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Tlie officers of the army mutiny in consequence

Jlutual en- gagements between the conspirators

habad was beyond the limits of the Company's territory, and it might be con- sidered while watching the threatened invasion of a large body of Mahrattajs to be actually in the field. On returning into cantonrnents it was to be reduced to single batta, while the brigades at Bankipore and Monghir were to draw half batta only. Within the presidency, except during marching or actual service, no batta at all was allowed.

The abolition took place at the time appointed, and with the supposed acqui- escence of the officers, who appeared to have abandoned the opposition which they had often threatened. Clive, delighted with the result, left Calcutta in the end of March, 1766, and proceeded northward with General Carnac, for the pur- pose of regulating the collections of revenue for the ensuing year. He was thus employed at Moorshedabad, when he was startled by a letter from the council at Calcutta, dated 19th April, inclosing a remonstrance against the reduction of batta, signed by nine captains, twelve lieutenants, and twenty ensigns of the third brigade, stationed, as we have seen, at Bankipore, in the neighbourhood of Patna. This was alarming : but the extent of the danger was not suspected till the 28th of April, when a letter was received from Sir Robert Fletcher, in com- mand of the j&rst brigade, stationed at Monghir. He stated that the officers seemed determined to make another attempt for the recovery of batta, and had intimated their intention to resign their commissions at the end of the month, though they would continue to serve in May as volunteers. This letter inclosed another from Sir Robert Barker, which mentioned in more explicit terms his discovery of a serious combination, which there was reason to apprehend was not confined to his own brigade. On further inquiry, it appeared that the com- bination extended to the whole army, and had originated at Monghir, as early as December, 17G5. It was, in fact, a regularly organized plot. The officers belonging to it took an oath binding them to secrecy, and to preserve, at the hazard of their own lives, the life of any one of their associates whom a court- martial might condemn to death. Each, moreover, engaged under a penalty of £500, not only to resign his commission, but not again to accept of it till double batta was restored. As an additional security, a fund was formed for the indem- nification of those who might be cashiered, or the purchase of commissions for them in the king's service. To this fund civilians were said to have subscribed to the amount of £16,000. At first the second brigade, stationed at Allahabad, refused to join in the plot. As they were actually in the field, an exception had been made in their favour, and the reduction of batta was not to take place in their case till they should be placed in cantonments. On this ground they stood aloof for a time, but ultimately the influence of the officers in the other brigades prevailed, and they made common cause with them. The number of commissions collected for resignation amounted to nearly 200.

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A large body of tlie Mahratta.s was in motion, and a battle was daily expected, a.d. ree. In these circumstances Colonel Smitli was instructed, in the event of being reduced to the utmost extremity, to make peace with the malcontents. In cuve-g regard to the other brigades the most decisive steps were taken. Besides sending suppresHii.t: forward all the officers in whom he could confide, Clive caused urgent letters '""""^ to be written to Madras, requesting that all officers who could i)0ssibly be spared should be forthwith despatched for Bengal. Tiie free merchants at Calcutta were also urged to accept of commissions, temporarily or permanently, while all the officers who resigned were ordered to be sent down to Calcutta to be there tried by court-martial. These measures completely disconcerted the malcontents. They had rtiade sure of victory without providing against defeat, and no sooner saw the probability of failure than all their confidence forsook them. Either because they feared to take so bold a step or deemed it unneces- sary, they had not attempted to enlist the sympathies of the common soldiers ; and when the struggle came found that tiiey had grossly miscalculated. By their resignations they had simply excluded themselves from the service, and made way for others who were ready to suj)ply their place. On the 15th of May, when Clive arrived at Monghir, the confederacy was already broken up. Two days before, when the officei's who had resigned were ordered to quit the garrison, the European soldiers got under arms intending to follow them. The sepoy battahon was immediately called out, and order was without much diffi- culty restored. It seemed, indeed, that the European soldiers were acting under misapprehension. They had imagined that Sir Robert Fletcher was himself one of the malcontents, and were astonished when they found him taking part against them instead of putting himself at their head. On being thus undeceived they at once returned to their duty. It soon appeared that the opinion which they had formed of their commander was not unfounded. The very day of dive's arrival Sir Robert Fletcher acknowledofed that he had known of the combination of the officers since January, though he had not mentioned it in any official communication till late in April. His excuse was, that he had seemed to approve of the scheme in order that nothing might be done without his know- ledge. This was too flimsy to be received, and further inquiry having left little room to doubt that he was an abettor, if not the actual originator of the mutiny, he was at a later period brought to a court-martial and dismis.sed the service.

From Monorhir Clive proceeded without loss of time to Bankipore, where he Treatment arrived on the 20th of May. Though mo.st of the officers of the third brigade mutmeep*. stationed here had resigned their connnissions, only a few had insisted on their immediate acceptance, and been accordingly sent off for Calcutta. The rest had only resigned prospectively against a given day, and were still continuing to do duty. The moment Clive arrived, all idea of further contumacy was abandoned, and they were glad to be permitted to retract their resignations under the some- what humiliating condition of engaging to serve for three years, and not to

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1-esign at any time without giving a year's notice. Tiie second brigade, though the last to join the combination, ap[)ears to have been the most reluctant to al)andon it. The greater pait of the troops composmg it iiad been marched above lOO miles beyond Allahabad, and were watching the movements of 00,000 Mahrattas who had arrived at Calpee, under the command of Balajee Rao. Tiic enemy being thus in siglit, the British officers were bound for the time at leasi to have reserved their grievances. Instead of this honourable course, they took, advantage of their position, and sought to extort a compliance with theii- demands, by tendering their resignations in a body with only two exceptions. Those who resigned immediately were sent off to Calcutta ; the others who resigned prospectively were glad before the arrival of the period which they had fixed to be permitted to retrace their steps. The officers of the European regi- ment in garrison at Allahabad were not so easily intimidated, and did not vield

Fort of Allahabad. — From Hod-'e's Select Views In India.

Ijeiiiency of the sentences.

till a battalion of sepoys arrived from the camp, having performed a march of ! 04 miles in fifty-four hours.

The mutiny was now suppressed mainly through the indomitable firmness which Clive manifested in liis own person, and was able to transfuse into al 1 who acted immediately under him. It only remained to inffict punishment on those who, from their rank or their violence, were regarded as the most criminal. From the very first Clive had declared that the law must take its course, and that the ringleaders at least would suffer death. Lenient measures, however, prevailed. Only six officers were tried, and though they were all found guilty of mutiny no capital sentence was pronounced. Clive's sense of discipline was thus very imperfectly satisfied ; but a defect had been discovered m the mutiny act for the Company's service, making it doubtful if the proceedings under it were legally valid, and it was therefore wisely resolved to lean to the side of mercy. On this ground the mildness of the sentences pronounced by the court- martial can be easily justified. It is more difficult to justify the conduct of the


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directors in refusing, ni .several instances, to give effect even to tliese sentences, a d. itso and more especially in reinstating Sir Robert lletcher, whom we shall again see installed as commander-in-chiet* at Madras, and taking a jjrominent part in a transaction only less discreditable than that for which he had been previousl}' cashiered.

