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Signed and Sealed at Kambia, Great Scarcies River, this 26th day of December, in the year of our Lord, 1851, and of Her Majesty's reign the 15th.

Commissioners: J. E. DILLET (Civil Service, Sierra Leone) (L.S.) N. ISAACS (L.S.), F. M. T. DENNIS (L.S.) SATTAN LAHIE (L.S.)

In the presence of:

LAIMENA SAMPA. (L.S.) BONIKE FOODIE. (L.S.) YELLI MALAGIE. (L.S.)

SCHEDULE. 4 pieces of blue baft, 40 bars; 4 pieces of white baft, 40; 4 pieces of satin stripes, 48; 86 lbs. of tobacco, 50; 10 gallons of rum in 4 jars, 22. Total, 200 bars.

Duly proclaimed at Kambia, Great Scarcies River, this 26th day of December, 1851, by Sattan Lahai of Kambia, in my

presence.

WM. BOYD, of Freetown, Sierra Leone.

(7.)-TREATY with the King of the Rio Pongas. Medina, January 17, 1852.

TREATY between Joseph Eugene Dillet, Esquire of the Civil Service of the Colony of Sierra Leone, Nathaniel Isaacs, Esquire, and Fitz Meade T. Dennis, Esquire, Staff Assistant-Surgeon to Her Majesty's Forces, Commissioners duly authorized and empowered by His Excellency Norman William Macdonald, Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the Colony of Sierra Leone and its Dependencies, Vice-Admiral, Chancellor and Ordinary of the same, for and in behalf of Her Majesty Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c., &c., &c., and Bala Bango, King of the Rio Pongas.. Articles I. to XII. The stipulations of these Articles are the same as those of the Treaty with Kykandy. Page 10.

ART. XIII. The bodies of British seamen or other nonresident British subjects who may die within the territories of the said King shall have the right of interment, on payment of 6 dollars to the said King, which sum shall be in full of all burial fees; and all resident British subjects dying within the territories of the said King, party to this Treaty, shall be interred on payment of the customary tribute or offering, the amount of which shall be arranged and determined between the friends of the deceased and the said King or his representatives. The graves of persons so interred shall be secure from violation.

XIV. The Queen of England shall have the right to demand the surrender of criminals, being British subjects, guilty of any

offence cognizable by the laws of England, for the purpose of being tried in such British Colony as Her Majesty the Queen of England may think fit to appoint; and the King, party to this Treaty, does hereby agree to surrender all British subjects who may be charged with any offence as aforesaid, upon demand being made by some competent authority.

XV. All merchandize imported in British vessels within the dominion of the King, party to this Treaty, shall be exempted from the payment of any duty whatever, and in like manner the productions of the territories of the said King, party to this Treaty, and imported into the Colony of Sierra Leone, shall be (subject to the approval of the Governor and Council of the said Colony) exempted from all import or other duties.

XVI. The King, party to this Treaty, shall receive from each and every British vessel (excepting those of the Colony of Sierra Leone) of 25 tons and upwards visiting his territories, the sum of 16 dollars, from each and every decked vessel of above 5 tons, and under 25 tons burthen the sum of 10 dollars, which shall be considered in full for anchorage and waterage dues, with the privilege of taking in wood and water. All British boats and canoes of less than 5 tons burthen shall have free navigation of the river within the territories of the aforesaid King without any charge whatever, provided always that nothing herein contained shall be construed to extend to ships or vessels passing by the territories of the aforesaid King without remaining for the purposes of trade.

XVII. In further consideration of the foregoing stipulations of this Treaty being agreed upon and strictly adhered to on the part of the King aforesaid and his successors, His Excellency Norman William Macdonald, Captain-General and Governor-inChief of the Colony of Sierra Leone, agrees for himself and successors, on the part of Her Majesty the Queen of England, to pay or cause to be paid annually to the said King and his successors, the Customs hereinafter mentioned and set forth-viz., 300 bars. The above bars to be computed by the scale of bars in the Schedule hereunto annexed.

XVIII. This Treaty shall be proclaimed immediately on its being concluded and signed, and be made law throughout the territories of the said King, which, for the better maintenance of peace, and the avoidance of all causes of difference and disputes, are hereby fixed and declared to be as follows-that is to say, from the Sand and Mud Bars on the sea-board to the town of Soomboorie in the interior, including all the tributary streams leading from and to the Rio Pongas, Tarboreah, an outlet to the southward, only excepted.

Signed and Sealed at Medina, Rio Pongas, this 17th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, 1852, and of Her Majesty's reign the 15th.

Commissioners: J. E. DILLET (L.S.), Civil Service, Sierra Leone; N. ISAACS (L.S.), F. M. T. DENNIS (L.S.) BALA BANGO (L.S.).

In the presence of: M. CATHY. EMANUEL FULLER. SA WOOLEY. CANYEHBAH ALLE.

SCHEDULE.-6 pieces of blue baft, 60 bars; 6 pieces of white baft, 60 bars; 6 pieces of satin stripes, 72 bars; 129 lbs. of tobacco, 75 bars; 15 gallons of rum in 3 jars, 33 bars. Total 300 bars.

Duly proclaimed this 17th day of January, 1852, at Medina, Rio Pongas River, by Bala Bango, King of the Rio Pongas River, in my presence.

WM. JNO. MAILING, of Freetown.

(8.)-TREATY with the King of Wonkafong. Morebiah, January 29, 1852.

