| Blanks to be filled up in Clauses 1, 2, |
| 6, 17. |
CHARTER PARTY. |
| Contract. |
1. This Charty [sic] Party of affreightment,
made this day of
, 184 , by and between
, [hereinafter
referred to as the "Party of the first part,"] as
Secretary to and on behalf of Her Majesty's Colonial Land and
Emigration Commissioners of the one part, and of
[hereinafter
referred to as the " Party of the second Part,"] for
and on behalf of the owners of the Ship
, mentioned and described in the foregoing tender, of
the other part.
WITNESSETH, that for the considerations hereinafter mentioned,
they the said Parties hereto of the first and second parts respectively,
do hereby mutually covenant and agree with each other that they
will severally observe, perform;, fulfil, do, and keep, all
and singular, the terms, agreements, stipulations, things, and
conditions herein contained on their parts respectively to be
observed, done, and performed. |
| Number of Emigrants. |
2. The said Party of the first part, hereby engages, that
in case the said ship be placed at the disposal of the Government
Emigration Agent at [hereinafter referred to as the "Port
of Embarkation"] between the and
the , for the conveyance
of emigrants to ,
there shall be put on board such ship and paid for the full
complement of emigrants which by the law in force in India the
Ship shall be qualified to carry, or if a smaller number be
put on board, that payment shall notwithstanding be made for
the full complement, Provided always, that in either case in
respect of any emigrants who may die during the voyage, the
amount of their passage money shall be deducted from the whole
amount payable under this agreement. |
| Penalty, if Contract not carried out. |
3. And the said party of the first part further engages, that
if from any unforseen cause, the Government Emigration Agent
aforesaid shall be unable to supply the said ship with emigrants,
and to employ her as intended by this Charter Party, then the
said party of the first part, shall forfeit to the said party
of the second part, a sum of two pounds ten shillings per register
ton of the said ship, and the present contract shall be in all
other respects void. Provided always, that if the said Ship
does not arrive at the Port of Embarkation within the period
mentioned in clause 2, it shall be optional with the Government
Emigration Agent to employ her or not, accordingly as he may
find that his other arrangements will admit, without the said
party of the first part being liable to any penalty of damages
whatsoever for not employing the said Ship. |
| Ships to go to India and be offered to the
Emigration Agent. |
4. In consideration whereof, the said party of the second
part hereby engages that the said Ship shall proceed to India,
and make all due despatch on her voyage, and that after the
discharge there of any Cargo or Emigrants that may be on board
she shall not proceed in search of any other employment, but
shall with the least possible delay be placed at the disposal
of the Government Emigration Agent at the Port in India above
named for the conveyance of Emigrants, and that in case of default
in any of the said particulars the said Party of the second
part shall forfeit and pay to the said Commissioners the sum
of Two pounds ten shillings per register ton of the said ship,
as liquidated damages, to be recovered with full costs of suit. |
| Ships to be Seaworthy and properly manned. |
5. And the said Party of the second part further agrees that
during the continuance of this Charter Party the said Ship shall
at all times be tight, staunch, strong, and substantial, both
above water and below, and in all respects seaworthy, and properly
and efficiently manned. |
| Fitments. |
6. That before any Emigrants are put on board under this Contract
the said Ship shall, at the proper costs and charges of the
said Party of the second part, be fitted in the between-decks
with proper bed-places for the accommodation of the Emigrants
to the satisfaction of the said Government Agent at ,
and shall also be fitted and furnished with proper masts, sails,
yards, rigging, anchors, cables (two of chain), ropes, cords,
apparel, and all other furniture fit and needful for the intended
service, and shall also have a life-buoy, long-boat, two cutters,
and a jolly-boat, a sufficient number of properly-fitted scuttles
in each side, and such deck-light ventilators as may be required;
suitable privies and also a separate hospital for males and
females, head-pump, with sufficient tarpaulins, awnings, a windsail
for each hatchway, and scuttle butts; and shall also at all