At the very time wlien Olive was thus called to maintain the discipline of Tiiee«tab-

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tne army agamst the great body oi its otncers, he had announced his determi- "ciiv«« nation to confer upon it the very liberal donation which, largely augmented first by the nabob and afterwards by the Company, constitutes what is still known Ijy the name of "dive's Fmid." Meer Jather, on his death -bed, had expressed a wish to leave Olive a legacy of five lacs of rupees. It has been insinuated that this sum was a legac}^ only in name, and was in fact a ])resont by which the members of Meer Jaffier's family not only wished to manifest their gratitude for the elevation which they owed to the victor of Pl.issey, but hoped to con- ciliate his future favour If it was only a present, it was evidently struck at by the new covenants, and notiiing could have been more preposterous than that the governor specially appointed to enforce these covenants should set an example of violating them-, if it was tridy a legacy, the propriety of acce])ting it was still moi'e than doubtful, because, although not contrary to the letter, it was i'vidently at variance Avith the sj)irit of the covenants, and furnished an easy method of perpetuating the abuses which they were meant to supj)ress. Olive felt the difficulty, and was conscious that, whatever became of the money., lie could not appropriate it to himself without incurring the obnoxious charge of breaking the promise he had repeatedly made, not to derive any pecuniary lienefit from his re-appointment. In these circumstances it occurred to him that us the abolition of double batta was about to be enforced, it would be at once a graceful and appropriate compensation to employ the legacy in establishing a fund out of which not only officers and soldiers disabled by wounds, disease, or length of service, but also their widows might be pensioned. The announce- ment of this determination set at rest the questions which tlie bequest would naturally have raised ; and the coui-t of directors, wisely abstaining from giving any opinion as to it^ true character or legal validity, unanimously resolved, that "his loidshi'p be en)i)owered to accept of the Siiid legacy or donation, and they do highly ap[)rove of his lordship's generosity in bestowing the said legacy of five lacs in so useful a charity ; and they hereby consent and agi'ee to accept of the trust of the said fund, and will give directions that the same be can-ied into execution in legal and proper form." The five lacs of rupees produced, accord- ing to the rate of exchange at the time, £02,833, 6s. Hd. To this Syf-ul-Dowlah, n* '""oiuit. tlie brotiier and successor of xNujum-ud-Dowlah, wlio died at Mooi'shedabad, in May, a few days after Olive set out to quell the mutiny, added three lacs of rupees, equivalent to £37,000. On the Gtli of April, 1770, when the deed estal)- lishing the fund was formallv executed, the accumulated interest amounted to


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against the Cliuprali, wliere a kind of congress was held. It was attended by Sujah Dowlah, contem- Shah Alum's minister, and deputies from the Mahrattas. Shah Alum, hitherto puted. excluded from Delhi, was bent on gaining possession of it, and had engaged the assistance of the Mahrattas for that purpose, by assuring them that the Com- pany's troops would form part of the expedition. Clive at once declared against this proposal, in which he saw only ruin to Shah Alum himself, and a warfare which might throw the whole empire into confusion. Instead of an alliance with the Mahrattas, whom he regarded as the only enemies from whom serious danger was now to be apprehended, he was desirous of forming a confederacy against them, and laid the foundations of a treaty by which the Company, the Nabob of Oude, the Jat, and the Rohilla chiefs, were mutually to assist each other in resisting the demands and repelling the incursions of the Mahrattas. Before the terms were finally arranged, Clive, attaching little importance to the assist- ance to be derived from such distant allies, took his departure and arrived at Calcutta on the 30th of July. The disagreeable service in which he had been engaged, the exertion he had been obliged to make, and a clima,te to which his constitution was ill adapted, had seriously aifected his health. He had previously intimated his determination to return to Europe, and in answer to a letter from the directors earnestly requesting him to continue in the government for another cuve's year, replied^ "It is now a month since I have been in so deplorable a state of

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seriously health as to be wholly unable to attend to business, and it is past a doubt I affected. gaunot survivc the malignity of this climate another year." The directors, in urging their request, had said, "When we consider the penetration with which your lordship at once discerned our true interest in every branch, the rapidity with which you restored peace, order, and tranquillity, and the unbiassed integ- rity that has governed aU your actions, we must congratulate your lordship on being the happy instrument of such extensive blessings to those countries ; and you have our sincerest thanks for the great and important advantages thereby obtained for the Company." Nor did they confine themselves to thanks. After arguing that "another years experience and peaceful enjoyment of our acquisi- tions might fix them on a basis that might give great hopes they may be as lasting as they are great," they continued thus — "We are very sensible of the sacrifice we ask your lordship to make in desiring your continuance another year in Bengal, after the great service you have rendered the Company, and the difficulties you have passed through in accomplishing them, under circumstances in which your own example has been the principal means of restraining the general rapaciousness and corruption which had brought oiu:" affairs to the brink of ruin. These services, my lord, deserve more than verbal acknowledgments ;


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and we have no doubt that the proprietors will concur with us in opinion, that a.d. kot. some solid and permanent retribution, adequate to your great merits, should crown your lordship's labours and success."

Clive was not insensible to the high encomium pronounced on his sei'vices, cuve nor indifferent to the reward, which, though only vaguely descriljed as "some qiutiuaia solid and permanent retribution," was understood to be nothing less than a grant of his jaghire in perpetuity; but the state of his health admitted of no answer, and he was moreover convinced that every material object contemplated in his re-appointment having been accomplished, the evils apprehended from his dejjar- ture were in a great measure imaginary. The army, again brought into due subordination, was more than a match for any foreign power which might be tempted to provoke hostilities ; the double batta and other expenses which bore most heavily on the treasmy had been subjected to due retrenchment; Mr.Verelst, for whom the governorship was destined, as well as the select committee, who were to continue in office, was disposed to give full effect to the improvements which had been introduced ; and the Company, now in possession of an indepen- dent revenue, which the least sanguine estimated at not less than £1,0,0 sterling, seemed about to enter on a career of unprecedented prosperity.

CUve sat in the select committee for the last time on the 1 Gth of January, ins -lopar- 17G7, and on the 29th finally quitted Bengal for England in the Britannia. His measures had encountered much opposition, and excited in many of those who considered their interests to be injuriously affected by them a vindictive spirit, which they afterwards took an opportunity of gratif^'ing. The general feeling of the presidency was, however, decidedly in his favour, and was not inaccurately expressed by the select committee in a letter addressed to the direc- tors shortly after his departure. Comparing the state of Bengal as he found it and as he left it, they observed, "We beheld a presidency divided, headstrong, and licentious ; a government without nerves; a treasury without money; and a service without subordination, discipline, or public spirit. We may add, that amidst a general stagnation of useful industry and of licensed commerce, indivi- duals were accumulating immense riches, which they had ravished from the msulted prince and his helpless people, who groaned under the imited pressure of discontent, poverty, and oppression. Such was the condition of this presi- dency and these provinces. Your present situation need not be described. The liberal supplies to China, the state of your treasury, of your investment, of the service, and of the whole country, declare it to be the strongest contrast to what it was." His reception in Emjland was flattering. In other quarters of the nurecepfJon.

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Important results of Clive's achieve- ments.

directors, took the initiative in recommending that the possession of the jaghire should be extended to him and his representatives ten years beyond the period which had been previously fixed, and a resolution to this effect was ultimately carried by the unanimous vote of a general court.

It is necessary to add, that this magnificent grant was accompanied with cir- cumstances which diminished the gratification derived from it. Clive had left India in miserable health, and had very imperfectly recovered on the homeward voyage. While he was thus suffering, fame and emolument were comparatively indifferent to him, and he appears to have been more offended at the hostility or lukewarmness of some on whose friendship he had calculated, than delighted at the universal recognition of his merit. The grant of the dewannee had rai.sed extravagant hopes in the proprietors, who had begun in consequence to clamour for a largely increased dividend. The directors, better acquainted with the actual position of the Company's affairs, were anxious for delay. The additional revenue confidently predicted had not yet been realized, and extraordinary expenses had been incurred which would more than absorb it for some time to come. The directors being thus opposed to the wishes of the proprietors, natur- ally endeavoured to justify their opposition by giving an unfavourable view of their finances. Some of them even, in order to justify this view, .spoke some- what disparagingly of their new territorial acqui.sitions, and objected to the extended grant of the jaghire as extravagant. Clive felt indignant, and hesi- tated not to say that the directors in thus acting were endeavouring to gain their own ends at his expense. This misunderstanding cooled some of his sup- porter.s, and made it more easy for his enemies to mature their meditated attack upon him. Not a few of those whose malversations he had punished in Bengal had returned to England with their ill-gotten gains, and become large pm'chasers of India stock. The influence which they acquired in this way was so great, that after an action had been raised for the pm'pose of obliging some of the greatest delinquents to disgorge the sums which they had illegally received in the name of presents, they succeeded in inducing the general court to recommend the with- drawal of the action, and guarantee them from future proceedings by a vote of indemnity. The sympathy with notorious delinquency manifested by this vote was ominous, and Clive, shattered in health and depressed in spirits, retired into the country, not without a strong presentiment of the harsh scrutiny to which, through the relentlessness of enemies and the lukewarmness of friends, his whole public life was soon to be subjected.

