Appendix C. 483 



1. I engage from tlic date hereof to embark for the Havannah in the 

 isLuid of Cuba in whatever ship the before- mentioned gentleman may 

 appoint. 



2. I further promise and engage during the space of eight years to 

 work in the said country of Cuba under the orders and regulations of 

 the Colonization Society, or of the person to whom the present agreement 

 may be assigned, and to perform all necessary agricultural labour in the 

 settlement, or wheresoever I may be ordered so to do, whether in a pri- 

 vate house or in any description of industrial enterprise, or in factories, 

 in plantations, in coffee- gardens, at country seats, or on pasturage 

 grounds, and generally all manner of labour, whether in town or country, 

 of what description soever it may consist. 



3. The eight years during which I bind myself to labour under the 

 conditions specified in the last preceding paragraph shall be held to 

 commence eight days after my disembarkation in the aforesaid harbour 

 of the Havannah, it being always understood that I have been landed in 

 good health, or else shall commence on the eighth day after my dis- 

 charge from hospital, in the event of my having landed in ill health or 

 incapable of working. 



4. The hours during which I bind mj^self to labour shall depend upon 

 the nature of the work which I shall be required to perform, and the 

 degree of special attention v/hich such work may require, or maj?- be deter- 

 mined on his own responsibility by the master under whose orders I may 

 be placed, provided always that I am permitted to enjoy certain hours of 

 repose during every 24 hours, and certain fixed periods for breakfast and 

 dinner, similar to those assigned to other paid labourers in that country. 



5. Besides my hours of rest and recreation during work days, I 

 shall not be bound to do any work upon Sundays, beyond such necessary 

 labour as may seem to be requisite in the opinion of my employer or 

 employers. 



6. I also bind myself to submit to the orders and discipline which 

 may be in force in the house of business, farm, or private house in which 

 I am employed, and further agree that I shall be amenable to such sys- 

 tem of punishment as may be in force in such localities for the correction 

 of indolence, absence from work, disobedience to the orders of any em- 



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