chants, not interested in the said Ship, shall signify their Consent in Writing to complete the Voyage if continued), or whenever the Service of any Seaman shall terminate at any Place out of Her Majesty's Dominions, the Master shall and he is hereby required to give to each of the Crew and to each of the Seamen whose Service shall terminate as last aforesaid, a Certificate of Discharge in the said Form set forth in the Schedule (E.), and also his Register Ticket, and, besides paying the Wages to which they shall respectively be entitled, either to provide them with adequate Employment on board some other British Vessel homeward bound, or to furnish the Means of sending them back to the Port in Her Majesty's Dominions at which they were originally shipped, or to such other Port in the United Kingdom as shall be agreed upon between him and them respectively, or to provide them with a Passage home, or to deposit with the Consul or Vice Consul, Merchant or Merchants as aforesaid, such a Sum of Money as shall be by them deemed sufficient to defray the Expences of the Subsistence and Passage of such Seamen; and if the Master shall refuse or neglect so to do, such Expences, when defrayed by such Consul or Vice Consul, or any other Person on behalf of the Seamen, shall be a Charge upon the Owner of such Ship, except in Cases of Barratry, and may be recovered against such Owner as so much Money paid to his Use, together with full Costs, at the Suit of the Consul or other Person defraying such Expences, or as a Debt due to Her Majesty, in case the same shall have been allowed to the Consul out of the public Monies, and if defrayed by the Seaman shall be recoverable as Wages due to him; and in all Cases of Wreck or Loss of the Ship every surviving Seaman shall be entitled to his Wages up to the Period of the Wreck or Loss of the Ship, whether such Ship shall or shall not have previously earned Freight; provided the Seaman shall produce a Certificate from the Master or Chief surviving Officer of the Ship, to the Effect that he had exerted himself to the utmost to save the Ship, Cargo, and Stores.

XVIII. And be it enacted, That every Ship navigating between the United Kingdom and any Place out of the same shall have and keep constantly on board a sufficient Supply of Medicines and Medicaments suitable to Accidents and Diseases arising on Sea Voyages, in accordance with the Scale which shall from Time to Time or at any Time be issued by the Lord High Admiral, or by the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral, and published in the London Gazette; and every Ship (except those bound to European Ports or to Ports in the Mediterranean Sea) shall also have on board a sufficient Quantity of Lime or Lemon Juice, Sugar, and Vinegar, the Lime or Lemon Juice, Sugar, and Vinegar to be served out to the Crew whenever they shall have been consuming salt Provisions for Ten Days; the Lime or Lemon Juice and Sugar daily, after the Rate of Half an Ounce each per Day, and the Vinegar weekly, at the Rate of Half a Pint per Week to each Person, so long as the Consumption of salt Provisions be continued ;

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continued; and in case any Default shall be made in providing and keeping such Medicines, Medicaments, and Lime or Lemon Juice, Sugar, and Vinegar, the Owner of the Ship shall incur a Penalty of Twenty Pounds for each and every Default; and in case of Default of serving out such Lime and Lemon Juice, Sugar, or Vinegar as aforesaid, the Master shall incur a Penalty of Five Pounds for each and every Default; and in case the Master or any Seaman shall receive any Hurt or Injury in the Service of the Ship, the Expence of providing the necessary surgical and medical Advice, with Attendance and Medicines, and for his Subsistence until he shall have been cured, or shall have been brought back to some Port of the United Kingdom, shall, together with the Costs of his Conveyance to the United Kingdom, be defrayed by the said Owner of the Ship without any Deduction whatever on that Account from the Wages of such Master or Seaman; and, if paid by any Officer or other Person on behalf of Her Majesty, the Amount, with full Costs of Suit, shall be recovered as a Debt due to Her Majesty; and every Ship having One hundred Persons or upwards on board, and every Ship the Voyage of which shall be deemed under the Provisions of the Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act for regulating the Carriage of Passengers in Merchant Vessels, to exceed Twelve Weeks, having Fifty Persons or upwards on board, shall have on board, as one of her Complement, some Person duly authorized by Law to practise in this Kingdom as a Physician, Surgeon, or Apothecary; and in case of every Default the Owner shall incur a Penalty not exceeding One hundred Pounds.

