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of this Proclamation extends to imprisonment for ten years 
and to a fine up to five thousand dollars. 
The late Mr. WITTI, one of the first officers of the Associa- 
tion, at my request, drew up, in 1881, an interesting report on 
the system of Slavery in force in the Tampassuk District, on 
the West Coast, of which the following is a brief summary. 
Slaves in this district are divided into two classes—those who 
are slaves ina strict and rigorous sense, and those whose 
servitude is of a light description. The latter are known as 
anak mas, and are the children of a slave mother by a free 
man other than her master. Ifa female, she is the slave or 
anak mas of her mother’s master, but cannot be sold by him; 
if a boy, he is practically free, cannot be sold and, if he does 
not care to stay with his master, can move about and earn his 
own living, not sharing his earnings with his master, as is the 
case in some other districts. In case of actual need, however, 
his master can call upon him for his services. 
If an ananak mas girl marries a freeman, she at once becomes 
a free woman, but a drzhan, or marriage gift, of from two to 
two and a half pikuls of brass gun—valued at $20 to $25 a 
pikul—is payable by the bridegroom to the master. 
If she marry a slave, she remains an anak mas, but such 
cases are very rare and only take place when the husband is 
in a condition to pay asuitable drzhan to the owner. 
If an ordinary slave woman becomes exceinte by her owner, 
she and her offspring are henceforth free and, she may 
remain as one of her late master’s wives. But the jealousy 
of the inmates of the harem often causes abortion to be 
procured. 
The slaves, as a rule, have quite an easy time of it, living 
with and, as their masters, sharing the food of the family and 
being supplied with tobacco, betel-nut and other native luxu- 
ries. There is no difference between them and free men in 
the matter of dress, andin the arms which all carry, and the 
mere fact that they are allowed to wear arms is pretty conclu- 
sive evidence of their not being bullied or oppressed. 
They assist in domestic duties and in the operations of har- 
vest and trading and so forth, but there is no such institution 
as a slave-gang, working under task masters, a picture which 
