dom and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or British Ships. Man, or from one of the said Islands to another of them, or from one Part of either of them to another of the same, or be employed in fishing on the Coast of the United Kingdom or of any of the said Islands, then the whole of the Crew shall be British Seamen: Provided always, that if a due Proportion of Proviso. British Seamen cannot be procured in any Foreign Port, or in any Place within the Limits of the East India Company's Charter, for the Navigation of any British Ship, or if such Proportion be destroyed during the Voyage by any unavoidable Circumstance, and the Master of such Ship make Proof of the Truth of such Facts to the Satisfaction of the Collector and Controller of the Customs at any British Port, or of any Person authorized in any other Part of the World to inquire into the Navigation of such Ship, the same shall be deemed to be duly navigated: Provided also, that every British Ship (except such as are required to be wholly navigated by British Seamen) which shall be navigated by One British Seaman for every Twenty Tons of the Burthen of such Ship shall be deemed to be duly navigated, although the Number of other Seamen shall exceed One Fourth of the whole Crew.

Seamen.

VIII. And be it enacted, That no Person shall be deemed to What Persons be a British Seaman, or to be duly qualified to be Master of to be British a British Vessel, except Persons of One of the following Classes; (that is to say,) natural-born Subjects of Her Majesty; Persons naturalized by or under any Act of Parliament, or by or under any Act or Ordinance of the Legislature or proper legislative Authority of One of the British Possessions, or made Denizens by Letters of Denization; Persons who have become British Subjects by virtue of the Conquest or Cession of some newly acquired Country, and who have taken the Oath of Allegiance to Her Majesty, or the Oath of Fidelity required by the Treaty or Capitulation by which such newly acquired Country came into Her Majesty's Possession; Asiatic Sailors or Lascars, being Natives of any of the Territories, Countries, Islands, or Places within the Limits of the Charter of the East India Company, and under the Government of Her Majesty or of the said Company; and Persons who have served on board any of Her Majesty's Ships of War, in Time of War, for the Space of Three Years.

clamation.

IX. And be it enacted, That if Her Majesty shall at any Proportion of Time by Her Royal Proclamation declare that the Proportion Seamen may be of British Seamen necessary to the due Navigation of British altered by ProShips shall be less than the Proportion required by this Act every British Ship navigated with the Proportion of British Seamen required by such Proclamation shall be deemed to be duly navigated, so long as such Proclamation shall remain in

force.

X. And be it enacted, That in case it shall be made to appear to Her Majesty that British Vessels are subject in any any Foreign Country to any Prohibitions or Restrictions as to the Voyages M 4

Reciprocity.

Queen may

restrict the

in Privileges of

Foreign Ships in which they may engage, or as to the Articles which they

in certain

Cases;

may import into ar export from such Country, it shall be lawful før Her Majesty (if She think fit), by Order in Council, to impose such Prohibitions or Restrictions upon the Ships of such Foreign Country, either as to the Voyages in which they may engage, or as to the Articles which they may import into or export from any Part of the United Kingdom or of any British Possession in any Part of the World, as Her Majesty may think fit, so as to place the Ships of such Country on as nearly as possible the same Footing in British Ports as that on which British Ships are placed in the Ports of such Country.

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XI. And be it enacted, That in case it shall be made to appear to Her Majesty that British Ships are either directly, or indirectly subject in any Foreign Country to any Duties or Charges of any Sort or Kind whatsoever from which the national Vessels of such Country are exempt, or that any Duties are imposed upon Articles imported or exported in British Ships which are not equally imposed upon the like Articles imported or exported in national Vessels, or that any Preference whatsoever is shown either directly or indirectly to national Vessels over British Vessels, or to Articles imported or exported in national Vessels over the like Articles imported or exported in British Vessels, or that British Trade and Navi gation is not placed by such Country upon as advantageous a Footing as the Trade, and Navigation of the most favoured Nation, then and in any such Case it shall be lawful for Her Majesty (if She think fit), by Order in Council, to impose such Duty or Duties of Tonnage upon the Ships of such Nation entering into or departing from the Ports of the United Kingdom, or of any British Possession in any Part of the World, or such Duty or Duties on all Goods, or on any specified Classes of Goods, imported or exported in the Ships of such Nation, as may appear to Her Majesty justly to countervail the Disadvantages to which British Trade or Navigation is so subjected as aforesaid

XII And be it enacted, That in every such Order Her Majesty may, if She so think fit, specify what Ships are to be considered as Ships of the Country or Countries to which such Order applies, and all Ships answering the Description contained in such Order shall be considered to be Ships of such Country or Countries for the Purposes of such Order.ant

XIII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for Her Majesty from Time to Time to revoke any Order or Orders in Council made under the Authority of this Act.

