taken for the protection of the emigrants immediately upon their arrival or during their residence therein, or for their safe return to India, or to provide a return passage to India for any such emigrants at or about the time at which they are entitled to such return passage.
In case, however, the power thus reserved to the Governor-General of British India should at any time be exercised, the Netherlands Government shall have the right immediately to terminate the whole Convention, if they should think proper to do so.
But in the event of the determination of the present Convention, from whatever cause, the stipulations relative to Indian immigrants introduced into the Netherlands Colony shall be maintained in force in favour of the said immigrants, until they shall either have been sent back to their own country, or have renounced their right to a return-passage to India, or shall have removed to some other Colony or Country.
ARTICLE XXV.
The Governor-General of India in Council shall likewise have the power to relax, in cases of emergency, the provisions of Article XIII of the present Convention with regard to the dates at which emigrants may leave India in sailing-vessels, and also the provisions of Article XVI, with regard to the proportion of women to men.
ARTICLE XXVI.
It is understood that wherever in this Convention mention is made of the Netherlands Government, the Colonial Government of Surinam is equally comprised under that denomination.
ARTICLE XXVII.
The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at the Hague as soon as possible after it shall have received, as far as shall be required, the approval of the States-General.
In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.
Done at the Hague, the eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy.
(L.S.). E. A. J. HARRIS. (L.S.) ROEST VAN LIMBURG, (L.S.) DE WAAL.
niet zijn genomen, ter bescherming der emigranten bij hunne aankomst of gedurende hun verblijf aldaar, of voor hunne veilige terugkomst in Indie, of om hun de terugreis naar Indie te verschaffen ten tijde of omstreeks ten tijd wanneer zij tot zulk eene terugreis gerechtigd zijn.
In geval echter bedoeld recht aan den Gouverneur-Generaal van Britsch Indie voorbehouden, ooit uitgeoefend wordt, zal de Nederlandsche Regering de bevoegdheid hebben terstond, indien zij dit noodig keurt, de geheele overeenkomst voor geëindigd te verklaren.
Maar bij het eindigen dezer overeenkomst, om welke reden dan ook, zullen de bepalingen betreffende de Indische immigranten, die in de Nederlandsche kolonie zijn ingevoerd, van kracht blijven ten voordeele van gezegde immigranten, tot dat zij of naar hun eigen land zijn teruggezonden, of van hun recht op vrije terugreis naar Indie afstand hebben gedaan, of zich naar eene andere kolonie of een ander land hebben begeven.
ARTIKEL XXV.
De Gouverneur-Generaal van Indie, in Rade, zal eveneens de bevoegdheid hebben, in geval van noodzakelijkheid, de bepalingen van Artikel XIII van de tegenwoordige overeenkomst, wat betreft de datums, waarop emigranten Indie op zeilschepen mogen verlaten, zoomede de bepalingen van Artikel XVI, wat betreft de getals-verhouding tusschen mannen en vrouwen, in milderen zin toe te passen.
ARTIKEL XXVI.
Men is overeengekomen dat overal, waar in deze overeenkomst gesproken wordt van de Nederlandsche Regering, daarmede ook bedoeld wordt het Nederlandsch koloniaal Bestuur van Suriname.
ARTIKEL XXVII.
De tegenwoordige overeenkomst zal worden bekrachtigd en de bekrachtigingen zullen worden uitgewisseld te 'sGravenhage, zoodra mogelijk, nadat de overeenkomst, voor zoo veel noodig, de goedkeuring der Staten-Generaal zal erlangd hebben.
Ten blijke waarvan de wederzijdsche Gevolmachtigden haar hebben onderteekend en met hun wapen bezegeld.
Gedaan te 'sGravenhage den achtsten dag van September in het jaar duizend acht honderd zeventig.
(L.S.) E. A. J. HARRIS. (L.S.) ROEST VAN LIMBURG. (L.S.) DE WAAL.
Note of the British Plenipotentiary.
IN proceeding to the signature of the Convention between Her Britannic Majesty and His Majesty the King of the Netherlands relative to Coolie emigration, the Undersigned, Plenipotentiary of Her Britannic Majesty, is instructed by his Government to state to M. Roest van Limburg and M. de Waal, Plenipotentiaries of His Netherlands Majesty, as follows:-
1. Her Majesty's Government have assented to the wish of the Government of His Majesty the King of the Netherlands that the Dutch Colonial Regulations of Surinam of 1861 should be recognized by Article XXII of the Convention as the basis for all agreements for labour in Surinam, in the same manner as the Martinique Regulations were, by the Convention of 1861 between Great Britain and France, made the model for the French colonies.
