164] ANNUAL REGISTER, 1818. 



6. In the ports to the south 

 of the Equator, where the traffic 

 in slaves is still permitted, the 

 regulations passed in the law 

 of the S^th of November, 1813, 

 shall be observed with the follow- 

 ing modifications: — The distinc- 

 tion between vessels which shall 

 exceed or shall not exceed 201 

 tons, shall be abolished, and the 

 number of slaves shallbe regulated 

 according to the tonnage of the 

 vessel, in the proportion of 5 to 

 every 2 tons. It shall be allowed 

 to the persons who own or freight 

 slave-vessels, to use indiscrimi- 

 nately iron or copper kettles, 

 provided the latter every voyage 



be tinned anew. If surgeons do 

 not sail on board such vessels, on 

 account of the impossibility of 

 procuring them, the owners shall 

 be obliged to carry with them 

 black sangradores, experienced in 

 the treatment of the diseases with 

 which the slaves are commonly 

 afflicted. 



7. Till the conunerce iu 

 slaves is changed by new regula- 

 tions, the importation of slaves 

 into Brazil, from any ports where 

 the traffic is not prohibited, is 

 permitted. 



The usual order is subjoined to 

 all the authorities to observe and 

 eiiforce this law. 



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