TREATY between Joseph Eugene Dillet, Esquire, of the Civil Service of the Colony of Sierra Leone, and Nathaniel Isaacs, Esquire, Commissioners duly authorized and empowered by His Excellency Norman William Macdonald, Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the Colony of Sierra Leone and its Dependencies, Vice-Admiral, Chancellor and Ordinary of the same, for and in behalf of Her Majesty Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c. &c., and Stephen, King of Wonkafong, Soombooyer.

Articles I. to XII. The stipulations of these Articles are the same as those of the Treaty with Kykandy. Page 10.

XIII. The bodies of British seamen or other non-resident British subjects who may die within the territories of the said King, shall have the right of interment on payment of 6 dollars to the said King, which sum shall be in full of all burial fees; and all resident British subjects dying within the territories of the said King, party to this Treaty, shall be interred on payment of the customary tribute or offering, the amount of which shall be arranged and determined between the friends of the deceased and the King or his representatives. The graves of persons so interred shall be secure from violation.

XIV. The Queen of England shall have the right to demand the surrender of criminals, being British subjects, guilty of any offence cognizable by the laws of England, for the purpose of being tried in such British Colony as Her Majesty the Queen of England may think fit to appoint; and the King, party to this Treaty, does hereby agree to surrender all British subject

may be charged with any offence as aforesaid, upon demand being made by some competent authority.

XV. All Merchandize imported in British vessels within the dominion of the King, party to this Treaty, shall be exempted from the payment of any duty whatever, and in like manner the productions of the territories of the said King, party to this Treaty, imported into the Colony of Sierra Leone, shall be (subject to the approval of the Governor and Council of the said Colony) exempted from all import or other duties.

XVI. In consideration of the foregoing stipulations of this Treaty being agreed upon and strictly adhered to on the part of the King aforesaid and his successors, His Excellency Norman William Macdonald, Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Colony of Sierra Leone, agrees for himself and successors, on the part of Her Majesty the Queen of England, to pay or cause to be paid annually to the said King and his successors the Customs hereinafter mentioned and set forth-viz., 400 bars. The above bars to be computed by the scale of bars in the Schedule hereunto annexed.

XVII. The amount stipulated to be paid annually to the said King by this Treaty shall be considered a full compensation for the fulfiment of the terms and conditions thereof by the King aforesaid, and shall be in full satisfaction for all charges on British merchant shipping resorting to the waters of the territories of the said King for the purposes of trade, with the free and unrestricted right to wood and water.

XVIII. This Treaty shall be proclaimed immediately on it being concluded and signed, and be made law throughout the territories of the said King, which for the better maintenance of peace and the avoidance of all causes of difference and dispute are hereby fixed and declared to be as follows, that is to say-fron the sea-board of the River Maneah to its source in the interior including the River Toogroon or Foogamy, with the Sarinka branch leading to Maneah.

Signed and Sealed at Morebiah this 29th day of January, in the year of our Lord, 1852, and of Her Majesty's reign the 15th Commissioners: J. E. DILLET (L.S.), Civil Service, Sierr Leone. N. ISAACS (L.S.)

In the presence of:

STEPHEN (L.S.

INTY SAMBA. SANS SENNAH. YEMBA LAIMENA.

SCHEDULE.-8 pieces of blue baft, 80 bars; 8 pieces of whit baft, 80; 8 pieces of satin stripes, 96; 172 lbs. of tobacco, 100 20 gallons of rum in 4 jars, 44: total, 400 bars.

Duly proclaimed this 29th day of January, 1852, at the tow of Morebiah, by Stephen, King of Wonkafong, in my presence. ALEXANDER PORTER, of Freetow

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL, relative to the trade of French vessels in the River Gambia. April 23, 1859.

At the Court at Windsor, the 23rd day of April, 1859. PRESENT, THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the 3rd clause of an Order made by Her Majesty in Council on the 31st day of January, 1849, to regulate the trade of Her Majesty's settlements on the River Gambia and their dependencies, it was provided that no goods should be imported into, nor any goods exported from, the said settlements by sea, from or to any place, other than a British possession, except into or from the port of Bathurst.

And whereas by the 4th clause of the said Order it was provided, that articles not otherwise prohibited than by the law of navigation, might be warehoused in the said settlements under the conditions therein mentioned; and whereas by the 43rd clause of the said order, provision is made for payment of a duty on the reexportation of coal from the aforesaid settlements to any Foreign place in any Foreign ship.

And whereas the above-recited provisions have become in part nugatory, and are in fact (so far as respects French subjects) repugnant to the terms of a Convention made on the 7th of March, 1857,† between Her Majesty and His Majesty the Emperor of the French, and to a certain statute, made and passed in the session of Parliament held in the 21st and 22nd years of Her Majesty's reign, entitled "An Act to remove doubts as to the operation of a Convention between Her Majesty and the Emperor of the French relative to Portendic and Albreda," to wit, the aforesaid Convention of the 7th of March, 1857.

And whereas it is expedient that the above-recited provisions of the aforesaid Order in Council should be repealed, and that further provision should be made respecting the trade of the aforesaid settlements and their dependencies, as is hereafter contained.

1. Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, and in pursuance and exercise of all powers enabling Her on that behalf, doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that the above-mentioned 3rd, 4th, and 43rd clauses of the aforesaid Order in Council of the 31st day of January, 1849, shall be, and they are hereby repealed.

2. And Her Majesty, by and with such advice as aforesaid, and in pursuance of all such powers as aforesaid, doth further order, and it is hereby further ordered, that French vessels in the River Gambia shall be subject to the same duties, tolls, and regulations as British vessels; and every article imported or exported in French vessels shall pay the same duty as is or may be imposed upon the like article when imported or exported in Br

*See Vol. 8, Page 331. † See Vol. 10, Page 761.

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