In consequence of the revolution effected by Clive's achievements in Bengal, a new era in the history of India commenced. On their original character of merchants the Company had engrafted that of conquerors, and were henceforth to rule with absolute sway over myriads who had previously known or heard of them only as traders. Hitherto, while the relation with the natives was of a less intimate and more precarious nature, they have occupied a very subordi-


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toms has only been incidental. A more intimate acquaintance with them must

now be formed. The country though it has ciianged its rulers still remains Maiinenmnd

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tlieirs, and the policy ot tlie measures acloi)ted by government depends on tiicUmdoos the manner in which their interests are affected by them. But how can this l)e understood without a previous knowledge of their social position? No people can be governed on abstract principles. Their peculiarities, including even their most irrational prejudices, must be considted, since the very same laws under which one nation would be prosperous and happy might produce universal dis- content and wretchedness in another. It is absolutely necessary, therefore, both that tliose who rule and those who confine them.selves to the humbler task of reviewing the policy of rulers, should first of all acquaint themselves with the leading features of the population. In the case of India the remarkable forms under which society pre.sents itself make the knowledge of them as interesting as it is indispensable, and the temporary suspension of the narrative will be fully compensated by the insertion of a detail, as ample as our limited space will allow, of whatever is most singular in the opinions and practices of Hindoos. To this, accordingly, the next book of our history will be devoted.

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Der. Sir Christopher, tell Richmond this from me:

That in the sty of the most deadly boar

My son, George Stanley, is frank'd up in hold:

If I revolt, off goes young George's head;

The fear of that holds off my present aid.

So, get thee gone: commend me to thy lord.

Withal, say that the queen hath heartily consented

He should espouse Elizabeth, her daughter.

But, tell me, where is princely Richmond now?

Chris. At Pembroke, or at Ha'rford-west, in Wales.

Der. What men of name resort to him?

Chris. Sir Walter Herbert, a renowned soldier,

Sir Gilbert Talbot, Sir William Stanley,

Oxford, redoubted Pembroke, Sir James Blunt,

And Rice ap Thomas, with a valiant crew;

And many other of great name and worth:

And towards London do they bend their power,

If by the way they be not fought withal.

Der. Well, hie thee to thy lord; I kiss his hand:

My letter will resolve him of my mind.

Farewell.

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506 11. V. amabilis, Cheesem. n. sp.—A tall branching shrub 6–15 ft. high or even more; branches rather slender, terete, quite glabrous or the younger ones minutely puberulous. Leaves spreading, shortly petiolate, 2–4 in. long, ⅔–1 in. broad, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, firm but hardly coriaceous, flat, smooth and glabrous, midrib obscurely puberulous above, margins entire. Racemes axillary and opposite near the tips of the branches, 4–6 in. long, slender, lax-flowered, usually attenuate at the tip; pedicels slender, the lower ones often ⅓ in. long or more. Flowers large, ⅓ in. diam., white. Calyx deeply 4-partite; segments ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, ciliolate. Corolla-tube short and broad, equalling the calyx or rather longer than it; limb 4-lobed; lobes oblong, obtuse. Capsule ¼ in. long, ovate, acute, twice as long as the calyx.—V. salicifolia var. gracilis, T. Kirk, Forest Fl. t. 120.

12. V. Lewisii, Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii. (1881) 357.—A handsome closely branched erect shrub 3–6 ft. high; branches stout, terete, clothed with short and fine greyish-white pubescence. Leaves pale-green, spreading, shortly petiolate, 1½–2½ in. long, ¾–1 in. broad, oblong or elliptic-oblong, acute or subacute, rounded or truncate or subcordate at the base, coriaceous, glabrous above, midrib often puberulous beneath, margins edged with a soft white pubescent line. Racemes near the tips of the branches, short and stout, 2–2½ in. long, 1 in. diam., dense-flowered; rhachis, pedicels, and bracts finely pubescent. Flowers large, ⅓ in. diam. or even more, pale-blue. Calyx 4-partite; segments


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13. V. chathamica, Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. vii. (1875) 338, t. 13, f. 1.—A prostrate or trailing shrub, with much-branched stems 6–18 in. long; branches numerous, terete, sparingly softly pubescent or almost glabrous. Leaves usually close-set, spreading, sessile or very shortly petiolate, ½–1 in. long, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, obtuse or subacute, fiat, subcoriaceous, glabrous or nearly so. Racemes several towards the tips of the branches, peduncled; flowering portion ½–1 in. long and almost as broad, broadly oblong, obtuse, dense-flowered; rhachis, pedicels, and bracts pubescent, the latter equalling or exceeding the pedicels. Flowers ⅕–¼ in. diam., purple. Calyx deeply 4-partite; segments ovate-lanceolate, acute. Corolla-tube short, not much longer than the calyx; limb 4-lobed; dorsal and lateral lobes nearly equal, anterior smaller. Capsule about ⅕ in. long, ovate, subacute, compressed, about twice as long as the calyx.—''Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii. (1881) 351; Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xxviii. (1896) 528.

14. V. acutiflora, Benth. in D.C. Prodr. x. 460.—A small erect sparingly branched shrub; branches slender, terete, glabrous or the ultimate ones very minutely puberulous. Leaves sessile, spreading, 2–3 in. long, ⅙–¼ in. broad, linear-lanceolate, narrowed to an obtuse tip, flat or nearly so, quite smooth and glabrous or the midrib puberulous above, margins entire. Racemes opposite and axillary near the tips of the branches, 2–4 in. long, slender, lax-flowered; rhachis, pedicels, and bracts pubescent or glabrate;. pedicels slender, the lowest ⅙ in. long. Flowers ⅙–⅕ in. diam. Calyx deeply 4-partite; segments long, ovate-lanceolate, acute,


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508 pubescent or glabrate. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped, short and broad, not nearly equalling the calyx; limb deeply 4-lobed; lobes longer than the tube, oblong, acute or subacute. Capsule ⅙ in. long, ovate-oblong, acute, about twice as long as the calyx.—V. ligustrifolia var. acutiflora, ''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.'' i. 192.

15. V. angustifolia, ''A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel.'' 187.—An erect much-branched glabrous shrub 5–8 ft. high; branches slender, erect, naked below, bark often purplish-brown. Leaves sessile, spreading or deflexed, 1½–3½ in. long, ⅙–¼ in. broad, narrow-linear or narrow linear-lanceolate, often falcate, acute, dark-green and channelled above, paler and keeled beneath, quite glabrous, margins entire. Racemes numerous near the tips of the branches, opposite and axillary, erect or spreading, longer than the leaves, 2–5 in. long, slender, tapering, usually rather lax-flowered; rhachis, pedicels, and bracts pubescent; pedicels short, slender. Flowers rather small, ⅙ in. diam., pale-lilac. Calyx very small, deeply 4-partite; segments oblong, obtuse, ciliate. Corolla-tube tubular, 2 or 3 times as long as the calyx; limb 4-lobed; lobes broadly oblong, obtuse. Capsule about ⅙ in. long, ovate, acute, compressed, about twice as long as the calyx.—Raoul, Choix, 43. V. squalida, Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii. (1896) 528. V. parviflora var. angustifolia. ''Hook. f. in Bot. Mag.'' t. 5965.

