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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1794. 



the public offices at St. Pierre and 

 Fort Royal, to return to France. 



Ans. Granted. 



Art. XXII. The same demands 

 made by general Rochambean in 

 article XX. shall be grant.d to the 

 intendant and those under him. 



Ans. Granted. 



Art. XXIII. All papers of ac- 

 counts in the forts or town shall be 

 carefully collected by the principals 

 cf each department to v/hich they 

 belong, and embarked in the same 

 ship with the ordonateur. 



Ans. All papers, not essential tp 

 be left in the colony shall be given, 

 and free access to take authentic 

 copies of such as it may be thought 

 necessary to retain. 



Art. XXIV. Captainsandofficers 

 of merchant ships, •who have not 

 settled their affsirs, shall be allowed 

 time (o do so. The former the 

 space of four months, and the latter 

 oif two months, under the protec- 

 tion of the commander of his Bri? 

 tannic majesty's forces, that fh?y 

 may recover their debts ; after 

 which they will procure the readiest 

 passage to whatever place may be 

 expedient for their afiairs, with 

 passports from the English com- 

 manders. 



Ans. Granted. 



Additional Art. ]?ort Bourbon 

 to be delivered up to his Britannic 

 majesty in its present slgte, with no 

 dptcriorgtion of jte batteries, mines, 

 jnagazifies of artillery, or provjsipns, 

 and every thing it contains which is 

 'rot the private property of the gar- 

 rison, 



fort Royal, March 22, 1/94. 



(Signed) 



D'AVCOVKT, 



Gaschet, sils, 



C. Thompson, 

 Rich. Symes, 

 John Convngham. 



Approved by me, 



DtE. RoCHAMBP.^lT, 



Comwainler •in-chief of the FreJich 

 IVest-Iiidia Isiatids. 



Approved by ns, 



Chaklkr Grey, 



John Jervis. 



[Here follows a return of officers, 

 &c. killed, wounded, and missing, 

 and also an account of the ord- 

 nance and stores found at Forts 

 Royal, Louis, and Bourbon.] 



Admiralty-Office, /iprU'ii, I7g4. 

 Captain henry Powlet arrived 

 this morning, with dispatches from 

 vice-admirnl sir John Jervis, K B. 

 coniinanderrin-chiefof ills majesty's 

 .cliips and vessels .^t Barb;idoes and 

 the Leeward Islaiuls, to Mr. Ste- 

 phens, of which the following are 

 extracts and copy. 



Boync, Forf-Roynl Boy. Martinique^ 

 March 25, 1/94. 

 sin, 

 Mv letter to you of the l6th, by 

 the liofbnck packet, a duplicate of 

 which is inclosed, has made the 

 lords cnmmissionersoftheadmiralty 

 acquainted with the operations of 

 the siege until that date: I have the 

 pleasure to communicate, for tlieir 

 lordships farther information, that 

 the battery on Point-Carriere, which 

 forms the east side of the entrance 

 of the Careenage, opened at day- 

 lighton the 17th, and with the gun- 

 boats )<ept an incessant fire on fort 

 St Louis, while the gun and mortar 

 batteries on the heights pl.nyed on 

 For; Bourbon; lieutenant Bowen of 

 |jie Boyae, vvhohsd commanded the 



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