovered and applied as hereinafter provided. § 7.

Penalty for insuring slave adventures.—And (except in such special cases or for such special purposes as are by this act permitted) if any person shall knowingly and wilfully insure, or contract for the insuring of any slaves, or any property or other subject matter engaged or employed, or intended to be engaged or employed, in accomplishing any of the objects, or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have hereinbefore been declared unlawful, then and in every such case the persons so offending, and their procurers, counsellors, aiders, and abettors, shall forfeit for every such offence £100, for every such insurance or contract, and also treble the amount of the premium, the one moiety thereof to his Majesty, and the other moiety to the use of any person who shall inform, sue, and prosecute, and every such insurance shall be absolutely void. § 8.

Dealing in slaves on the high seas, &c. to be deemed piracy.-And if any subject or subjects of his Majesty, or any person or persons residing or being within any of the dominions, forts, settlements, factories, or territories, now or hereafter belonging to his Majesty, or being in his Majesty's occupation or possession, or under the government of the united company of merchants of England trading to the East Indies, shall, except in such cases as are by this act permitted, after the 1st day of January, 1825, upon the high seas, or in any haven, river, creek, or place, where the admiral has jurisdiction, knowingly and wilfully carry away, convey, or remove, or aid or assist in carrying away, conveying, or removing, any person or persons as a slave or slaves; or for the purpose of his, her, or their being imported or brought as a slave or slaves into any island, colony, country, territory, or place whatsoever, or for the purpose of his, her, or their being sold, transferred, used, or dealt with as a slave or slaves; or shall after the said 1st day of January, 1825, except in such cases as are by this act permitted, upon the high seas, or within the jurisdiction aforesaid, knowingly and wilfully ship, embark, receive, detain, or

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