XIV. And be it enacted, That every such Order in Council as aforesaid shall within Fourteen Days after the issuing thereof, be Twice published in the London Gazette, and that a Copy thereof shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament within Six Weeks after the issuing the same, if Parliament be then sitting, and if not then within Six Weeks after the Commencement of the then next Session of Parliament.

XV. And

XV. And be it enacted, That if any Goods be imported, Penalties, exported, or carried Coastwise contrary to this Act, all such Goods shall be forfeited, and the Master of the Ship in which the same are so imported, exported, or carried Coastwise shall forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds, except where any other Penalty is hereby specially imposed.

XVI. And be it enacted, That all Penalties and Forfeitures Penalties, how incurred under this Act shall be sued for, prosecuted, recovered, to be recovered. and disposed of, or shall be mitigated or restored, in like Manner and by the same Authority as any Penalty or Forfeiture can be sued for, prosecuted, recovered, and disposed of, or may be mitigated or restored, under an Act passed in the said Session of Parliament holden in the Eighth and Ninth Years of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act for the Prevention of Smug 8&9 Vict. c. 87. gling; and that the Costs of all Proceedings under this Act shall be defrayed out of the Consolidated Duties of Customs.

Registry.

Registry.

XVII. And be it enacted, That all natural-born Subjects of Her Majesty, and all Persons made Denizens by Letters of De- Who may be nization, and all Persons naturalized by or under any Act of Owners of Parliament, or by or under any Act or Ordinance of the Legis- British Vessels. lature or proper legislative Authority of any of the British Possessions in Asia, Africa, or America, and all Persons authorized by or under any such Act or Ordinance to hold Shares in' British Shipping, shall, on taking the Oath of Allegiance to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, be deemed to be duly qualified to be Owners or Part Owners of British registered Vessels, anything in the said recited Act for the registering of British Shipping to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding. -XVIII. And be it enacted, That the following Form of Cer- Form of Certificate shall be substituted for the Form of Certificate prescribed tificate of by the said Act for the registering of British Shipping: THIS is to certify, That [here insert the Names, Occupations, and Residence of the subscribing Owners], having made and subscribed the Declaration required by Law, and having ⚫ declared that [he or they], together with [Names, Occupations, and Residence of non-subscribing Oumers], is [or are] sole Owner [or Owners] in the Proportions specified on the Back hereof of the Ship or Vessel called the [Ship's Name] of [Place to which the Vessel belongs], which is of the Burthen of [Number of Tons], and whereof [Master's Name] is Master, and that the said Ship or Vessel was [when and where built, or condemned as Prize, referring to Builder's Certificate, Judge's Cer"tificate, or Certificate of last Registry, then delivered up to be cancelled, or (if the Vessel was Foreign built, and the Time and Place of building not known,) was Foreign, and that he or "they did not know the Time or Place of building], and [Name and Employment of Surveying Officer] having certified to us that the said Ship or Vessel has [Number] Decks and [Number] Masts, that her Length from the inner Part of the main Stem to the fore Part of the Sternpost aloft is [

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• Feet

Tenths], her Breadth in Midships is [

• Feet

Registry.

Feet

Tenths], her Depth in Hold at Midships is [ Feet Tenths, that she is [how rigged] rigged with a [standing or running] Bowsprit, is [Description of Stern] sterned, [Carvel or Clincher] built, has [whether any or not] Gallery, and [Kind of Head, if any,] Head, that the Framework and planking [or plating] is [state whether of Wood or Iron] and that she is [state whether a Sailing Vessel or a Steamer, and if a Steamer, state whether propelled by Paddle Wheels or Screw Propellers]; and the said subscribing Owners having consented and agreed to the above Description, and having caused sufficient Security to be given as required by Law, the said Ship or Vessel called the [Name] has been duly registered at the Port of [Name of Port]. Certified under 6 our Hands at the Custom House in the said Port of [Name of Port], this [Date] Day of [Name of Month] in the Year [Words at Length].

