any such vessel to Her Majesty and adjudge as to the slaves found therein, in like manner, and under such and the like rules and regulations, as are contained in any Act or Acts of Parliament in force in relation to the suppression of the slave trade by British owned ships, as fully as if all the powers and provisions contained in such Acts were re-enacted in this Act as to such High Court of Admiralty or Courts of Vice-Admiralty.

deemed guilty of perjury.

3. And be it enacted, that every person who shall wilfully and corruptly give false evidence in any examination Persons giving false evidence or deposition had or affidavit taken in any proceeding under the said agreement or under this Act shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and being thereof convicted shall be subject and liable to all the punishments, pains, and penalties to which persons of wilful and corrupt perjury are liable; and every such person may be tried for any such perjury either in the place where the offence was committed, or in any colony or settlement of Her Majesty near thereto in which there is a Court of competent jurisdiction to try any such offence, or in Her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench in England; and that in case of any prosecution for such offence in Her Majesty's said Court of Queen's Bench, the venue may be laid in the County of Middlesex.

4. And be it enacted, that the dependency of any suit or proceeding instituted for the condemnation or restitution Pendency of suits to be a bar to any proceedings instituted for the of any ship or cargo, or slaves, taken, seized, or recovery of the vessels detained. detained by virtue of the said agreement, or the final adjudication, condemnation, or judgment or determination thereupon, may be pleaded in bar or given in evidence under the general issue, and shall be deemed in any Court whatever to be a complete bar in any action, suit, or proceeding, whether instituted by any person or persons for the recovery of any such ship, vessel, or cargo, or of any damage or for any injury sustained thereby or by the persons on board the same, in consequence of any capture, seizure or detention, or anything done under, or in pursuance of, the provisions of the said agreement.

Vessels condemned to be sold for Her Majesty's service or broken up.

5. And be it enacted, that any ship or vessel which shall be condemned as aforesaid may be taken into Her Majesty's service upon payment of such sum as the Lord High Admiral, or the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, shall deem a proper price for the same, or, if not so taken, shall 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 Captors of vessels shall, after the in such illicit traffic in slaves, in violation of same are condemned, be entitled to the said agreement, shall be seized by any ship the proceeds belonging to Her Maor vessel belonging to Her Majesty or the East jesty. India Company and afterwards 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 distribution of bounties on slaves taken on board the said vessels.

7. And be it A bounty of £5 for every slave

found on board of vessels seized and condemned.

enacted, that there shall be paid to the Commander, officers, and crews of Her Majesty's ships, or the Commander, officers, and crews of the ships of the 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 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, made or to be made, or by any proclamation for that purpose.

A bounty to be paid on tonnage of slave ships captured and demolished,

8. And be it enacted, that where any ship or vessel which shall have been seized and condemned under the provisions of the said agreement shall have been or shall be demolished, and the materials thereof publicly sold in 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 herein before mentioned, a further bounty on the tonnage of such ship or vessel at the rate of thirty shillings for every ton of such tonnage.

Where no slaves are on board a ship seized and condemned, an additional bounty to be paid on tonnage.

9. And be it enacted, that where any ship or vessel having no slaves on board shall have been seized and condemned under the provisions of the said agreement, there shall be paid to the Commanders, officers, and crews of 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 ascertained according to the mode of ascertaining the admeasurement of British vessels, either by the principal officer of 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 which would be payable upon the number of slaves on board.

Consolidated Fund.

10. And be it enacted, that all bounties payable under this Act shall be Bounties to be paid out of the paid out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Commanders, officers, and crews of Her Majesty's ships, and of the ships of the East India Company, and such bounties shall be issued and paid by order from the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury.

11. And be it enacted, that the said bounty, as also all bounties payBounties not liable to payment able under any of the Acts for the abolition or suppression of the slave trade, shall not hereafter be charged with Treasury fees or Exchequer fees of any description.

of fees.

12. Provided always, and be it enacted, that in order to entitle the capCaptors entitled to bounty to tors to receive the said bounty-money, the tongive proof of tonnage. nage 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 documentary or other evidence as they may deem satisfactory.

