54. 3 & 4 W. 4. c. tendent of those settlements, that satisfactory proof has been made before him that such ship (describing the same) was built in the said settlements, and is wholly owned by British subjects; provided also, that the time of the clearance of such ship from the said settlements for every voyage shall be endorsed upon such certificate by such superintendent. Of what deemed, § 15. No ship shall be admitted to be a ship of any particular country, country ships unless she be of the build of such country; or have been made prize of war to such country; or have been forfeited to such country under any law of the same, made for the prevention of the slave trade, and condemned as such prize or forfeiture by a competent court of such country; or be British-built, (not having been a prize of war from British subjects to any other foreign country); nor unless she be navigated by a master who is a subject of such foreign country, and by a crew of whom three-fourths at least are subjects of such country; nor unless she be wholly owned by subjects of such country usually residing therein, or under the dominion thereof: Provided that the country of every ship shall be deemed to include all places which are under the same dominion as the place to which such ship belongs. Who quali fied for British master No person shall be qualified to be a master of a British ship, or to be a British seaman within the meaning of this act, except the naturaland seamen, born subjects of His Majesty, or persons naturalised by any act of § 16. Natives of Proportion of seamen to tonnage. Foreigners, $17. British ship unless duly navigated, par liament, or made denizens by letters of denization; or except persons who have become British subjects by virtue of conquest or cession of some newly acquired country, and who shall have taken the oath of allegiance to His Majesty, or the oath of fidelity required by the treaty or capitulation by which such newly acquired country came into His Majesty's possessions; or persons who shall have served on board any of His Majesty's ships of war in time of war for the space of three years: Provided that the natives of places within the limits of the East India company's charter, although under British dominion, shall not, upon the ground of being such natives, be deemed to be British seamen : Provided that every ship, (except ships required to be wholly navigated by British seamen,) which shall be navigated by one British seaman, if a British ship, or one seaman of the country of such ship, if a foreign ship, 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: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall extend to repeal or alter the provisions of 4 Geo. 4, c. 80, for consolidating and amending the laws then in force with respect to trade from and to places within the limits of the East India Company's charter. It shall be lawful for His Majesty, by his royal proclamation during war, to declare that foreigners, having served two years on board any of His Majesty's ships of war in time of such war, shall be British seamen within the meaning of this act. No British registered ship shall be suffered to depart any port in the not to depart United Kingdom, or any British possession in any part of the world (whether with a cargo or in ballast), unless duly navigated: Provided always, that any British ships, trading between places in America, may be navigated by British negroes; and that ships trading eastward of the $18. Cape of Good Hope within the limits of the East India Company's charter, may be navigated by Lascars, or other natives of countries within those limits. any 3 & 4 W. 4. c. 54. Lascars and negroes. foreign sea If any British registered ship shall at any time have, as part of the Excess of crew in any part of the world, any foreign seaman not allowed by law, men, § 19. the master or owners of such ship shall for every such foreign seaman forfeit 101. Provided, that if a due proportion of 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 British ship; or if such proportion be destroyed during the voyage by any unavoidable circumstance, and the master of such ship produce a certificate of such facts under the hand of any British consul, or of two known British merchants, if there be no consul at the place where such facts can be ascertained, or from the British governor of any place within the limits of the East India Company's charter; or, in the want of such certificate, shall make proof of the truth of such facts to the satisfaction of the collector and controller of customs of any British port, or of any person authorised in any other part of the world to inquire into the navigation of such ship, the same shall be deemed to be duly navigated. tion of sea If His Majesty shall, at any time by his royal proclamation, declare How proporthat the proportion of British seamen necessary to the due navigation men may be of British ships shall be less than the proportion required by this act, altered, § 20. 