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shall be considered as an integral 

 part. 



Art. 8. In case the command- 

 ing officer of any of the slijps of 

 the royal navies of Great Britain, 

 and of the Netherlands, commis- 

 sioned under the second Article 

 of this treaty, shall deviate in any 

 respect from the dispositions of 

 the said treaty, and shall not be 

 enabled to justify himself, either 

 by the tenor of the said treaty, 

 or of the instructions annexed to 

 it ; the government which shall 

 conceive itself to be wronged by 

 such conduct shall be entitled to 

 demand reparation, and in such 

 case the government, to which 

 the captor may belong, binds 

 itself to cause inquiry to be made 

 into the subject of the complaint, 

 and to inflict upon the captor, if 

 he be found to have deserved it, 

 a punishment proportioned to the 

 transgression which may have 

 been committed. 



Art. 9. The acts or instru- 

 ments annexed to this treaty, and 

 which form an integral part there- 

 of, are as follows : A. Instruc- 

 tions for the ships of the royal 

 navies of both nations, destined 

 to prevent the traffic in slaves. 

 B. Regulation for the mixed 

 courts of justice, which are to 

 hold their sittings on the coast of 

 Africa, and in one of the colonial 

 possessions of his majesty the 

 king of the Netherlands. 



Art. 10. The present treaty, 

 consisting of ten articles, shall be 

 ratified, and the ratifications ex- 

 changed within the space of one 

 month from this date ; or sooner, 

 if possible. In witness whereof 

 the respective plenipotentiaries 

 have signed the same, and there- 

 iinto affixed the seal of their 



arms. — Done at the Hague, this 

 4th day of May, 1818. 

 (Signed) 



Clancarty. 



A.W C. DeNagell. I 



Van Maanen. 



ANNEXES. 



A. Instructions for the Ships of 

 the British and Netherland 

 Royal Navies, employed to 

 prevent the Traffic in Slaves. 



Art. 1 . Every ship of the royal 

 British or Netherland navy, which, 

 furnished with these instructions, 

 shall, in conformity with the 

 second Article of the Treaty of 

 this date, have a right to visit the 

 merchant ships of either of the 

 two powers actually engaged, or 

 suspected to be engaged in the 

 slave trade, may, except in the 

 seas exempted by the third Article 

 of the said Treaty, proceed to 

 such visit ; and should any slaves 

 be found on board, brought there 

 for the express purposes of the 

 traffic, the commander of the 

 said ship of the royal navy may 

 detain them, and having detained 

 them, he is to bring them as soon 

 as possible for judgment, before 

 that of the two mixed courts of 

 justice, appointed by the seventh 

 Article of the Treaty of this date, 

 which shall be the nearest, or 

 which the commander of the 

 capturing ship shall, upon his 

 own responsibility, think he can 

 soonest reach from the spot where 

 the ship shall have been detained. 

 Ships, on board of which no 

 slaves shall be found, intended 

 for purposes of traffic, shall not 

 be detained on any account or 

 j)retence whatever. Negro ser- 

 vants or sailors that may be 



found 



