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FORM OF AGREEMENT.
Colonial Secretary's Office
Kaive in the ... District Province of the Empire of China, hereby enters into an agreement with The Gerard acting on behalf of the West India Association of the British Colony of British Guiana on the following Conditions:—
The said ... agrees to embark on board the Ship or Vessel called "General Wyndham" whereof J. B. Harrison is master, and to proceed to Demerara. On arrival there, he undertakes to obey the orders of the Government Immigration Agent, and to enter into an agreement with such Employer as the said Agent shall select, to do service with him for the term of Five Years from the date of his arrival in the said Colony as Cultivator or Agriculturist, or as Labourer or Servant, during which term he is to till the soil, clear ground, plough, manufacture sugar, tend cattle, make drains, construct embankments, and all such like work, completing each day Four-and-a-half hours Chinese, or Nine hours of steady continuous labour; and dutifully to serve and obey his Employer, neither stealthily working for his own benefit or that of any other party, nor absenting himself without leave, during such term of Five Years. He agrees moreover to allow One Dollar per month to be deducted from his wages until the sum of ... dollars received by him in advance shall have been paid off.
In consideration hereof he distinctly understands that Mr. Gerard will find him a Passage to Demerara, provide him with Food and Necessaries upon the voyage, after arrival find him Employment as above described through the Government Immigration Agent, at the rate of Four Dollars per English month, furnish him annually with Two Suits of Clothes viz: 2 cotton Jackets, 2 ditto Trowsers, 1 bamboo Hat, 1 felt Hat, and 1 Blanket; find him in Medicines and Medical Attendance if he fall sick, and furnish him with an ample supply of Food, viz:- 10 lb. Rice, 3/4 lb. Beef, or Pork, or Salt Fish, 1/4 lb. Sugar, 1/2 oz. Tea, per Week of Seven Days. Should he be unwilling to receive the above mentioned allowances of Food, &c., an additional monthly payment of Two Dollars will be given him instead, and also a piece of Land to cultivate for his own benefit. Provided always, that he shall not be called upon to work upon Sundays unless in cases of necessity, when he shall be entitled to receive extra pay at the rate of 24 Cents a Day. Provided also, One Year after arrival, should he repent the agreement, and be unwilling to carry it out, he may cancel it on giving One Month's notice of his intention, and on Repayment of such part of the Expense incurred in conveying him to the Colony as shall be proportioned to the time of service not rendered.
Agreement entered into by ... this ... day of the ... month of the year 185...
Signed ... A. L. Su
Emigration Office