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TANTED, by a Gentleman, posses"sin a first-rate pi ic-
* dee' as Surgeon and Apothecar twentT miles
of Liverpool, a welt-ettucated YOU - , san APPREN fICE.
He will be treated as one of the Family.,
For particulars apply to Mr. RICkIiRD WARREN, Druggist,
Pool-lane.

WANTED, to RENT, a DWELLING HOUSE, in the
V upper part of the town, iu the neighbourhood of To‘x-
texth.park, or Everton.—Possession required in all Septemb'er
next.--'1 he must be in an airy sits • • and perfectly
dry. pent and Taxes not to exceed to 1120 per Annul'_,Apifly by letter to Box Il Post-oilice.

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WEST INDIES.

Regulations of the Negroes in Demarara, their allowances of
Food and Clothing. Adopted from the English Orders in
Council at the discretion of the Governor.
(From the Demerara Courier, Jan. 23, 1833.)
PROCLAMATION.
By his Excellency Major-General Sir Benjamin d'Urbat,
Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order
of the Bath, of the Royal Guelphic Order of the Tower and
Sword, Governor and Commander in Chief, and Vice Admi-
ral in and over the Colony of British Guiana, &c. &c.
Whereas by an Order of his Majesty in Council, bearingdate the 6th day of November, 18.32, the Governor of this Co-
lony is authorised to issue certain Proclamations—l do iu pur-
sruance thereof, hereby order and direct,-
Ist.—That the sth Regulation of the 88th Clause of his Ma-
jesty's Order in Council, bearing date the 3d of November,
1831, relating to the allowance of provisions to be supplied to
slaves, shall be, and the same is hereby suspended • and that
in lieu thereof, every owner and manager who shall, by such
declaration as is therein referred to, propose to maintain his
• slaves by an allowance of provisions, shall be, and he is hereby
bound and required to supply such provisions, to the amount
and of the kinds set forth in the Schedule marked A, hereunto
- annexed.
2nd.—And whereas, by the Ist Regulation of the 88th
Clause of his Majesty's Order in Council, bearing date the 2nd
November, 1831, every owner or manager of slaves is re-
quired to deliver, or cause to be delivered, at the periods
therein specified, to the protector of slaves, or to the assistant
protector of the district in which such slaves are resident, a
written declaration, specifying whether it is the intention of
such owner or manager, during the year next ensuing, to main-
tain his slaves by the cultivation of ground to be appropriated
for that purpose, (and not by an allowance of provisions,) then,
and in that case, so much of the 15th regulation of the 88th
- clause of his Majesty's Order in Council, bearing date the 2nd
day of November 1831, as relates to the allowance of days to
.slaves for the cultivation of provision grounds, be, and the same
is hereby suspended; and that in lieu thereof, one working day
in every week throughout the year (the same not to be a Satur-
day) shall be appropriated and set apart, as therein directed;
-and each of such days, so placed at the slaves' disposal, shall be
.understood to extend from the hour of six in the morning until
the hour of six in the following morning.
3rd.—And I do hereby further order and direct, that so much
of the 97th clause of his Majesty's Order in Council, bearing
date the 2nd November, 1831, as regulates the allowance of
clothing and household furniture to slaves, be, and the same is
hereby suspended; and that in lieu thereof, the said allowance
xliall henceforth be regulated according to the schedules marked
B and C respectively, hereunto annexed. Provided always,
nevertheless, that the 103 d clause of the aforesaid Order in
Council, bearing date the 2nd of November, 1831, regarding
" bedsteads," shall in no respest be affected by this regulation.
dth—And I do hereby further order and direct, that so much
- and such parts only of the 90th, 91st, and 93d clauses of his
Majesty's Order in Council, bearing date 2nd November, 1831,
- as relate to manufacturing labour, be, and they are hereby sus-
pended ; and that henceforth it shall not be lawful to commence
any manufacturing process, nor any labour appertaining thereto,
-before the hour of five in the morning, or to continue the same
'beyond the hour of eight in the evening of any day.
'Provided also, that in every such d the operation of the
mill in the grinding of sugar canes shall cease at the hour of
Six, P.M.
And that all slaves employed in any manufacturing process,
or any labour appertaining there, as aforesaid, shall be re-
spectively entitled-to intervals of rest and cessation of labour,
at such periods as shall be most convenient for the manufac-
turing in process, at the rate of one hour in every five, so that
. the aggregate amount of such intervals during the 15 hours
from five in the morning to eight in the evening, as aforesaid,
shall not be less than three hours.
And every slave so employed in any manufacturing process
or labour aatriforesaid, shall be supplied with a daily allowance
of provisionN properly cooked and prepared for eating, over
and above 44 or tier weekly allowance, and in the proportion
of the scale of allowances laid down in the Schedule A, here-
:unto annexed. '
Given under my Hand and Seal of Office, at the King's
House, Georgetown, Demerara, this 18th day. of January,
• '1833, and in the Third Year of his Majesty's Reign.
.GOD SAVE THE KING.
By his Excellencei command,
W. J. D'URBAN, Gov. Sec.