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Veronica.] branches, 1–3 in. long, equalling the leaves or only slightly longer than them, dense-flowered; rhachis, pedicels, and bracts pubescent; pedicels short, rather stout. Flowers small, ⅙ in. diam., white with a lilac tinge. Calyx short and broad, deeply 4-partite; segments broadly oblong, obtuse, ciliate. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped, about half as long again as the calyx, seldom more; limb 4-lobed; lobes about as long as the tube, broadly oblong or almost orbicular, obtuse. Capsule about ⅙ in. long, ovate, acute, about twice as long as the calyx.—''A. Cunn. Precur. n. 378; Raoul, Choix, 43; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 192, and Handb. N.Z. Fl. 207 (in part only); Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii. (1881) 351; Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xxviii. (1896) 526. V. stenophylla, ''Steud. Nom. Bot.'' ed. ii. 760. V. arborea, ''Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' vi. (1874) 242.

17. V. leiophylla, Cheesem. n. sp.—A large spreading perfectly glabrous shrub 4–12 ft. high; branches terete. Leaves spreading, sessile or very shortly petiolate, ¾–1¼ in. long, ⅕–⅓ in. broad, linear-oblong or narrow oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, flat, smooth, coriaceous, glabrous or the midrib obscurely puberulous above. Racemes towards the tips of the branches, much longer than the leaves, 2–4 in long, slender; rhachis, pedicels, and bracts puberulous; pedicels longer than the calyx. Flowers rather densely placed, ⅙–⅕ in. diam. by ¼ in. long or more. Calyx small, 4-partite; segments oblong, obtuse. Corolla-tube about twice as long as the calyx; limb equalling or shorter than the tube, 4-lobed; lobes oblong, obtuse, the anterior one rather narrower. Capsule ⅕ in. long, broadly oblong, subacute, compressed, glabrous, nearly three times as long as the calyx.—V. parviflora var. phillyreæfolia, ''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.'' i. 192.

Apparently not uncommon throughout, from Nelson to Otago. Sea-level to 3000 ft. December–February.

This appears to me to be a perfectly distinct species, easily distinguished from V. parviflora, under which it was placed by Hooker, by the flat linear-oblong usually obtuse leaves and much larger flowers and capsules. I suspect that Kirk's V. parviflora var. strictissima, of which I have only seen two im-


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I believe that this is Herbert Hoyle-Whaite / Hoyle Whaite, a British physician (Birmingham area) (1880-1924)

Presuming that it is an editorial error by the Punch relating to contributors, of which there were numbers, not unexpectedly. — billinghurst  sDrewth  01:25, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

 * Zero of anything else to another party with similar name in 1911 England census

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Name 	Herbert Hoyle Whaite Gender 	Male Baptism Date 	9 May 1880 Baptism Place 	Birstall, York, England Father 	George Whaite Mother 	Martha FHL Film Number 	1657189 Reference ID 	309
 * England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

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Name 	Herbert Hoyle Whaite Age in 1911 	30 Relation to Head 	Head Gender 	Male Birth Place 	Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, England Civil parish 	Erdington County/Island 	Warwickshire Street Address 	Elsmere, Gravelly Hill Birmingham Marital Status 	Married Occupation 	Medical Practitioner Registration District Number 	385 Sub-registration district 	Erdinton ED, institution, or vessel 	21 Piece 	18340 Household Members (Name) 	Age 	Relationship Herbert Hoyle Whaite 	30 	Head Alice Ada Whaite  31   Wife Maud Cooper  23   Servant
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Name 	Herbert Hoyle Whaite Death Date 	22 Feb 1924 Death Place 	Birmingham, West Midlands, England Probate Date 	15 Apr 1924 Probate Registry 	Birmingham, England
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510 mature specimens, is simply a state with more acute leaves and strict suberect racemes. It is frequently named V. Traversii in gardens, but is altogether unlike what I take to be the typical state of that species.

18. V. gracillima, Cheesem. n. sp.—A much-branched glabrous shrub; branches spreading, terete. Leaves spreading, sessile or nearly so, 1–2½ in. long, ⅕–⅓ in. broad, linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, gradually tapering to an acute or acuminate apex, flat, coriaceous, glabrous or puberulous on the midrib above. Eacemes numerous towards the tips of the branches, exceeding the leaves, 3–5 in. long, slender; rhachis, pedicels, and bracts puberulous; pedicels slender, longer or shorter than the calyx. Flowers rather densely placed, large, ⅕–¼ in. diam. by almost ⅓ in. long. Calyx 4-partite; segments oblong-ovate, subacute or obtuse, ciliolate. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped, shorter than the limb and often barely exceeding the calyx; limb large, 4-lobed; dorsal and lateral lobes about equal, oblong, obtuse; anterior lobe narrow, linear-oblong, acute. Capsule ⅕ in. long, broadly oblong, acute, compressed, glabrous, more than double the length of the calyx.—V. ligustrifolia var. gracillima, Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii. (1896) 527.

19. V. insularis, Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxix. (1897) 392.—A small erect or decumbent robust shrub 1–3 ft. high; blanches scout, spreading, ringed with the scars of the fallen leaves, pubescent towards the tips. Leaves close-set, spreading or suberect, sessile or very shortly petiolate, ¾–1¼ in. long, ⅓–½ in. broad, elliptic-oblong or oblong-obovate, subacute or obtusely mucronate, quite entire, very coriaceous, flat or slightly keeled, often glaucous, midrib prominent beneath, margins thickened. Racemes corymbosely branched, peduncled, ¾–1½ in. long, many-flowered, in opposite pairs near the tips of the branches; rhachis and pedicels puberulous; bracts rather large. Flowers ¼ in. diam., pale lavender-blue. Calyx short and broad, 4-partite; segments broadly ovate, acute, ciliolate. Corolla-tube broad, about half as long again as the calyx; limb 4-lobed. Capsule ovoid, turgid, acute, rather more than twice as long as the calyx.

Three Kings Islands, rocky places on both the Great King and the Western King, but not common, T.F.C. November–December.


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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005/Division B/Title III

Salaries and Expenses

 * For expenses necessary for the operation of the Supreme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the building and grounds, including purchase or hire, driving, maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Chief Justice, not to exceed $10,000 for the purpose of transporting Associate Justices, and hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses, and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as the Chief Justice may approve, $58,122,000.

Care of the Building and Grounds

 * For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed upon the Architect by the Act approved May 7, 1934 (40 U.S.C. 13a-13b), $9,979,000, which shall remain available until expended.

Salaries and Expenses

 * For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other officers and employees, and for necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, $21,780,000.

Salaries and Expenses

 * For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, salaries of the officers of the employees of the court, services, and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, $14,888,000.

Salaries and Expenses

 * For the salaries of circuit and district judges (including judges of the territorial courts of the United States), justices and judges retired from office or from regular active service, judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims, bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all other officers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise specifically provided for, and necessary expenses of the courts, as authorized by law, $4,177,244,000 (including the purchase of firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed $27,817,000 shall remain available until expended for space alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings related to new space alteration and construction projects; of which not to exceed $2,800,000 shall be available for a national probation and pretrial services training program; of which $1,300,000 of the funds provided for the Judiciary Information Technology Fund will be for the Edwin L. Nelson Local Initiatives Program, within which $1,000,000 will be reserved for local court grants.

 * In addition, for expenses of the United States Court of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to exceed $3,298,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.