The Dutch Regulations on the subject of labour are rules relative to task work; and it is at present impossible to say whether those rules are, in effect, harsh or liberal to the emigrant, or whether a native of India would, at the rates therein prescribed, be able to perform so much work as would afford to him adequate means for subsistence, and enable him, with proper care, to lay by a small sum every month. Under these circumstances Her Majesty's Government, in acceding to the desire of the Government of the Netherlands, have instructed the Undersigned distinctly to declare, that it will depend upon the effect which those Regulations shall be found to have in practice, and upon the willingness hereafter of the Dutch authorities at Surinam to attend to any reasonable suggestions of the Protector of Emigrants for their modification, whether the Convention shall be renewed on the expiration of the term prescribed for its duration.
2. The Government of His Majesty the King of the Netherlands have proposed, for reasons founded on experience, that the provision in Section 3 of Article VIII, to the effect that the contracts of service shall make stipulations as to the rations of the emigrant, should be omitted or modified. Her Majesty's Government assent to that proposal so far as to make the provision applicable only to cases in which rations are given; but they do so only on the presumption that the kind of food required by natives of India can be procured at Surinam, and that, of course, when rations are not given, an equivalent for them will be given in wages.
3. The Draft of Convention proposed by Her Majesty's Government contained in Article XX a stipulation that the immigrant should receive his stipulated pay during the time he may be detained in the colonial depôts previous to distribution. In acceding to the desire of the Netherlands Government that the stipulation in question should be omitted, Her Majesty's Government have directed the Undersigned to say, that it must be distinctly understood that the emigrants are entitled to maintenance in the depôt of the colony from the time of their arrival to the time of their distribution.
The Undersigned, &c. (Signed)
The Hague, September 8, 1870.
E. A. J. HARRIS.
297
taken for the protection of the emigrants immediately upon their arrival or during their residence therein, or for their safe return to India, or to provide a return passage to India for any such emigrants at or about the time at which they are entitled to such return passage.
In case, however, the power thus reserved to the Governor-General of British India should at any time be exercised, the Nether- land Government shall have the right immediately to terminate the whole Con- vention, if they should think proper to do
SO.
But in the event of the determination of the present Convention, from whatever cause, the stipulations relative to Indian immigrants introduced into the Netherland Colony shall be maintained in force in favour of the said immigrants, until they shall either have been sent back to their own country, or have renounced their right to a return-passage to India, or shall have removed to some other Colony or Country.
ARTICLE XXV.
The Governor-General of India in Council shall likewise have the power to relax, in cases of emergency, the provisions of Article XIII of the present Convention with regard to the dates at which emigrants may leave India in sailing-vessels, and also the pro- visions of Article XVI, with regard to the proportion of women to men.
ARTICLE XXVI.
It is understood that wherever in this Convention mention is made of the Nether- land Government, the Colonial Government of Surinam is equally comprised under that denomination.
ARTICLE XXVII.
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The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at the Hague as soon as possible after it shall have received, as far as shall be required, the approval of the States-General.
In witness whereof the respective Plenipo- tentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.
Done at the Hague, the eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy.
(L.S.). E. A. J. HARRIS. (L.S.) ROEST VAN LIMBURG, (L.S.) DE WAAL.
niet zijn genomen, ter bescherming der emigranten bij hunne aunkomst of gedurende hun verblijf aldaar, of voor hunne veilige terugkomst in Indie, of om han de terugreis naar Indie te verschaffen ten tijde of omstreeks ten tijd wanneer zij tot zulk eene terugreis geregtigd zijn.
In geval echter bedoeld regt aan den Gouverneur - Generaal van Britsch Indie voorbehouden, ooit uitgeoefend wordt, zal de Nederlandsche Regering de bevoegdheid heb- ben terstond, indien zij dit noodig keurt, de gehecle overeenkomst voor geeindigd te ver- klaren.
