require one Superintendent and six other persons under his direction, with boats and a continued supply of provisions, clothing, bedding, fuel, &c. for the use and assistance of shipwrecked persons, and that the establishment at Scattarie should consist of one Superintendent and three other persons, with a boat and a continued supply of provisions, clothing, bedding, fuel, &c. for the use of shipwrecked persons; and that all the lights should be kept burning throughout the year; and as to the maintenance of the said lights and humane establishments, the said Commissioners did award and determine that New Brunswick should pay to the Government of Nova Scotia into the Treasury thereof, two hundred and fifty pounds Halifax currency, on the first day of July in each and every year after the said Light Houses and humane establishments shall be in operation, and as long as they continue to be so, in conformity with the provisions of the said award; that Lower Canada shall annually pay five hundred pounds, Prince Edward Island thirty pounds, and Nova Scotia itself two hundred and fifty pounds, making the whole annual amount one thousand and thirty pounds; and that with the amount so contributed the Government of Nova Scotia shall support, uphold, and maintain the said Light Houses and humane establishments; it being well understood that in case the said amount should prove insufficient in any one year, the deficiency ought to be provided by the respective Legislatures of Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, in such manner as shall appear to them most eligible, and in the same ratio as settled in the said award, but as to New Brunswick the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds aforesaid shall be a settled and permanent contribution, the overplus (if any) going to Nova Scotia, and the proportionate deficiency being borne altogether by the said last mentioned Province; provided however, that should His Majesty's Government contribute at a future period to the support of the said establishments by an annual grant, a rateable deduction shall be made from the amount of each Provincial contri. bution: And it was also by the said award expressed, that if the said Light Houses and establishments are destroyed by fire, tempest, or other causes, the expense of rebuilding the same shall not devolve upon Nova Scotia, and also that the Board of Commissioners of Nova Scotia shall render accounts

in each and every year to the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia, duplicates of which shall be transmitted annually to the Legislatures of Lower Canada, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island respectively; for the purpose therefore of carrying into effect the said recited award, and providing the annual proportion of the expenses thereby charged upon the Province of New Brunswick;

8. The annual sum of two hundred and fifty pounds, Nova Scotia currency, shall be paid to the Governor of Nova Scotia on the first day of July in each year, for the use of the said Province, to be drawn by Warrant of the Governor in Council.

9. No payment of the said anuual sum shall be made until accounts of the expenses incurred in maintaining the said Light Houses and establishments during the year preceding, shall have been received by the Governor, nor unless it appears by the certificate of the respective Commissioners that the said Light Houses and establishments have been and are in uninterrupted operation.

10. If Her Majesty's Government contribute to the support of the said Light Houses and establishments by an annual grant or otherwise, a rateable deduction shall be made, and the balance only shall be paid as aforesaid.

11. A duty of one penny per ton on all registered vessels arriving at any port in the said Gulf shall be paid to the Queen by the master or owner thereof, for the support of the said Light Houses and establishments, except coasters, which shall include vessels belonging to Canada, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, or New Brunswick, and fishing vessels, which shall include vessels belonging to the same or Newfoundland, and wholly employed in the said Gulf; which coasters and fishing vessels shall pay annually, when under thirty five tons, six shillings, from thirty five to fifty tons, twelve shillings and six pence, from fifty to seventy five tons, fifteen shillings, and for all over seventy five tons, seventeen shillings and six pence.

12. All such coasting and fishing vessels making a voyage beyond the said Gulf shall, upon arriving at any port therein, pay the duty of one penny per ton, besides the annual duty of a coasting or fishing vessel, and thereupon shall receive from the proper officer a new coasting receipt, which shall free the said vessel from further duty to the end of the year, unless she

make other voyages beyond the Gulf within the year, when the like tonnage duty shall be paid.

13. No vessel arriving from any port without the Gulf of Saint Lawrence shall be liable to pay the like tonnage duty more than once a year, notwithstanding, in order to complete the voyage, there may be occasion to visit several ports within the said Gulf, and no such vessel shall be liable to pay such duties more than four times in one year.

14. The master of any vessel subject to duty under this Chapter, entering any port in the said Gulf shall within twenty four hours after arrival, and before breaking bulk, report and pay the tonnage duty aforesaid, or forfeit the sum of five pounds.

