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668 SLAVE TRADE.

those of the East India Company, and the said ship shall be restored
by sentence of the Court, it shall be 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 costs 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 Majes­
ty’s Treasury.
XVIII. And be it enacted, That when any seizure shall be made by
any of the commanders, officers, and crews of
Treasury may repay to
the Seizor of any Vessel Her Majesty’s ships, or of those of the East India
not condemned the ex­ Company, and judgment shall be given against
penses incurred by him.
the seizor, or when such seizure shall be relin­
quished 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
i 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.

i ENGAGEMENTS ENTERED INTO BY THE ARAB CHIEFS
OF THE PERSIAN GULF, WITH THE BRITISH GO­
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VERNMENT, FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE SLAVE
i TRADE.—1838 to 1847.
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Agreement with Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur, Chief of Ras-ool-Khy-
ma, ceding to British Cruisers the right of searching his Vessels
upon the high seas, when suspected of having Slaves on board ;
and also ceding the right of Seizure and Confiscation, in the event
of the suspicion being proved to be well founded.

In the event of vessels connected with my ports, or belonging to my
subjects, coming under the suspicion of being employed in the carrying
off (literally “ stealing”) and embarkation of slaves, men, women, or
children, I, Sultan bin Suggur, Shaikh of the Joasmee Tribe, do hereby
agree to their being detained and searched, whenever and wherever
they may be fallen in with on the seas, by the cruisers of the British
Government; and further, that upon its being ascertained that the