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. pro Goods of any sort or the produce of any place, not otherwise pro- God by hibited than by the law of navigation herein-before contained, may be navigation imported into the United Kingdom from any place in a British ship, and law, 21. from any place not being a British possession in a foreign ship of any Warehouscountry, and however navigated, to be warehoused for exportation only, under the provisions of any law in force for the time being, made for the warehousing of goods without payment of duty upon the first entry thereof. ing. trary to navi If any goods be imported, exported, or carried coastwise, contrary to Goods conthe law of navigation, all such goods shall be forfeited, and the master gation law, of such ship shall forfeit 1007. § 22. forfeitures, All penalties and forfeitures incurred under this act shall be sued Recovery of for, prosecuted, recovered, and disposed of, or shall be mitigated or $23. restored, in like manner 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 present session of parliament for the prevention of smuggling. An ACCOUNT of the NUMBER and TONNAGE of BRITISH VESSELS Built and Registered, and belonging to the British Empire. The Number and Tonnage of Vessels, British and Foreign, that Entered Inwards and Cleared Outwards, at the several Ports of the United Kingdom, from and to all Parts of the World, but excluding the Trade between Great Britain and Ireland; also the Number and Tonnage of Vessels, that Entered Inwards and Cleared Outwards, at the several Ports of Great Britain, from and to the several Ports in Ireland. And the Number of Ships which passed the Sound, distinguishing British from Foreign, during each Year, from 1829 to 1831, both inclusive. Ships. Tons. 1829 13,659 2,184,525 5,218 710,303 12,636 2,063,179 5,094 730,250 8,922 906,158 8,933,633 4,791 8,685 13,476 1830 13,548 2,180,042 5,359 758,828 12,747 2,102,147 5,158 758,368 8,455 880,965 9,121,619 4,274 8,938 13,212 1831 14,488 2,367,322 6,085 874,605 13,791 2,300,731 5,927 896,051 9,029 921,128 9,176,758 4,772 8,174 12,946 *There were employed, during 1832, in the trade of the United Kingdom, inwards, British Ships, 13,372; tonnage, 2,185,980; men, 122,594: Foreign, 4,546 ships, 639,979 tons, 35,399 men: outward, British, 13,292 ships, 2,229,267 tons, 128,293 men: Foreign, 4,391 ships, 651,323 tons, 34,834 men.-ED. Porter's Official Tables. RETURN of the Official Value of British and Irish Produce and Manufactures, and of Foreign and Colonial Produce and Manufactures, exported from Great Britain, together with the Imports into Great Britain, for the Year ending 5th January, 1833:ABSTRACT:-YEAR ENDED 5TH JANUARY, 1833. Total official value of imports into the United Kingdom . 44,586,241 15 UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. IMPORTS. 52. Report and entry, § 2. landing; and No goods shall be unladen from any ship arriving from parts beyond 3&4 W. 4. c. the seas at any place in the United Kingdom or in the Isle of Man, nor shall bulk be broken after the arrival of such ship within four leagues of the coasts thereof respectively, before due report of such ship and due entry of such goods shall have been made, and warrant granted, in manner herein-after directed; and no goods shall be so Times and unladen except at such times and places, and in such manner, and by places of such persons, and under the care of such officers, as is and are herein- care of offiafter directed; and all goods not duly reported, or which shall be cers. unladen contrary hereto, shall be forfeited; and if bulk be broken Goods not contrary hereto, the master of such ship shall forfeit 1007.; and if, reported or after the arrival of any ship within four leagues of the coast of the United Kingdom or of the Isle of Man, any alteration be made in the stowage of the cargo of such ship, so as to facilitate the unlading of Bulk illeany part of such cargo, or if any part be staved, destroyed, or thrown gally broken. overboard, or any package be opened, such ship shall be deemed to have broken bulk: provided that the several articles herein-after Exceptions. enumerated may be landed in the United Kingdom without report, entry, or warrant; (that is to say,) diamonds and bullion, fresh fish of British taking, and imported in British ships, turbots and lobsters fresh, however taken or imported. entered. British ships, § 3. No goods shall be imported into the United Kingdom or into the Manifests of Isle of Man from parts beyond the seas in any British ship, nor any and all ships tobacco in any ship, unless the master shall have on board a manifest with tobacco, of such goods or of such tobacco, made out and dated and signed by him at the place or respective places where the same or the different parts of the same was or were taken on board, and authenticated in the manner herein-after provided; and every such