XIX. And whereas in and by the said Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth it was provided, that as soon as conveniently might be after the passing of that Act there should be established in the Port of London an Office to be called "The General Register Office of Merchant Seamen," which should consist of a Registrar and such Assistants and Clerks, with such Salaries and Allowances as should be fixed and regulated from Time to Time by the Lord High Admiral or the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom for the Time being; and that such Office should be kept at the Custom House of the said Port, and daily Attendance be given thereat during the usual Hours of Business there; and that the said Registrar, his Assistants and Clerks should be under the Control and Directions of the said Lord High Admiral or the Commissioners for executing the Office aforesaid for the Time being: And whereas such Office was established under and in pursuance of the said Act, and it is expedient to maintain and continue the same under the Title of "The General Register and Record Office of Seamen ;" be it therefore enacted, That such Office, Salaries, and Allowances, with every thing appertaining to the said Office, shall be maintained and continued in manner and form, and subject to such Regulations, Directions, and Control, as the said

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Lord High Admiral or the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral for the Time being have directed or shall direct; and the said Lord High Admiral or the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral for the Time being shall have Power to fix and regulate such Fees as he or they may deem proper to be paid by the Applicants for the Inspection and Copies of Documents in the said Office.

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XX. And be it enacted, That every Person, being a Subject of Her Majesty, in- Register tending to serve on board any Ship subject to the Provisions of this Act (except Tickets to be as Master or Physician, Surgeon or Apothecary), shall and he is hereby required to provide himself with a Register Ticket, and for that Purpose to apply personally at the General Register and Record Office of Seamen in London, or at the Custom Houses of the several Outports of the United Kingdom; and every Applicant is hereby required to answer truly, to the best of his Ability, all the Questions set forth in Schedule (F) to this Act annexed, before he shall be entitled to receive his Register Ticket; and no Person shall serve in any Capacity on board any Ship subject to any of the Provisions of this Act (except the Master, Physician, Surgeon, or Apothecary) who is not possessed of such Register Ticket; and the Masters of all Apprentices who shall be bound after the Commencement of this Act, or whose Apprenticeship shall be in force when this Act takes effect, shall, before commencing a Voyage, bring all Indentures and Assignments of Apprenticeships, together with the Apprentices themselves, to the Registrar of Seainen in London, or to the Custom House of the nearest Port, in order that each of such Apprentices may be furnished with a Register Ticket, which Ticket shall be annexed and be kept annexed to the original Indenture retained by the Master, and shall be delivered up to the Apprentice by the Master at the Expiration of the Apprenticeship; and the Registrar of Seamen and the Collectors and Comptrollers of Customs respectively are hereby required to grant such Tickets to all Seamen and other Persons requiring the same, and duly complying with the Provisions aforesaid.

XXI. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall alter or destroy a Register Ticket, or counterfeit, transfer, or traffic in, for Gain or otherwise, or attempt to counterfeit, transfer, or traffic in, for Gain or otherwise, any Register Ticket issued or purporting to be issued pursuant to the Provisions of this Act, he shall for every such Offence be guilty of a Misdemeanor; and any Person becoming possessed of a Register Ticket, other than that legally issued to him, shall forthwith transmit the same to the Registrar of Seamen, and in case of Default he shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay a Sum of Twenty Pounds.

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XXII. And be it enacted, That if any Seaman shall lose his Register Ticket When Regis he shall forthwith appear in Person, and represent his Case to the Registrar of ter Ticket is

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half-yearly, and Copies given thereof on application.

Seamen in London, or the Collector or Comptroller of Customs at any of the Outports; and he shall truly answer all reasonable Questions put to him by the said Registrar or Officer of Customs; and if it appear that no Fraud has been committed, and the Loss was unavoidable, he shall be furnished with another Register Ticket; but if it appear that the Seaman did not take due and reasonable Care of his former Ticket, or if he shall not give a satisfactory Account of the same, he shall be liable to a Penalty of not exceeding Ten Shillings and not less than Two Shillings, and shall not be entitled to any other Ticket until such Penalty shall be paid; and every Person who shall apply for any Ticket, and shall give a false Answer to any reasonable Question which may be put to him by the Registrar of Seamen, or his Assistant, or by the Collector or Comptroller of Customs, with reference to the granting such Ticket, shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor.

