LETTER from the Minister to M. de Reynaud, acting Commandant en Chef, on direct Outfitting of Ships in the Islands for the Coasts of Africa

The direct nègre trade to the coasts of Africa is prohibited in our Colonies only so as to reserve its advantages for the Commerce of the Kingdom, and still more to prevent the introduction of Black people from a foreign nègre trade. This double motive ceasing in time of war, and since our shipowners undertake nothing of this kind, the direct outfittings that you propose to me have not appeared to me liable to any inconvenience. I therefore authorize you to permit them, in concert with M. Le Brasseur, if private persons wish to undertake them. ORDINANCE of the Lieutenant of the Amirauté of Cap, which, by order of the Admiral, enjoins all Captains of Foreign Vessels to pay the anchorage duty, attached to the said office of Admiral, on the same footing as Nationals, into the hands of the Receveur, who will deliver to them their departure clearance, which will then be registered at the Greffe; with prohibition to the Greffier to deliver to the said Foreigners their ship’s papers and other dispatches until the said clearance has been presented to him and registered.