manifest shall set Particulars. forth the name and the tonnage of the ship, the name of the master and of the place to which the ship belongs, and of the place or places where the goods were taken on board respectively, and of the place or places for which they are destined respectively, and shall contain a particular account and description of all the packages on board, with the marks and numbers thereon, and the sorts of goods and different kinds of each sort contained therein, to the best of the master's knowledge, and of the particulars of such goods as are stowed loose, and the names of the respective shippers and consignees, as far as the same can be known to the master; and to such particular account shall be subjoined a general account or recapitulation of the total number of the packages of each sort, describing the same by their usual names, or by such descriptions as the same can best be known by, and the different goods therein, and also the total quantities of the different goods stowed loose: provided that every manifest for tobacco shall be a separate manifest, distinct from any manifest for any other goods, and shall, without fail, contain the particular weight of tobacco in each hogshead, cask, chest, or case, with the tare of the same; and if such tobacco 52. 3&4 W. 4. c. be the produce of the dominions of the Grand Signior, then the number of the parcels or bundles within any such hogshead, cask, chest, or case shall be stated in such manifest. Manifest to be produced out, § 4. Before any ship shall be cleared out or depart from any place in any to officers be- of the British possessions abroad, or from any place in China, with any fore clearing goods for the United Kingdom or for the Isle of Man, the master of such ship shall produce the manifest to the collector or controller of the customs, or other proper officer, who shall certify upon the same the date of the production thereof to him: provided always, that in all places within the territorial possessions of the East India Company the servant of the said company by whom the last dispatches of such ship shall be delivered shall be the proper officer to authenticate the manifest as aforesaid; and in all places in China the chief supercargo of the said company shall be the officer for such purpose. proper Before the departure of any ship from any place beyond the seas, reign places, not under the British dominions, where any tobacco has been taken on board such ship for the United Kingdom or for the Isle of Man, the master of such ship shall produce the manifest of such tobacco to the British consul or other chief British officer, if there be any such resident at or near such place; and such consul or other officer shall certify upon the same the date of the production thereof to him. Tobacco manifest at fo § 5. Manifest If any goods be imported into the United Kingdom or into the Isle wanting, § 6. of Man, in any British ship, or any tobacco in any ship, without such manifest, or if any goods contained in such manifest be not on board, the master of such ship shall forfeit 1007. When manifest to be produced, § 7. Copies. REPORT, § 8. The master of every ship required to have a manifest on board shall produce such manifest to any officer of customs who shall come on board his ship after her arrival within four leagues of the coast of the United Kingdom or of the coast of the Isle of Man, and who shall demand the same, for his inspection; and such master shall also deliver to any such officer who shall be the first to demand it, a true copy of such manifest signed by the master; and shall also deliver another copy to any other officer of customs who shall be the first to demand the same within the limits of the port to which such ship is bound; and thereupon such officers respectively shall notify on such manifest and on such copies the date of the production of such manifest and of the receipt of such copies, and shall transmit such copies to the collector and controller of the port to which such vessel is first bound, and shall return such manifest to the master; and if such master shall not in any case produce such manifest, or deliver such copy, he shall forfeit 1001. The master of every ship arriving from parts beyond the seas at any port in the United Kingdom or in the Isle of Man, whether laden or in ballast, shall, within twenty-four hours after such arrival, and before bulk be broken, make due report of such ship, and shall make and subscribe a declaration to the truth of the same, before the collector or controller of such port; and such report shall contain an account of the particular marks, numbers, and contents of all the different packages or parcels of the goods on board such ship, and the particulars of such goods as are stowed loose, to the best of his knowledge, and of the place or places where such goods were respectively taken on board, and of the burthen of such ship, and of the country where such |