5. It is the duty of a caravan leader or owner to see that his porters are registered before they leave the coast. 6. Should the absence of a caravan from the coast exceed the time for which the porters are registered, they must be re-registered, either on their return to the coast, or at one of the Government Stations in the interior, and the re-registration fee, from the date of the expiration of the period for which the porter was originally registered, paid. 7. Officers in the interior will be instructed to satisfy themselves that all porters in passing caravans are registered, and, if not, to register or to detain them pending enquiries, and, if necessary, to return them to the coast. 8. Porters going on journeys not exceeding 10 days' absence from the coast may be exempted from registration by the Registrar. 9. The Registrar shall give to the caravan leader or owner a list of the porters registered (as per Schedule), which shall be signed by the caravan leader or owner, and by the Registrar on behalf of the porters, together with a copy of these Regulations, which shall be considered as part of the contract binding both parties. 10. The contract between the porters and their employers shall cease at the termination of the journey at the coast, or at any point within the dominions of His Highness the Sultan of Zanzibar, even though the period for which they were registered has not expired. 11. All porters must be paid the balance of wages due to them within six days of the termination of their journey. Should they be kept waiting longer they will be entitled to full pay and "posho" till the payment is made, and will be at liberty to engage for any other caravan. 12. The caravan owner or leader shall notify to the Registrar the day on which he will be ready to start. A clerk from the Registration Department will then attend and read over to the porters the terms of their agreement, stating the advance paid to each man, the destination of the caravan, the probable length of absence from the coast, &c. 13. The load for one man shall in no case exceed 75 lbs, including everything which he may have to carry, e.g.: "posho" blankets, &c. 14. On the arrival of the caravan at any Government Station, the leader shall produce the list of registered porters, and report to the Officer in charge all desertions, deaths, punishments, etc. The Officer shall, if he thinks it advisable, enquire into such cases, and, if necessary, report on the subject to headquarters. He shall also hear any complaints which may be made by the porters. 15. No punishment of any kind shall be inflicted on a without previous enquiry by the leader of a caravan and sentence by him. A written record of the enquiry and nature of the punishment shall be kept. No punishment by flogging shall exceed 30 strokes, with a light stick, and in no case shall the skin of the person punished be broken. 16. Should this punishment not be considered by the leader of the caravan sufficiently severe for the offence, the case must be brought before a District or Assistant District Officer in the interior, or Judicial Officer, when sufficiently near the coast for this to be practicable. 17. All balance of pay due to deceased porters shall be handed over to the Registrar, and, in the event of there being no lawful heirs, shall be used to form a fund for the relief of disabled or aged porters and of the widows, etc., of others who may require it, or for any other purpose which may may hereafter be approved by Her Majesty's Secretary of State. 18. A supply of medicines, which shall be shown to the registering Officer to be adequate, shall be taken with every caravan. 19. The porters of every caravan destined to any place beyond Ndii shall be provided with a suit of clothes, singlet and a water bottle, and those going to any place beyond a radius of 100 miles from Kibwezi shall be supplied with one or more blankets in addition. 20. In the event of a porter falling sick and being unable to travel, he shall be carried on to the nearest station, even though doing so should necessitate leaving behind loads. 21. The Agents or leaders of caravans shall, before departure, satisfy the Registrar, or other duly appointed Officer, that the caravan has been properly fitted out, and that all the rules herein laid down have been complied with, so far as is possible at the coast, or station from which the caravan starts. A certificate to that effect shall then be granted by the Registrar to the leader of the caravan, who shall produce it when required to do so by any District or Assistant District Officer. 22. Any person found guilty of engaging any porter who, he knows or has reason to believe, has already been engaged and registered by some other person, shall be liable to punishment with imprisonment, or with fine, or with both. 23. Any breach of these regulations shall be punished with imprisonment of either kind for a period not exceeding two months, or with a fine which may extend to Rs. 1,000, or with both. Zanzibar, 13th May, 1896. ARTHUR H. HARDINGE, Her Majesty's List No........ BRITISH EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE. The following porters have been registered in accordance with the Order for the Registration of Porters, dated 13th May, 1896, to accompany a caravan fitted out by and proceeding to Date of departure, SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS for the recruitment of Porters within the Province of Ukamba in the British East Africa Protectorate. Mombasa, June 11, 1896. [No. 21.] WHEREAS certain Regulations were issued on the 13th of May last for the Registration and Protection of Porters leaving the Coast for the interior, the following supplementary Regulations are hereby made respecting the recruitment, within the Province of Ukamba, of natives of that province for caravan work. 1. The term "Province of Ukamba" includes Teita, Ukamba Proper and Kikuyu. The boundary of the Province on the Mombasa side is the clearing or open space on the Mackinnon Road known as Mazima Mitatu (about six miles east of Maungu), and on the Uganda side the Kedong river. 2. Every porter who is a native of the Kikuyu, Machakos (Athi) or Teita Districts must upon engagement for the Coast or for any locality outside his own district for any labour whatsoever be registered at the office of the District Officer within whose jurisdiction he is enlisted, or, at the option of the District Officer, at that of any Assistant District Officer, and upon the termination of his contract must be taken to the station at which he was registered, or, if the contract terminates elsewhere, to the nearest Government Station. 3. The Officer in charge of any station to which a porter not originally registered there is brought at the termination of his contract, shall inform the Officer of the station at which the registration took place of the fact, failing which it will be the * See Page 52 1 duty of the latter at the termination of the contract to report the non-return of the porter to the Sub-Commissioner of the Province. 4. Any unregistered porter enlisted in the Province will be liable to detention by any Officer of the administration in accordance with the provisions of No. 4 of the Regulations of May 13 [1896]. 5. For the present and up to August 1st, no charge will be made for registration, within the Province, of natives of the Province as porters, but on and after that date the following scale of fees will be charged : Wakikuyu engaged for Ukambani (Ulu) Wakikuyu engaged for Mombasa Wakikuyu engaged for Eldoma Ravine Wa-kamba engaged for Kikumbuliu Wa-kamba engaged for Teita .. Wa-kamba engaged for Mombasa Wa-kamba engaged for Kikuyu Wa-teita engaged for Kikumbuliu Wa-teita engaged for Ulu Wa-teita engaged for Mombasa.. Rs. a. p. 040 040 040 8 0 OLLLOOOOCOO 0 4 0 Wa-teita engaged for Taveta (from Teita) Wa-teita engaged for Taveta (from Mombasa) 6. Any person found guilty of a breach of the above Regulations shall be liable to the penalties provided in Nos. 22 and 23 of the Regulations of May 13. 7. Nothing in these supplementary Regulations shall be held to supersede any one of the Regulations of May 13, to which they are annexed. ARTHUR H. HARDINGE, Her Majesty's Mombasa, 11th June, 1896. NOTICE respecting the Enlistment of Porters in the East Africa Protectorate outside the Island of Mombasa. Mombasa, July 22, 1896. [No. 23.] NOTICE is hereby given that all persons desiring to enlist porters outside the Island of Mombasa must first obtain the permission of the Acting Commissioner and Consul-General, who will give instructions to the Provincial Officers as may be necessary. CLIFFORD H. CRAUFURD, Her Majesty's Acting Mombasa. 22nd July, 1896. PROCLAMATION applying the Zanzibar Stamp Regulations of 1892 to the Mainland Dominions of the Sultan of Zanzibar and to the East Africa Protectorate.* Mombasa, October 15, 1896.† [No. 26.] WHEREAS on the 17th August, 1892, the Government of His Highness the Sultan of Zanzibar made certain Regulations for the stamping and legalization of documents relating to the transfer of property, of which a copy is hereto annexed. It is hereby enacted by Her Majesty's Acting Commissioner that the aforesaid notification shall apply on and after the first (1st) November next throughout the mainland dominions of His Highness the Sultan of Zanzibar and throughout the territories beyond them comprised within the East Africa Protectorate, exclusive of the Sultanate of Witu, save only that in Article 3 of the aforesaid notification for the words "A Zanzibar Government Stamp" will be substituted a stamp of the East Africa Protectorate. Given at Mombasa under my hand and seal this 15th day of October, 1896. CLIFFORD H. CRAUFURD, Her Britannic Majesty's Translation from Arabic. By Order of the Zanzibar Government. FOR the better Administration of Justice, to avoid disputes as to the authenticity of documents and in order to give greater security to the tenure of property and as a proof of the genuine nature of a Judgment or other document. It has been decided from this day 17th August, 1892, all documents relating to the transfer, sale or mortgage of property, whether movable or immovable, must be stamped with the Zanzibar Government Stamp to the value of 1 per cent. of the property affected. Receipts for the payment of money in the ordinary course of commerce must bear a stamp of 1 anna when the sum exceeds 20 rupees (Rs. 20). No documents of any nature described above shall be received in evidence by the local courts as having any legal value, unless the terms of this Decree have been complied with. *See Amended Regulations of 24th December, 1896. Page 60. + Repealed by Order of July 19, 1899. See page 113. |