XXIII. And be it enacted, That all District Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages shall and they are hereby required to demand from the Person registering the Death of any Seaman the Register Ticket of such Seaman, and, if delivered to any such Registrar, he shall forthwith forward the same to the Registrar of Seamen; and no Person, other than the said Registrar of Seamen, shall retain the Ticket of a deceased Seaman; and if any Person shall retain any such Ticket for more than Twenty Days after the Death of any such Seaman, or Ten Days after the Arrival of the Ship in the United Kingdom should the Seaman die abroad, he shall be liable to a Penalty of not exceeding Five Pounds in respect of every such Register Ticket so detained.

XXIV. And be it enacted, That a List shall be prepared from Time to Time by the Registrar of Seamen, setting forth the Numbers of all the Register Tickets that have been cancelled by reason of the Death of Seamen or otherwise within the preceding Six Calendar Months; and such Lists shall be published half-yearly in the London Gazette, and shall also be transmitted by the said Registrar from Time to Time to the Collectors and Comptrollers of Customs, to be by them conspicuously exhibited in the Custom Houses and other Stations of their respective Ports, and Copies of such Lists shall be delivered to any Master or Owner on Application; and every Master or Owner entering into an Agreement usingcancelled with any Seaman producing such cancelled Ticket shall be liable to and incur a Penalty of not exceeding Five Pounds; and every Seaman tendering or delivering to a Master a cancelled Ticket, or any other Ticket not legally issued to him, or falsely representing himself to be a Foreigner, shall forfeit to the Owner all Wages which shall become due to him during the Service, for which he shall agree or shall have agreed.

Penalty for

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XXV. And be it enacted, That Duplicates of all Register Tickets, and all Papers and Documents delivered or transmitted to and retained by the said Registrar, shall be by him recorded, preserved, and kept; and every Copy of such Duplicate Tickets, Papers, and Documents, or any of them, certified by the said Registrar or his Assistant to be a true Copy, shall be admitted in Evidence as fully as the Original thereof; and every Copy of a Document and Endorsement thereon which may be delivered by any Owner or Master under the Provisions of this Act, shall and may be admitted in Evidence against such Owner and Master, and each of them, as fully as the Original of such Document and Endorsement. XXVI. And be it enacted, That the Master of every Ship belonging to any Subject of Her Majesty, and bound to Parts beyond the Seas, except in the Cases hereinafter mentioned, shall, before he leaves his first Port of Departure from the United Kingdom, transmit or deliver, or cause to be transmitted or delivered, to the Collector and Comptroller of Customs at such Port, a List, signed by himself, of the Names of his Crew (including Apprentices), with the Numbers of their Register Tickets, and the Capacity in which they are serving on board, in the Form set forth in Schedule (G.) to this Act annexed; and if any subsequent Change in his Crew take place before finally leaving the United Kingdom the Owner or Master shall, upon such Change taking place, apprize the Collector and Comptroller of the Customs at the Port where it occurs, by transmitting an amended List in the same Form; and the Master or Owner of every such Ship shall within Forty-eight Hours after the Arrival of such Ship at her final Port of Destination in the United Kingdom, transmit or deliver, or cause to be transmitted or delivered, to the Collector or Comptroller of the Customs at such Port, an Account or List, signed by himself, of all the Seamen and others (including Apprentices) who shall have belonged to the Ship at any Time during her absence from the United Kingdom; which Account or List shall contain a full, true, and correct Return under their respective Heads of the several Particulars expressed in the Form set forth in the Schedule annexed to this Act, and marked (C.), with Christian Names and Surnames of the Master and all the Crew at full Length, and with the Dates of the Registry of the Indentures of the Apprentices, and the Assignments respectively, and the Port at which and the Time when they were respectively registered, and also the Numbers of the Register Tickets of every Apprentice and Seaman; and no Vessel shall be cleared inwards by the Tide Surveyor or other Officer until the Master or Owner shall produce a Certificate from the Collector or Comptroller (which he is hereby required to give) to the Effect that he has rendered such Accounts or Lists as aforesaid; and the Tide Waiters or other Officers left on board shall be maintained at the Expence of the Master or Owner until such Accounts or Lists shall be duly delivered as aforesaid.

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