(Signed)
(Signed)

Collector.
Comptroller.'

And on the Back of such Certificate of Registry there shall be an Account of the Parts or Shares held by each of the Owners mentioned and described in such Certificate, in the Form and Manner following:

Names of the several Owners within Number of Sixty-fourth Shares held by
mentioned.
each Owner.

Form of
Declaration.

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XIX. And be it enacted, That the following Declaration shall be substituted for the Declaration by the said Act directed to be made by the Owner or Owners of any Vessel previous to the Registry thereof:

IA. B. of [Place of Residence and Occupation] do truly declare, That the Ship or Vessel [Name] of [Port or Place], whereof [Master's Name] is at present Master, being [Kind of Build, Burthen, et cætera, as described in the Certificate of the Surveying Officer], was [when and where built, or, if Prize or forfeited, Capture, and Condemnation as such, or (if the Vessel be Foreign built, and the Owner does not know when and where she was built,) that the said Vessel is Foreign built, and that I do not know the Time and Place of her building], and that I the said A. B. [and the other Owners Names and Occupations, if any, and where they respectively reside,] am [or are] sole Owner [or Owners] of the said Vessel, and that no other Person or Persons whatever hath or have any Right, Title,

Interest,

Interest, Share, or Property therein or thereto; and that I the said A. B. [and the said other Owners, if any,] am [or are] truly and bonâ fide a Subject [or Subjects] of Great Britain, and that I the said A. B. have not [nor have any of the other Owners, to the best of my Knowledge and Belief,] 'taken the Oath of Allegiance to any Foreign State what• ever [except under the Terms of some Capitulation, describing the Particulars thereof, or that since my taking [or his or their taking] the Oath of Allegiance to [naming the Foreign •States respectively to which he or any of the said Owners shall * have taken_the same] I have [or he or they hath or have] become a Denizen [or Denizens, or naturalized Subject or • Subjects, as the Case may be,] of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, by Her Majesty's Letters Patent [or by an Act of Parliament, or by or under or by virtue of an Act or Ordinance of the Legislature of or have • been authorized by an Act or Ordinance of the Legislature • of to hold Shares in British Shipping within the said Colony, and since the passing of such Act or Ordinance I have [or he or they hath or have] taken the Oath of Allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria][naming the Times when such "Letters of Denization have been granted respectively, or the Year or Years in which such Act or Acts of Naturalization, or such • Colonial Acts or Ordinances, have passed respectively], and that no Foreigner, directly or indirectly, hath any Share or Part • Interest in the said Ship or Vessel:'

Provided always, that if it shall become necessary to register any Ship or Vessel belonging to any Corporate Body in the United Kingdom, the following Declaration, in lieu of the Declaration herein-before directed, shall be made and subscribed by the Secretary or other proper Officer of such Corporate Body; (that is to say,)

IA.B., Secretary or Officer of [Name of Company or Corporation], do truly declare, That the Ship or Vessel [Name] of [Port] whereof [Master's Name] is at present Master, being [Kind of Build, Burthen, &c., as described in the Certi'ficate of the Surveying Officer], was [when and where built, or, if Prize or forfeited, Capture and Condemnation as such], or [if the Vessel be Foreign built, and that such Secretary or Officer does not know when and where built,] that the said Vessel is Foreign built, and that I do not know the Time and Place of the building, and that the same doth wholly and truly belong to [name the Company or Corporation.]'

Registry.

Burthen in

XX. And be it enacted, That notwithstanding that by the Proviso for said recited Act for the registering of British Vessels it is Vessels under enacted, that in case any Ship, not being duly registered, shall Fifteen Tons exercise any of the Privileges of a British Vessel, the same shall Inland Navibe forfeited, nevertheless all Boats or Vessels under Fifteen gation, and for Tons Burthen, wholly owned and navigated by British Subjects, Thirty Tons although not registered as British Ships, shall be admitted to be Burthen for the British Vessels in all Navigation in the Rivers and upon the Newfoundland

Vessels under

Coasts Fishery.