CO129-105 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1865 [5-7] — Page 262

payment to be made on the day of the date of the embarkation of the said

on board the said ship

that any sum so advanced to the said

of the wages to be earned by the said

7.-That the said

Provided always and it is hereby agreed

as aforesaid, shall be stopped or deducted out

, at the rate of one dollar per month. shall be at liberty at any time to make an application

(subject however to the laws of the said Island and the regulations of the said Company) for determining this agreement, upon payment of a sum of money equal to the cost of his passage from China to the said Island of Tahiti, namely eighty dollars, subject to a deduction of one fifth of the said amount for and in respect of each year during shall have served as such laborer as aforesaid, under the terms of this agreement.

which the said

8.--That the said W. STEWART shall provide or cause to be provided for the said

during such period as he continues to serve under the terms of this agreement, at the expense of the latter, with the means of remitting money to his relatives in China.

年年

(Signed)

(Signed)

This done

duplicate each of the parties aforesaid retaining one copy at

on the

day of

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立合同約據人

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五四

係中國廣東

花架非公會派官士彫活招唐人前往該處地方傭工今

各規條開列于後

計開

此約所議各例傭工一經上船不准再行登岸免至遲悞 須遵士彫活或他代理者所定日期郎上

縣

村人年

情願前往照此約辦理並無更改將本日彼此當面議定 歲現因他依的地方種棉

灣泊之船名

以便附搭前往他体的地方照

其停工五日

在他你的地方須遵士彫活派定在何地段每日工作均以八點鐘爲度每逢禮拜日停工每逢中國過年時格外准

衫二件裤二條草帽一項女人每年衫二件褲二條手巾四條 遵照此約勒慎作工之時每一個月由士彫活發給工銀四大員並供給食用住屋菜地醫藥並衣服二脫男人每年

作工五年同中國之水脚銀自出若作七年則不用自出水脚回中國 自到他依的地方之日起五年之内或七年之内必須時時老誠勤慎遵照此約而行在田内盡力種植不得懶惰若

自上船之日起船上水脚並所需衣服飲食均係公會士跟活備辦不須自出

八

月月

耶穌一千八百六十

治 以上所開議定各款規條彼此均已知悉自應恪遵不失恐口無憑情甘立此合同約據各執一紙存照 在該處照前議勤慎作工之時由士彫活設法代為寄送家信或寄錢兩回家其寄信資均由本人自出

立此合同約據 收 執

日日

, in the year of our Lord

186, in the presence of the undersigned, who declare that this contract has been signed willingly and with full knowledge of its contents by the said

Ligned by Somigration

A59.

offin

* 以扣完為度一經上船卽發頭大隨後 一經上船前往他依的理由士浵活或他代理者先給工銀

員將來到該處每月在應得工銀内扣還一員

在該處所應得工銀每月發給

七 脚銀八十員按一年十六員攤算每作工過一年卽減十六員還清水脚銀卽將約據繳銷聽其自便 到他侬的地方之時若不願傭工或另尋他業卽照該處律例及本公會規條而行若可得他往則要將去時一路水

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