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13. Provided always, and be it enacted, that in order to entitle the capCopy of sentence of condemnators to receive the said bounty-money on slaves, tion to be produced to the Treasury. the number of men, women and children, so taken, delivered over, 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, and also a certiñcate under the hand of the proper officer or officers, Military or Civil, who may be appointed to receive such slaves. 14. And be it enacted, that where any slaves, or persons treated In certain cases Treasury may slaves, shall be seized on board any ship or order one moiety of the bounty to vessel taken and condemned in pursuance of the be paid. said agreement 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 Majesty'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 delivered over.

15. Provided also, and be it enacted, that any party or parties claiming

Parties claiming benefit under any benefit by way of bounty under the provithis Act may resort to the Court sions of this Act, or of any share of the proceeds of Admiralty. of any vessel confiscated in pursuance of the provisions of the aforesaid agreement, 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 determine 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, for

Regulations and penalties to which Prize Agents are liable extended to bounties, etc., under this Act.

feitures, and penalties respecting the delivery by Prize Agents of accounts for examination and the distribution of prize-money, and the accounting for and paying over the proceeds of prize and the percentage due thereon to Greenwich Hospital, shall be extended to all bounties and proceeds to be distributed under the provisions of this Act to the officers 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 Treasury may order payment of whole or in part to subjects of the Imaum of costs awarded for vessels detained, Muscat shall have been detained and brought to adjudication by any officers of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, or of those of the East India Company, and the said ship shall be restored by sentence of the Court, it shall be

but not condemned.

lawful for the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, by warrant signed by any three 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 cost or damages which may be duly awarded; provided always that nothing herein contained shall exempt such officer from his liability to make good the payments so made when lawfully called upon, either by the parties interested therein, or by order of the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury. 18. And be it enacted, that when any seizure shall be made by any of the Commanders, officers, and crews of Her Majesty's ships, or of those of the East India Company, and judgment shall be given against the seizor, or when such seizure shall be relinquished by him, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, if to their discretion it shall seem meet, by warrant signed by any three 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 such costs and expenses as the seizor may have incurred in respect of such seizure or any proportional part thereof.

Treasury may repay to the seizor of any vessel not condemned the expenses incurred by him.

MASKAT AND ZANZIBAR.

APPENDIX No. 5.-Pages 42 and 232.

TREATY of AMITY and COMMERCE between the UNITED STATES of AMERICA and HIS MAJESTY SYUD SUBED BIN SULTAN, of MASKAT, and his DEPENDENCIES.

ARTICLE 1.

There shall be a perpetual peace between the United States of America and His Majesty Syud Sueed Bin Sultan, of Maskat, and his Dependencies.

ARTICLE 2.

The citizens of the United States shall have free liberty to enter all the ports of his Majesty Syud Sueed Bin Sultan, with their cargoes, of whatever kind the said cargoes may consist, and they shall have liberty to sell the same to any of the subjects of the Sultan, or others who may wish to purchase the same, or to barter the same for any produce or manufactures of the kingdom or other articles that may be found there. No price shall be fixed by the Sultan or his officers on the articles to be sold by the merchants of the United States, or the merchandize they may wish to buy; but the trade shall be free on both sides to sell or buy, or exchange, on the terms and for the prices the owners may think fit; and whenever the said citizens of the United States may think fit to depart, they shall be at liberty to do so; and if any officer of the Sultan shall contravene this Article he shall be severely punished. It is understood and agreed, however, that the articles of muskets, powder, and ball can only be sold to the Government in the Island of Zanzibar, but in all other ports of the Sultan the said munitions of war may be freely sold without any restriction whatever to the highest bidder.

ARTICLE 3.

Vessels of the United States entering any port within the Sultan's dominions shall pay no more than five per cent. duties on the cargo landed, and this shall be in full consideration of all import and export duties, tonnage, license to trade, pilotage, anchorage, or any other charge whatever. Nor shall any charge be paid on that part of the cargo which shall remain on board unsold and re-exported. Nor shall any charge whatever be paid on any vessel of the United States which may enter any of the ports of His Majesty for the purpose of refitting, or for refreshments, or to inquire the state of the market.

ARTICLE 4.

That American citizens shall pay no other duties on export or import, tonnage, license to trade, or other charge whatsoever, than the nation the most favoured shall pay.