Defender Services

 * For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to represent persons under the Criminal Justice Act of 1964; the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative, expert and other services under the Criminal Justice Act of 1964 (18 U.S.C. 3006A(e)); the compensation (in accordance with Criminal Justice Act maximums) and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in criminal cases where the defendant has waived representation by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of travel expenses of guardians ad litem acting on behalf of financially eligible minor or incompetent offenders in connection with transfers from the United States to foreign countries with which the United States has a treaty for the execution of penal sentences; the compensation of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil actions for the protection of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d); and for necessary training and general administrative expenses, $676,385,000, to remain available until expended.

Fees of Jurors and Commissioners

 * For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases pursuant to rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)), $61,535,000, to remain available until expended:

 * Provided, That the compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code.

Court Security

 * For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, incident to providing protective guard services for United States courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court operations, and the procurement, installation, and maintenance of security equipment for United States courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court operations, including building ingress-egress control, inspection of mail and packages, directed security patrols, perimeter security, basic security services provided by the Department of Homeland Security, and other similar activities as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100-702), $332,000,000, of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended, to be expended directly or transferred to the United States Marshals Service, which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial Facility Security Program consistent with standards or guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney General.

Salaries and Expenses

 * For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts as authorized by law, including travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $68,200,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is authorized for official reception and representation expenses.

Salaries and Expenses

 * For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, as authorized by Public Law 90-219, $21,737,000; of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2006, to provide education and training to Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed $1,500 is authorized for official reception and representation expenses.

Payment to Judiciary Trust Funds

 * For payment to the Judicial Officers' Retirement Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 377(o), $32,000,000; to the Judicial Survivors' Annuities Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 376(c), $2,000,000; and to the United States Court of Federal Claims Judges' Retirement Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), $2,700,000.

Salaries and Expenses

 * For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, $13,304,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for official reception and representation expenses.

SEC. 301.

 * Appropriations and authorizations made in this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

SEC. 302.

 * Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except "Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Defender Services" and "Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commissioners", shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers:

 * Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

SEC. 303.

 * Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services shall be available for official reception and representation expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States:

 * Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed $11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference.

SEC. 304.

 * (a) Section 3006A(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
 * (1) by striking "5,200" and inserting "7,000";
 * (2) by striking "1,500" and inserting "2,000";
 * (3) by striking "3,700" and inserting "5,000";
 * (4) by striking "1,200" each place it appears and inserting "1,500"; and
 * (5) by striking "3,900" and inserting "5,000".

 * (b) Section 3006A(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
 * (1) in paragraph (2)—
 * (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking "300" and inserting "500"; and
 * (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking "300" and inserting "500"; and
 * (2) in paragraph (3) in the first sentence by striking "1,000" and inserting "1,600".

SEC. 305.

 * Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a comprehensive financial plan for the Judiciary allocating all sources of available funds including appropriations, fee collections, and carryover balances, to include a separate and detailed plan for the Judiciary Information Technology fund.

SEC. 306.

 * Pursuant to section 140 of Public Law 97-92, and from funds appropriated in this Act, Justices and judges of the United States are authorized during fiscal year 2005, to receive a salary adjustment in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 461.

SEC. 307.

 * (a) Section 1914(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking "$150" and inserting "$250".

 * (b) Section 1931(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended—
 * (1) in subsection (a) by striking "$90" and inserting "$190"; and
 * (2) in subsection (b)—
 * (A) by striking "$150" and inserting "$250"; and
 * (B) by striking "$90" and inserting "$190".

 * (c) This section shall take effect 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 308.

 * For fiscal year 2005 and hereafter, such fees as shall be collected for the processing of violations through the Central Violations Bureau cases as prescribed by the Judicial Conference of the United States shall be deposited to the "Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Salaries and Expenses" appropriation to be used for salaries and other expenses.

This title may be cited as the "Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2005".


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Author talk:Richard Dark

I suspect that this is the person identified in VIAF

head master at The Duke of York's School, 1911 (per 1911 census and "Duke of York's School" [Date: Friday, Oct. 8, 1909 Publication: Dover Express Issue: 2675] where he is stated as being M.A. of Lincoln College, Oxford.

1911 census doesn't show other educated people of that name in England.

=> the VIAF person published in
 * 1931: Shakespeare and that crush
 * 1920: The Quest of the Indies
 * 1937: Dibchick

I can also see contributed work
 * 1909: "Simpson's Hesitation" The London Magazine

Reviews of his work cite him as a humorist.

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Name 	Richard Dark Age in 1911 	34 Relation to Head 	Head Gender 	Male Birth Place 	Tottenham, Middlesex Civil parish 	Guston County/Island 	Kent Street Address 	The Duke of York's School, Guston Near Dover Marital Status 	Single Occupation 	Head Master Registration District Number 	65 Sub-registration district 	St Margarets at Cliffe ED, institution, or vessel 	7-8 Piece 	4589 Household Members (Name) 	Age 	Relationship Richard Dark 	34 	Head Lucy Jane Frost  51   Servant
 * 1911 England

Name 	Richard Dark Age 	4 Gender 	Male Where born 	Totenham, Middlesex, England Civil parish 	Brize Norton County/Island 	Oxfordshire Street Address 	Farm House Registration district 	Witney ED, institution, or vessel 	8 Neighbors Piece 	1514 Folio 	110 Page number 	14 Household Members (Name) 	Age 	Relationship Richard H. Dark  29   Head Maresa C. Dark  32   Wife Richard Dark 	4 	Son Winifred E. Dark  3   Daughter Harry Dark  2   Son Elizabeth Dark   Daughter John Fisher  80   Father in Law (Father-in-law) Margret Tombs  24   Servant Ellen Day  18   Servant
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Name 	Richard Dark Registration Date 	1876 Sep. Q. Registration Place 	Edmonton, Middlesex Volume 	3a Page 	233
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Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986/Title III

{{SECTION|SEC. 301.|SEC. 301}}. PROHIBITION ON THE IMPORTATION OF KRUGERRANDS.

 * No person, including a bank, may import into the United States any South African krugerrand or any other gold coin minted in South Africa or offered for sale by the Government of South Africa.

{{SECTION|SEC. 302.|SEC. 302}}. PROHIBITION ON THE IMPORTATION OF MILITARY ARTICLES.

 * No arms, ammunition, or military vehicles produced in South Africa or any manufacturing data for such articles may be imported into the United States.

{{SECTION|SEC. 303.|SEC. 303}}. PROHIBITION ON THE IMPORTATION OF PRODUCTS FROM PARASTATAL ORGANIZATIONS.

 * (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no article which is grown, produced, manufactured by, marketed, or otherwise exported by a parastatal organization of South Africa may be imported into the United States, (1) except for agricultural products during the 12-month period from the date of enactment; and (2) except for those strategic minerals for which the President has certified to the Congress that the quantities essential for the economy or defense of the United States are unavailable from reliable and secure suppliers and except for any article to be imported pursuant to a contract entered into before August 15, 1986:

 * Provided, That no shipments may be received by a national of the United States under such contract after April 1, 1987.

 * (b) For purposes of this section, the term "parastatal organization" means a corporation or partnership owned or controlled or subsidized by the Government of South Africa, but does not mean a corporation or partnership which previously received start-up assistance from the South African Industrial Development Corporation but which is now privately owned.

{{SECTION|SEC. 304.|SEC. 304}}. PROHIBITION ON COMPUTER EXPORTS TO SOUTH AFRICA.