Maar bij het eindigen dezer overeenkomst, om welke reden dan ook, zullen de bepalin- gen betreffende de Indische immigranten, die in de Nederlandsche kolonie zijn ingevoerd, van kracht blijven ten voordeele van gezegde immigranten, tot dat zij of naar hun eigen land zijn teruggezonden, of van hun regt op vrije terugreis naar Indie afstand hebben gedaan, of zich naar eene andere kolonie of een ander land hebben begeven.
ARTIKEL XXV.
De Gouverneur-Generaal van Indie, in Rade, zal eveneens de bevoegdheid hebben, in geval van noodzakelijkheid, de bepalingen van Artikel XIII van de tegenwoordige overeenkomst, wat betreft de datums, waarop emigranten Indie op zeilschepen mogen verlaten, zoomede de bepalingen van Artikel XVI, wat betreft de getals - verhouding tusschen mannen en vrouwen, in milderen zin toetepassen.
ARTIKEL XXVI.
Men is overeengekomen dat overal, waar in deze overeenkomst gesproken wordt van de Nederlandsche Regering, daarmede ook bedoeld wordt het Nederlandsch koloniaal Bestuur van Suriname.
ARTIKEL XXVII.
De tegenwoordige overeenkomst zal wor- den bekrachtigd en de bekrachtigingen zullen worden uitgewisseld te 'sGravenhage, zoodra mogelijk, nadat de overeenkomst, voor zoo- veel noodig, de goedkeuring der Staten- Generaal zal erlangd hebben.
Ten blijke waarvan de wederzijdsche Gevolmagtigden haar hebben onderteekend en met hun wapen bezegeld.
Gedaan te 'sGravenhage den achtsten dag van September in het jaar duizend acht honderd zeventig.
(L.S.) E. A. J. HARRIS. (L.S.) ROEST VAN LIMBURG. (L.S.) DE WAAL.
Note of the British Plenipotentiary.
IN proceeding to the signature of the Convention between Her Britannic Majesty and His Majesty the King of the Netherlands relative to Coolie emigration, the Undersigned, Plenipotentiary of Her Britannic Majesty, is instructed by his Government to state to M. Roest van Limburg and M. de Waal, Plenipotentiaries of His Netherland Majesty, as follows:-
1. Her Majesty's Government have assented to the wish of the. Government of His Majesty the King of the Netherlands that the Dutch Colonial Regulations of Surinam of 1861 should be recognized by Article XXII of the Convention as the basis for all agreements for labour in Surinam, in the same manner as the Martinique Regulations were, by the Convention of 1861 between Great Britain and France, made the model for the French colonies.
The Dutch Regulations on the subject of labour are rules relative to task work; and it is at present impossible to say whether those rules are, in effect, harsh or liberal to the emigrant, or whether a native of India would, at the rates therein prescribed, be able to perform so much work as would afford to him adequate means for subsistence, and enable him, with proper care, to lay by a small sum every month. Under these circumstances Her Majesty's Government, in acceding to the desire of the Government of the Netherlands, have instructed the Undersigned distinctly to declare, that it will depend upon the effect which those Regulations shall be found to have in practice, and upon the willingness hereafter of the Dutch authorities at Surinam to attend to any reasonable suggestions of the Protector of Emigrants for their modification, whether the Convention shall be renewed on the expiration of the term prescribed for its duration.
2. The Government of His Majesty the King of the Netherlands have proposed, for reasons founded on experience, that the provision in Section 3 of Article VIII, to the effect that the contracts of service shall make stipulations as to the rations of the emigrant, should be omitted or modified. Her Majesty's Government assent to that proposal so far as to make the provision applicable only to cases in which rations are given; but they do so only on the presumption that the kind of food required by natives of India can be procured at Surinam, and that, of course, when rations are not given, an equivalent for them will be given in wages.
3. The Draft of Convention proposed by Her Majesty's Government contained in Article XX a stipulation that the immigrant should receive his stipulated pay during the time he may be detained in the colonial depôts previous to distribution. In acceding to the desire of the Netherland Government that the stipulation in question should be omitted, Her Majesty's Government have directed the Undersigned to say, that it must be distinctly understood that the emigrants are entitled to maintenance in the depôt of the colony from the time of their arrival to the time of their distribution.
The Undersigned, &c. (Signed)
The Hague, September 8, 1870.
E. A. J. HARRIS.
297
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