times be furnished with sufficient scrapers, brooms, swabs,
sand and stones for dry rubbing, swing stoves, and whatever
else may be necessary for the cleanliness of the Ship and the
comfort and safety of the Emigrants. |
| Emigrants to have use of Deck. |
7. That the whole of the space fore and aft between the decks,
shall be apparopriated and given up to the sole and entire use
of the Emigrants, and that the upper deck, excepting the space
occupied by the spare spars and long-boat, shall be kept quite
clear for their use. |
| Victualling and Medicines, &c. |
8. That in case any Emigrants shall be embarked in the said
Ship under this Contract, there shall be on board provisions
and stores for their use during the voyage of a quality to be
approved by the Government Emigration Agent at the Port, and
equal in quantity to Twenty weeks' consumption, if proceeding
from Calcutta, and Nineteen if proceeding from Madras, calculated
according to the annexed, or any other not more expensive scale
to be settled by such Government Emigration Agent, for the numbers
that may be embarked; and also a supply of Medicines and Medical
Comforts according to the annexed, or such other not more expensive
list as may be determined on by the Government Emigration Agent
as aforesaid. The Medical Comforts to be issued at the discretion
of the Surgeon, whether for the sick, or to preserve health. |
| Water. |
9. That the Water shall be of the best quality that can be
obtained, and be approved by the Government Emigration Agent,
and shall be put in sweet and substantial casks properly charred,
and constructed of staves of at least one inch in thickness
for the ground tier, and not less that three-quarters of an
inch for the remainder. |
| Surgeon. |
10. That there shall be provided at the charge of the said
Party of the second part a duly qualified Surgeon, to be approved
by the said Commissioners or by the Government Emigration Agent
at the Port of Embarkation to take Medical charge of the Emigrants
during the voyage. |
| Good treatment of the Emigrants. |
11. That the said Emigrants shall be treated with kindness
by the Master, and all the Officers and the Crew of the said
Ship; and that the Master shall on all occasions, when practicable,
attend to any suggestions of the Surgeon calculated to promote
the health, comfort, or well-being of the Emigrants; and, further,
that the Emigrants shall on no occasion be called on to do any
manner of work on board the Vessel other than cleaning their
own berths between the decks, or receiving at the hatchways
in the between-decks fresh water, and provisions and fuel; and
that on the occasions of cleaning their berths they shall on
no account be placed to draw water from the sea on the gunwale,
in the chains, or in any situation which shall endanger their
falling overboard. |
DIETARY SCALE FOR EMIGRANTS FROM INDIA TO
|
THE WEST INDIES. |
| The following is to be the Scale for one Adult. Women to receive
the same as Men; Children between One and Twelve to receive
one half. No ration for Infants under One year. |
Rice |
28 ozs. |
Dholl |
4 [ozs.] |
Ghee |
1 [oz.] |
Salt |
1 1/2 [ozs.] |
Turmeric |
1 [oz.] |
Onions |
1 [oz.] |
Tobacco |
1 [oz.] |
Chillies |
1/2 [oz.] |
Tamarind |
2 [ozs.] |
Firewood |
4 lbs. |
Salt Fish |
4 ozs. |
Water |
3/4 gallon per day. |
| Dry Provisions for bad weather when the usual
Provisions cannot be cooked. |
Choorah (Avil) |
1 seer, or 2 lbs. |
Bhootgram (Cuddalay) |
1/4 seer, or 1/2 lb. |
Sugar |
1 cuttack, or 2 ozs. |
| Eighteen days' stock of dry Provisions
to be laid in for the voyage. |
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LIST OF MEDICINES AND MEDICAL
COMFORTS. |
Supply for any number of Emigrants, from 50 to 100.
The quantities to be increased for any additional number beyond
100, at the rate of half these quantities per 100. |
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| |
lbs. |
ozs. |
| Acacia Gum |
|
6 |
| Acetate of Lead |
|
3 |
| Adhesive Plaster |
1 |
4 |
| Alumen |
|
6 |
| Antimonial Powder |
|
2 |
| Aromatic Spirit of Ammonia |
|
8 |
| Blistering Ointment |
1 |
8 |
| Blue Pill |
|
4 |
| Carbonate of Ammonia |
|
3 |
| Camphor |
|
6 |
| Cerate (simple) |
1 |
8 |
| Chloride of Lime |
4 |
8 |
| Calomel |
|
6 |
| Castor Oil |
4 |
8 |
| Compound Tincture of Camphor |
|
8 |
| Dover's Powder |
|
3 |
| Epsom Salts |
2 |
|
| Extract of Colocyunth |
|
3 |
| Ginger Powder |
|
6 |
| Jalap ditto |
|
4 |
| Ipecacuan ditto |
|
3 |
| Nitrate of Silver |
|
1/2 |
| Opium |
|
3 |
| Oil of Peppermint |
|
1/2 |
|
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