 * (a) No computers, computer software, or goods or technology intended to manufacture or service computers may be exported to or for use by any of the following entities of the Government of South Africa:
 * (1) The military.
 * (2) The police.
 * (3) The prison system.
 * (4) The national security agencies.
 * (5) ARMSCOR and its subsidiaries or the weapons research activities of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.
 * (6) The administering authorities for controlling the movements of the victims of apartheid.
 * (7) Any apartheid enforcing agency.
 * (8) Any local, regional, or homelands government entity which performs any function of any entity described in paragraphs (1) through (7).

 * (b) (1) Computers, computer software, and goods or technology intended to service computers may be exported, directly or indirectly, to or for use by an entity of the Government of South Africa other than those set forth in subsection (a) only if a system of end use verification is in effect to ensure that the computers involved will not be used for any function of any entity set forth in subsection (a).
 * (2) The Secretary of Commerce may prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.

{{SECTION|SEC. 305.|SEC. 305}}. PROHIBITION ON LOANS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA.

 * (a) No national of the United States may make or approve any loan or other extension of credit, directly or indirectly, to the Government of South Africa or to any corporation, partnership or other organization which is owned and controlled by the Government of South Africa.

 * (b) The prohibition contained in subsection (a) shall not apply to—
 * (1) a loan or extension of credit for any education, housing, or humanitarian benefit which—
 * (A) is available to all persons on a nondiscriminatory basis; or
 * (B) is available in a geographic area accessible to all population groups without any legal or administrative restriction; or
 * (2) a loan or extension of credit for which an agreement is entered into before the date of enactment of this Act.

{{SECTION|SEC. 306.|SEC. 306}}. PROHIBITION ON AIR TRANSPORTATION WITH SOUTH AFRICA.

 * (a) (1) The President will immediately notify the Government of South Africa of his intention to suspend the rights of any air carrier designated by the Government of South Africa under the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Union of South Africa Relating to Air Services Between Their Respective Territories, signed May 23, 1947, to service the routes provided in the Agreement.
 * (2) Ten days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall direct the Secretary of Transportation to revoke the right of any air carrier designated by the Government of South Africa under the Agreement to provide service pursuant to the Agreement.
 * (3) Ten days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall direct the Secretary of Transportation not to permit or otherwise designate any United States air carrier to provide service between the United States and South Africa pursuant to the Agreement.

 * (b) (1) The Secretary of State shall terminate the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Union of South Africa Relating to Air Services Between Their Respective Territories, signed May 23, 1947, in accordance with the provisions of that agreement.
 * (2) Upon termination of such agreement, the Secretary of Transportation shall prohibit any aircraft of a foreign air carrier owned, directly or indirectly, by the Government of South Africa or by South African nationals from engaging in air transportation with respect to the United States.
 * (3) The Secretary of Transportation shall prohibit the takeoff and landing in South Africa of any aircraft by an air carrier owned, directly or indirectly, or controlled by a national of the United States or by any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any State.

 * (c) The Secretary of Transportation may provide for such exemptions from the prohibition contained in subsection (a) or (b) as the Secretary considers necessary to provide for emergencies in which the safety of an aircraft or its crew or passengers is threatened.

 * (d) For purposes of this section, the terms "aircraft", "air transportation", and "foreign air carrier" have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1301).

{{SECTION|SEC. 307.|SEC. 307}}. PROHIBITION ON NUCLEAR TRADE WITH SOUTH AFRICA.

 * (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law—
 * (1) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall not issue any license for the export to South Africa of production or utilization facilities, any source or special nuclear material or sensitive nuclear technology, or any component parts, items, or substances which the Commission has determined, pursuant to section 109b of the Atomic Energy Act, to be especially relevant from the standpoint of export control because of their significance for nuclear explosive purposes;
 * (2) the Secretary of Commerce shall not issue any license for the export to South Africa of any goods or technology which have been determined, pursuant to section 309(c) of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978, to be of significance for nuclear explosive purposes for use in, or judged by the President to be likely to be diverted to, a South African production or utilization facility;
 * (3) the Secretary of Energy shall not, under section 57b(2) of the Atomic Energy Act, authorize any person to engage, directly or indirectly, in the production of special nuclear material in South Africa; and
 * (4) no goods, technology, source or special nuclear material, facilities, components, items, or substances referred to in clauses (1) through (3) shall be approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an executive branch agency for retransfer to South Africa,
 * unless the Secretary of State determines and certifies to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that the Government of South Africa is a party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, done at Washington, London, and Moscow on July 1, 1968, or otherwise maintains International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards on all its peaceful nuclear activities, as defined in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978.

 * (b) Nothing in this section shall preclude—
 * (1) any export, retransfer, or activity generally licensed or generally authorized by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or the Department of Commerce or the Department of Energy; or
 * (2) assistance for the purpose of developing or applying International Atomic Energy Agency or United States bilateral safeguards, for International Atomic Energy Agency programs generally available to its member states, for reducing the use of highly enriched uranium in research or test reactors, or for other technical programs for the purpose of reducing proliferation risks, such as programs to extend the life of reactor fuel and activities envisaged by section 223 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 or which are necessary for humanitarian reasons to protect the public health and safety.

 * (c) The prohibitions contained in subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a particular export, retransfer, or activity, or a group of exports, retransfers, or activities, if the President determines that to apply the prohibitions would be seriously prejudicial to the achievement of United States nonproliferation objectives or would otherwise jeopardize the common defense and security of the United States and, if at least 60 days before the initial export, retransfer, or activity is carried out, the President submits to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report setting forth that determination, together with his reasons therefor.

{{SECTION|SEC. 308.|SEC. 308}}. GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA BANK ACCOUNTS.

 * (a) A United States depository institution may not accept, receive, or hold a deposit account from the Government of South Africa or from any agency or entity owned or controlled by the Government of South Africa except for such accounts which may be authorized by the President for diplomatic or consular purposes. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term "depository institution" has the same meaning as in section 19(b)(1) of the Federal Reserve Act.

 * (b) The prohibition contained in subsection (a) shall take effect 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

{{SECTION|SEC. 309.|SEC. 309}}. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF URANIUM AND COAL FROM SOUTH AFRICA.

 * (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no—
 * (1) uranium ore,
 * (2) uranium oxide,
 * (3) coal, or
 * (4) textiles,
 * that is produced or manufactured in South Africa may be imported into the United States.

 * (b) This section shall take effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

{{SECTION|SEC. 310.|SEC. 310}}. PROHIBITION ON NEW INVESTMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA.

 * (a) No national of the United States may, directly or through another person, make any new investment in South Africa.

 * (b) The prohibition contained in subsection (a) shall take effect 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

 * (c) The prohibition contained in this section shall not apply to a firm owned by black South Africans.

{{SECTION|SEC. 311.|SEC. 311}}. TERMINATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.

 * (a) This title and sections 501(c) and 504(b) shall terminate if the Government of South Africa—
 * (1) releases all persons persecuted for their political beliefs or detained unduly without trial and Nelson Mandela from prison;
 * (2) repeals the state of emergency in effect on the date of enactment of this Act and releases all detainees held under such state of emergency;
 * (3) unbans democratic political parties and permits the free exercise by South Africans of all races of the right to form political parties, express political parties, and otherwise participate in the political process;
 * (4) repeals the Group Areas Act and the Population Registration Act and institutes no other measures with the same purposes; and
 * (5) agrees to enter into good faith negotiations with truly representative members of the black majority without preconditions.

 * (b) The President may suspend or modify any of the measures required by this title or section 501(c) or section 504(b) thirty days after he determines, and so reports to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, that the Government of South Africa has—
 * (1) taken the action described in paragraph (1) of subsection (a),
 * (2) taken three of the four actions listed in paragraphs (2) through (5) of subsection (a), and
 * (3) made substantial progress toward dismantling the system of apartheid and establishing a nonracial democracy,
 * unless the Congress enacts within such 30-day period, in accordance with section 602 of this Act, a joint resolution disapproving the determination of the President under this subsection.

