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fined 500 Rix dollars for such offence — one-half of which will ba 

 given to the Churches and the other half to the Government. 



14tth December, 1773, 



JOHN CSANS. 

 G. KEITMOEE. 

 D. V. SCHELLINGk 

 D. A. de HINS1LE. 

 A. S. LEMKER, 

 H. CA3SA. 



PROCLAMATION. 



We, Johs Samuel Timmerman Thyssen, Governor of Malacca 

 and its Dependencies, to all to whom these Presents may come, 

 send greeting: — 



AVhereas it has come to our knowledge that several covetous 

 persons, proprietors of landed estates, have demanded from their 

 tenants residing on their estates and possessing plantations, which 

 through their industry have been brought to perfection, more than 

 the fixed rate of ten per cent, on the produce of such plantations, 

 and whereas it has also been represented to us that, on the transfer 

 or sale of such plantations, the landed proprietors have demanded ten 

 per cent, upon the amount realized for the same ; 



All of which, we consider to be an unwarrantable extortion, by 

 which the prosperity of the Settlement and the interests of the 

 industrious inhabitants, must in a great measure be affected ; 



So it is, that in order to obviate this evil, we direct the follow- 

 ing to be promulgated : — 



1st, — That the proprietors of lands shall be satisfied fo levy 

 only a tenth upon the produce of their leased lands. 



2nd. — That whenever money shall be paid by the tenants of 

 their leased lands or plantations, instead of payment being made in 

 kind, the landed proprietors must, in such cases, annually pass a 

 contract in the piesence of two witnesses?, viz., the Penghooloo of 

 the district, and the High Priest residing in the neighbourhood, who 

 shall declare that none of the contracting parties have been com- 

 pelled to enter into such an engagement. 



