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Articles of Agreement,
Christian Era
made this
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being the
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S. ADENDANON, Esq., 'of Dutch Guiana, of the other part, as follows: The said
in the year of the
month of the
native of China, of the one part, and
doth hereby promise and agree to and with the said S. ABENDANON, his executors, administrators, and assigns, in
manner and form following, that is to say :-
1.-That be, the said
said S. ABENDANON or his agent, embark on board the
shall and will so soon as he shall be required by the
ship
now lying at anchor in the Harbour of Hongkong and bound for Dutch Guiana, and remain on board the said ship henceforward until she proceeds to sea, and shall then proceed as a passenger on board the said ship, to Dutch Guiana, for the purpose of carrying out the stipulations hereinafter contained on the part of the said S. ABENDANON.
3.That the said
shall and will perform field or factory labour as S. ABENDANON,
his executors, administrators and assigns may direct for the space of eight hours of each day during the term of five years (each year rated at 300 and each week at 6 working days, festivals acknowledged by the Government excepted) to be computed from the day of the date of the arrival of the said ship in Dutch Guiana.
3.That the said S. ABENDANOx shall provide the said
with a free
passage to the said Dutch Guiana, and shall supply him gratuitously with such food and clothing as may be neces- sary for the voyage.
4.That so long as the said
shall continue and be employed as such laborer
us aforesaid, he the said S. ABENDANON shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid to the said
wages at the rate of Six Dollars or an equivalent in the local currency per calendar month and
free board for his wife (but no wages) and shall provide or cause to be provided for the said
during the same service House and medical attendance with board during his illness (but no wages during that time), all free of expense.
5.-The suid
promising punctually and faithfully to observe all ordinances on
labor, and to show such respect and obedience as laborers or servants owe to those whose service they are indentured
10.
6. The undersigned S. ABENDANON or his agent declares to have engaged the above-mentioned
for the purpose and under the conditions aforesaid, promising faithfully to perform the said conditions, kindly to treat or causing to be kindly treated the indentured person, and to pay or cause to be punctually paid his wages at the end of every week.
Both parties declare to be entirely satisfied with the above conditions and for the performance of the same to bind their persons and goods in the most efficient manner according to law.
Signed
Signed