 * (c) It is the policy of the United States to support the negotiations with the representatives of all communities as envisioned in this Act. If the South African Government agrees to enter into negotiations without preconditions, abandons unprovoked violence against its opponents, commits itself to a free and democratic post-apartheid South Africa under a code of law; and if nonetheless the African National Congress, the Pan African Congress, or their affiliates, or other organizations, refuse to participate; or if the African National Congress, the Pan African Congress or other organizations—
 * (1) refuse to abandon unprovoked violence during such negotiations; and
 * (2) refuse to commit themselves to a free and democratic post-apartheid South Africa under a code of law,
 * then the United States will support negotiations which do not include these organizations.

{{SECTION|SEC. 312.|SEC. 312}}. POLICY TOWARD VIOLENCE OR TERRORISM.

 * (a) United States policy toward violence in South Africa shall be designed to bring about an immediate end to such violence and to promote negotiations concluding with a removal of the system of apartheid and the establishment of a non-racial democracy in South Africa.

 * (b) The United States shall work towards this goal by diplomatic and other measures designed to isolate those who promote terrorist attacks on unarmed civilians or those who provide assistance to individuals or groups promoting such activities.

 * (c) The Congress declares that the abhorrent practice of "necklacing" and other equally inhumane acts which have been practices in South Africa by blacks against fellow blacks are an affront to all throughout the world who value the rights of individuals to live in an atmosphere free from fear of violent reprisals.

{{SECTION|SEC. 313.|SEC. 313}}. TERMINATION OF TAX TREATY AND PROTOCOL.

 * The Secretary of State shall terminate immediately the following convention and protocol, in accordance with its terms, the Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Union of South Africa for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and for Establishing Rules of Reciprocal Administrative Assistance With Respect to Taxes on Income, done at Pretoria on December 13, 1946, and the protocol relating thereto.

{{SECTION|SEC. 314.|SEC. 314}}. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT FROM SOUTH AFRICA.

 * On or after the date of enactment of this Act, no department, agency or any other entity of the United States Government may enter into a contract for the procurement of goods or services for parastatal organizations except for items necessary for diplomatic and consular purposes.

{{SECTION|SEC. 315.|SEC. 315}}. PROHIBITION ON THE PROMOTION OF UNITED STATES TOURISM IN SOUTH AFRICA.

 * None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by any provision of law may be available to promote United States tourism in South Africa.

{{SECTION|SEC. 316.|SEC. 316}}. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO, INVESTMENT IN, OR SUBSIDY FOR TRADE WITH, SOUTH AFRICA.

 * None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by any provision of law may be available for any assistance to investment in, or any subsidy for trade with, South Africa, including but not limited to funding for trade missions in South Africa and for participation in exhibitions and trade fairs in South Africa.

{{SECTION|SEC. 317.|SEC. 317}}. PROHIBITION ON SALE OR EXPORT OF ITEMS ON MUNITION LIST.

 * (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no item contained on the United States Munition List which is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States may be exported to South Africa.

 * (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to any item which is not covered by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 418 of November 4, 1977, and which the President determines is exported solely for commercial purposes and not exported for use by the armed forces, police, or other security forces of South Africa or for other military use.

 * (c) The President shall prepare and submit to Congress every six months a report describing any license issued pursuant to subsection (b).

{{SECTION|SEC. 318.|SEC. 318}}. MUNITIONS LIST SALES, NOTIFICATION.

 * (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the President shall:
 * (i) notify the Congress of his intent to allow the export to South Africa any item which is on the United States Munition List and which is not covered by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 418 of November 4, 1977, and
 * (ii) certify that such item shall be used solely for commercial purposes and not exported for use by the armed forces, police, or other security forces of South Africa or for other military use.

 * (b) The Congress shall have 30 calendar days of continuous session (computed as provided in section 906(b) of title 5, United States Code) to disapprove by joint resolution of any such sale.

{{SECTION|SEC. 319.|SEC. 319}}. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF SOUTH AFRICA AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND FOOD.

 * Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no:
 * (1) agricultural commodity, product, byproduct of derivative thereof,
 * (2) article that is suitable for human consumption, that is a product of South Africa may be imported into the customs territory of the United States after the date of enactment of this Act.

{{SECTION|SEC. 320.|SEC. 320}}. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF IRON AND STEEL.

 * Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no iron or steel produced in South Africa may be imported into the United States.

{{SECTION|SEC. 321.|SEC. 321}}. PROHIBITION ON EXPORTS OF CRUDE OIL AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.

 * (a) No crude oil or refined petroleum product which is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States or which is exported by a person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States may be exported to South Africa.

 * (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to any export pursuant to a contract entered into before the date of enactment of this Act.

{{SECTION|SEC. 322.|SEC. 322}}. PROHIBITION ON COOPERATION WITH THE ARMED FORCES OF SOUTH AFRICA.

 * No agency or entity of the United States may engage in any form of cooperation, direct or indirect, with the armed forces of the Government of South Africa, except activities which are reasonably designed to facilitate the collection of necessary intelligence. Each such activity shall be considered a significant anticipated intelligence activity for purposes of section 501 of the National Security Act of 1947.

{{SECTION|SEC. 323.|SEC. 323}}. PROHIBITION ON SUGAR IMPORTS.

 * (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no sugars, sirups, or molasses that are products of the Republic of South Africa may be imported into the United States after the date of enactment of this Act.
 * (2) The aggregate quantity of sugars, sirups, and molasses that—
 * (A) are products of the Philippines; and
 * (B) may be imported into the United States (determined without regard to this paragraph) under any limitation imposed by law on the quantity of all sugars, sirups, and molasses that may be imported into the United States during any period of time occurring after the date of enactment of this Act;
 * shall be increased by the aggregate quantity of sugars, sirups, and molasses that are products of the Republic of South Africa which may have been imported into the United States under such limitation during such period if this section did not apply to such period.

 * (b) (1) Paragraph (c)(i) of headnote 3 of subpart A of part 10 of schedule 1 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States is amended—
 * (A) by striking out "13.5" in the item relating to the Philippines in the table and inserting in lieu thereof "15.8", and
 * (B) by striking out the item relating to the Republic of South Africa in the table.
 * (2) Paragraph (c) of headnote 3 of subpart A of part 10 of schedule 1 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph:
 * "(iii) Notwithstanding any authority given to the United States Trade Representative under paragraphs (e) and (g) of this headnote—
 * "(A) the percentage allocation made to the Philippines under this paragraph may not be reduced, and
 * "(B) no allocation may be made to the Republic of South Africa,
 * in allocating any limitation imposed under any paragraph of this headnote on the quantity of sugars, sirups, and molasses described in items 155.20 and 155.30 which may be entered.".


text: Public Law 96-205

title: Public Law 96-205


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Rh "I'm expecting, sir," said Hugh good-humouredly, "a report from hour to hour."

"Then will you let me have it right off?"

Hugh indulged in a pause; after which very frankly: "Ah, it's scarcely for you, Mr. Bender that I'm acting!"

The great collector was but briefly checked. "Well, can't you just act for Art?"

"Oh, you're doing that yourself so powerfully," Hugh laughed, "that I think I had best leave it to you!"

His friend looked at him as some inspector on circuit might look at a new improvement "Don't you want to go round acting with me?"

"Go 'on tour,' as it were? Oh, frankly, Mr. Bender," Hugh said, "if I had any weight!"

"You'd add it to your end of the beam? Why, what have I done that you should go back on me—after working me up so down there? The worst I've done," Mr. Bender continued, "is to refuse that Moretto."

