Article, XXXll. — Registre d'Engagements. Lβ capitaine de tout batinient recruteur devra tenir un registre d'eiigagements, sur lequel il inscrira sans delai le norn, Iβ sexe, les marques permettant de reconnaitre l'ideutite, le norn de la tribu, le lieu de recruteinent et le lieu de destination de tout indigene recrute, le norn de l'engagiste, la duree de I' engagement, les soinmes convenues a titre de prime d'engagement et de salaires, et le montant de l'aoompte verse a I'indigene au moment de l'engagement. Article XXXIII. — Engagement- dcs Femmes et dcs Enfants. (1.) Les femmes ne pourront etre engagees : — Si elles ne sont pas mariees, qu'avec le consentement dv mari; Si elles ne sont pas mariees, qu'avec le consentement dv Chef de la tribu. (2.) Les enfants ne pourront etre engages que si leur taille atteint un minimum que les Commissaires-Residents determineront de concert. ' |; Article XXXlV. — Duree dcs Engagements. (1.) Les engagements ne pourront etre contractes pour plus de trois annees. (2.) Us courront dv jour dv debarquement de l'engage dans Tile ou il devra etre employe. Le temps passe a bord par l'engage devra etre neanmoins compte pour les salaires. Article XXXV. — Dices a Bord dcs Bdtiments Recruteurs. (1.) Tout deces survenu a bord dun batiment recruteur fera l'objet dun rapport que le capitaine devra immediatement rediger, et gui sera dresse en double expedition. Cc rapport relatera les circonstances dans lesquelles se sera produit le deces. (2.) 11 sera en outre dresse, dans les vingtquatre heures, un inventaire en double expedition dcs biens laisses a bord par le decede. Le montant dcs salaires acquis par l'engage dv jour de l'engagement au jour dv deces sera mentionne sur cet inventaire. (3.) Dcs son arrivee, le capitaine remettra a l'autorite competente une expedition dv rapport et de I'inventaire, ainsi que les objets et valeurs ayant appartenu au decede, et la somme acquise par celui-ci a titre de prime et de salaires. La seconde expedition dv rapport et de I'inventaire restera annexee au registre d'engagements. Article XXXVI. — Gas de maladie au Debarquement dcs Engages. Tout indigene recrute gui, a son debarquement, se trouvera dans un etat de sante tel qu'il soit incapable de se livrer aux travaux en vue desquels aura etc fait I'engagement, sera soigne d'office aux frais dv recruteur, et la duree de l'hospitalisation ou de l'incapacite de travail sera comprise dans la periode d'engagement. Article XXXVII. — Remise dcs Engages aux Engagistes. Le recruteur operant pour le compte d'autrui ne sera libere de sa responsabilite a I'egard dcs indigenes qu'il aura engages, que par la signature de l'engagiste apposee sur le registre d'engagements en regard dv norn de l'engage.

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Article XXXII. — Register of Engagements. All masters of recruiting vessels shall keep a register of engagements, in which there shall be entered without delay the name, sex, identi-fication-marks, the name of the tribe, place of recruiting, and place of destination of every Native recruited, the name of the employer, the length of the engagement, the sum agreed on by way of premium and wages, and the amount of the advance paid to the Native at the time of engagement. Article XXXIII. — Engagement of Women and Children. (1.) Women shall only be engaged, — If they are married, with the consent of their husbands; If they are unmarried, with the consent of the head of the tribe. . (2.) Children shall only be engaged if they are of a certain minimum height, to be fixed by the Resident Commissioners jointly. Article XXXlV. — length of Engagements. (1.) No engagements shall be concluded for more than three years. (2.) They shall date from the day the labourer lands in the island where he is to be employed, but the time spent on board ship by the labourer shall count for wages. Article XXXV. — Deaths on Board Recruiting Vessels. (1.) A report in duplicate on every death occurring on board a recruiting vessel shall be drawn up immediately by the master. Such report shall describe the circumstances under which the death occurred. (2.) Within twenty-four hours an inventory in duplicate shall also be drawn up of the effects left on board by the deceased. The amount of the wages to which the labourer is entitled from the day of engagement to the day of his death shall be stated in this inventory. (3.) The master shall, on arrival, transmit to the competent authority a copy of the report and the inventory, as well as the objects and articles of value belonging to the deceased, and the premium and wages to which he was entitled. The second copy of the report and the inventory shall be annexed to the register of engagements. Article XXXVI. — Sickness of Labourers on Landing. Every Native recruited who, on landing, is found to be in such a state of health as to incapacitate him for the work for which he was engaged shall be cared for at the expense of the recruiter, and the time spent in hospital and the time during which he is unable to work shall be included in the term of engagement. Article XXXVII. — Delivery of Labourers to their Employers. A recruiter who is acting as an agent for other persons cannot divest himself of his responsibility for the Natives whom he has engaged until the signature of the employer has been affixed to the register of engagements opposite the name of the labourer.

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