15. Separate accounts of the duties collected under this Chapter shall be kept by the proper officer, and such duties shall be paid into the Province Treasury to pay the annua grant of two hundred and fifty pounds; the surplus (if any) shall be paid to the Commissioners of Lights for the said Gulf, to be by them applied in the erection and maintenance of Light Houses and improvement of the navigation of the said Gulf or any of its Harbours in this Province, as they shall deem advisable.

16. The said Commissioners shall annually on the first day of January render their accounts upon oath, with vouchers of the application of all such moneys, to the Governor.

1. The master of any vessel arriving at any port or place in this Province from any port of Europe with passengers shall, on reporting such vessel, pay to the proper officer of such port or place the sum of two shillings and six pence for each passenger.

2. Upon the refusal or neglect of the master to pay the said sum or sums, the proper officer shall prosecute for the same before any two Justices where such vessel may be, and on conviction any thing belonging to the said vessel may be seized by warrant directed to any constable, and sold therefor; and no such vessel shall be cleared out, or proceed to sea, until all sums of money be paid to the proper officer.

3. Any visiting Physician duly appointed shall forthwith on the arrival of any passenger vessel go on board thereof, examine her condition, inspect the passengers' list, bill of health, manifest, and log book, and if necessary make extracts therefrom; and if he shall find amongst them any person lunatic, idiotic, maimed, blind, aged, or infirm, not belonging to any emigrant family, and likely to become a permanent public charge, he shall forthwith report the same to the proper officer, who shall require the master, in addition to any head money, to execute the Bond (A) to the Queen, with two sureties to the satisfaction of the proper officer, which bond may be dispensed with or cancelled by the Governor in Council upon the payment of a reasonable sum within the penalty.

4. No action shall be brought upon such bond unless within three years from the execution thereof; and any sum recovered thereon shall be applied by the Governor in Council to the maintenance of such passenger hamed in the bond. After the execution of any such bond before any Deputy Treasurer he shall transmit the same forthwith to the Provincial Treasurer, who shall retain it for three years from the execution thereof, if not previously satisfied or put in suit.

5. The report of the Chief or Assistant Emigrant Officer as to the maintenance of any such reported passenger, shall be final and conclusive in the matter, and evidence of the facts therein stated.

6. The Treasurer and respective Deputy Treasurers shall keep a separate account of all sums received by them as head money upon emigrants from Europe, which shall be drawn by Warrant of the Governor, and applied for the relief of sick and destitute emigrants, and in forwarding them to their places of destination.

7. The orphan or deserted children of emigrants may be bound out to any fit person, males until the age of twenty one, and females until the age of eighteen years.

8. In such cases there shall be indentures of apprenticeship in two parts executed before a Justice, the master to be a party; they shall require the child to be taught to read, write, and cypher, and one part shall be filed with the Clerk of the Peace where the same is executed; but no such indenture shall be assigned without the consent of a Justice subscribed. The Overseers of the Poor shall be the guardians of such children, enforce the terms of the indentures, protect them against neglect and cruelty, and redress their wrongs.

9. The proper officer shall demand and recover the property of deceased emigrants, keeping a separate account thereof, and publishing it in the Royal Gazette.

10. The master of any vessel arriving from Europe shall previous to entry, deliver to the proper officer on oath a list signed by him of every passenger who embarked, died, or arrived in such vessel, with the names and probable ages of each deceased passenger, and an account signed as aforesaid, of the property of any such passenger, and shall immediately after entry, if required, deliver the same to the proper officer for safe keeping, under the penalty of fifty pounds for each offence, to be recovered in the name of the Treasurer or Deputy Treasurer.

11. Any passenger arriving in this Province, not receiving the provisions allowed by law, may recover compensation, not exceeding five pounds, from the master or owner, before a Justice upon sufficient evidence, to be levied by warrant of distress directed to any constable against the property belonging or attached to such vessel. Upon sufficient affidavit such Justice may cause the master to give security for payment of such compensation.

12. No vessel shall be cleared out or proceed to sea until all sums of money and penalties adjudged against the master under any Acts of the Imperial Parliament relating to Passengers, shall first have been paid.

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are jointly and severally bound unto the Queen in the sum of seventy five pounds to