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164 fellow-visitor only eyed him hard, not, on second thoughts, giving the owner of the great work away: "Then why are you—as if you were a banished Romeo—so keen for news from Verona?" To this odd mixture of business and literature Mr. Bender made no reply, contenting himself with but a large vague blandness that wore in him somehow the mark of tested utility; so that Hugh put him another question: "Aren't you here, sir, on the chance of the Mantovano?"

"I'm here," he then imperturbably said, "because Lord Theign has wired me to meet him. Ain't you here for that yourself?"

Hugh betrayed for a moment his enjoyment of a "big" choice of answers. "Dear, no! I've but been in, by Lady Sandgate's leave, to see that grand Lawrence."

"Ah yes, she's very kind about it—one does go 'in.'" After which Mr. Bender had, even in the atmosphere of his danger, a throb of curiosity. "Is any one after that grand Lawrence?"

"Oh, I hope not," Hugh laughed, "unless you again dreadfully are: wonderful thing as it is and so just in its right place there."


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Rh " You call it," Mr. Bender impartially inquired, "a very wonderful thing?"

"Well, as a Lawrence, it has quite bowled me over"—Hugh spoke as for the strictly æsthetic awkwardness of that. "But you know I take my pictures hard." He gave a punch to his hat, pressed for time in this connection as he was glad truly to appear to his friend. "I must make my little rapport." Yet before it he did seek briefly to explain. "We're a band of young men who care—and we watch the great things. Also—for I must give you the real truth about myself—we watch the great people."

"Well, I guess I'm used to being watched—if that's the worst you can do." To which Mr. Bender added in his homely way: "But you know, Mr. Crimble, what I'm really after."

Hugh's strategy on this would again have peeped out for us. "The man in this morning's 'Journal' appears at least to have discovered."

"Yes, the man in this morning's 'Journal' has discovered three or four weeks—as it appears to take you here for everything—after my beginning to talk. Why, they knew I was talking that time ago on the other side."


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166 "Oh, they know things in the States," Hugh cheerfully agreed, "so independently of their happening! But you must have talked loud."

"Well, I haven't so much talked as raved," Mr. Bender conceded—"for I'm afraid that when I do want a thing I rave till I get it. You heard me at Dedborough, and your enterprising daily press has at last caught the echo."

"Then they'll make up for lost time! But have you done it," Hugh asked, "to prepare an alibi?"

"An alibi?"

"By 'raving,' as you say, the saddle on the wrong horse. I don't think you at all believe you'll get the Sir Joshua—but meanwhile we shall have cleared up the question of the Moretto."

Mr. Bender, imperturbable, didn't speak till he had done justice to this picture of his subtlety. "Then, why on earth do you want to boom the Moretto?"

"You ask that," said Hugh, "because it's the boomed thing that's most in peril?"

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Rh why shouldn't we want to grab them and carry them off—the same as all of you originally did?"

"Ah, not quite the same," Hugh smiled—"that I will say for you!"

"Yes, you stick it on now—you have got an eye for the rise in values. But I grant you your unearned increment, and you ought to be mighty glad that, to such a tune, I'll pay it you."

Our young man kept, during a moment's thought, his eyes on his companion, and then resumed with all intensity and candour: "You may easily, Mr. Bender, be too much for me—as you appear too much for far greater people. But may I ask you, very earnestly, for your word on this, as to any case in which that happens—that when precious things, things we are to lose here, are knocked down to you, you'll let us at least take leave of them, let us have a sight of them in London, before they're borne off?"

Mr. Bender's big face fell almost with a crash. "Hand them over, you mean, to the sandwichmen on Bond Street?"

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168 slice! Let the great values, as a compensation to us, be on view for three or four weeks."

"You ask me," Mr. Bender returned, "for a general assurance to that effect?"

"Well, a particular one—so it be particular enough," Hugh said—"will do just for now. Let me put in my plea for the issue—well, of the value that's actually in the scales."

"The Mantovano-Moretto?"

"The Moretto-Mantovano!"

Mr. Bender carnivorously smiled. "Hadn't we better know which it is first?"

Hugh had a motion of practical indifference for this. "The public interest—playing so straight on the question—may help to settle it. By which I mean that it will profit enormously—the question of probability, of identity itself will—by the discussion it will create. The discussion will promote certainty"

"And certainty," Mr. Bender massively mused, "will kick up a row."

"Of course it will kick up a row!"—Hugh thoroughly guaranteed that. "You'll be, for the month, the best-abused man in England—if you venture to remain here at all; except, naturally, poor Lord Theign."


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Rh "Whom it won't be my interest, at the same time, to worry into backing down."

"But whom it will be exceedingly mine to practise on"—and Hugh laughed as at the fun before them—"if I may entertain the sweet hope of success. The only thing is—from my point of view," he went on—"that backing down before what he will call vulgar clamour isn't in the least in his traditions, nothing less so; and that if there should be really too much of it for his taste or his nerves he'll set his handsome face as a stone and never budge an inch. But at least again what I appeal to you for will have taken place—the picture will have been seen by a lot of people who'll care."

"It will have been seen," Mr. Bender amended—"on the mere contingency of my acquisition of it—only if its present owner consents."

"'Consents'?" Hugh almost derisively echoed; "why, he'll propose it himself, he'll insist on it, he'll put it through, once he's angry enough—as angry, I mean, as almost any public criticism of a personal act of his will be sure to make him; and I'm afraid the striking criticism, or at least animadversion, of this


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170 morning, will have blown on his flame of bravado."

Inevitably a student of character, Mr. Bender rose to the occasion. "Yes, I guess he's pretty mad."

"They've imputed to him"—Hugh but wanted to abound in that sense—"an intention of which after all he isn't guilty."

"So that"—his listener glowed with interested optimism—"if they don't look out, if they impute it to him again, I guess he'll just go and be guilty!"

Hugh might at this moment have shown to an initiated eye as fairly elated by the sense of producing something of the effect he had hoped. "You entertain the fond vision of lashing them up to that mistake, oh fisher in troubled waters?" And then with a finer art, as his companion, expansively bright but crudely acute, eyed him in turn as if to sound him: "The strongest thing in such a type—one does make out—is his resentment of a liberty taken; and the most natural furthermore is quite that he should feel almost anything you do take uninvited from the groaning board of his banquet of life to be such a liberty."


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Rh Mr. Bender participated thus at his perceptive ease in the exposed aristocratic illusion. "Yes, I guess he has always lived as he likes, the way those of you who have got things fixed for them do, over here; and to have to quit it on account of unpleasant remark—"But he gave up thoughtfully trying to express what this must be; reduced to the mere synthetic interjection "My!"

"That's it, Mr. Bender," Hugh said for the consecration of such a moral; "he won't quit it without a hard struggle."

Mr. Bender hereupon at last gave himself quite gaily away as to his high calculation of impunity. "Well, I guess he won't struggle too hard for me to hold on to him if I want to!"

"In the thick of the conflict then, however that may be," Hugh returned, "don't forget what I've urged on you—the claim of our desolate country."

But his friend had an answer to this. "My natural interest, Mr. Crimble—considering what I do for it—is in the claim of ours. But I wish you were on my side!"

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172 laughed, "as I wish you were on mine!" Decidedly none the less, he had to go. "Good-bye—for another look here!"

He reached the doorway of the second room, where, however, his companion, freshly alert at this, stayed him by a gesture. "How much is she really worth?"

"'She'?" Hugh, staring a moment, was miles at sea. "Lady Sandgate?"

"Her great-grandmother."

A responsible answer was prevented—the butler was again with them; he had opened wide the other door and he named to Mr. Bender the personage under his convoy. "Lord John!"

Hugh caught this from the inner threshold, and it gave him his escape. "Oh, ask that friend!" With which he sought the further passage to the staircase and street, while Lord John arrived in charge of Mr. Gotch, who, having remarked to the two occupants of the front drawing-room that her ladyship would come, left them together.


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