Council Chamber, in Roseau, the 23d day of November, 1781.[5]
ABRAHAM SHAW, President in Council.
House of Assembly, Roseau, this 23d day of November, 1781.
J. MORSOU, Speaker of the House of Assembly.
FOOTNOTES:
[5] Extract from an authentic copy of the capitulation, granted by the Marquis de Bouillé to the Island of Dominica.
"Article 7th. That they (the inhabitants of Dominica) shall pay no other duty to his Most Christian Majesty, than they have paid to his Britannic Majesty, without any charge or imposts. The expenses attending the administration of justice, the Minister's stipends and other customary charges, shall be paid out of the revenue of his Most Christian Majesty in the same manner as under the government of his Britannic Majesty.
"Granted, and that the inhabitants of Dominica may freely export their produce to all parts, on paying into the custom house the duties, which the inhabitants of the French Islands pay in the Islands or in Europe; but the expenses for administration of justice shall be paid by the Colony.
"Article 17th. The merchants of the Island may receive vessels to their address from all parts of the world, without their being confiscated, and they may sell their merchandise, and carry on their trade; and the port shall be entirely free, for them for that purpose, paying the customary duties paid in the French Islands.
"Granted, until the peace, English vessels excepted."