Honduras Trade with U.K. Deck, and being employed solely in fishing on the Banks and XIV. Provided also, and be it further enacted, That all Ships built in the British Settlements at Honduras, and owned and navigated as British Ships, shall be entitled to the Privileges of British registered Ships in all direct Trade between the United Kingdom and the said Settlements; provided the Master shall produce a Certificate under the Hand of the Superintendent of those Settlements, that satisfactory Proof has been made before him that such Ship (describing the same) was built in the said Time of Clear- Settlements, and is wholly owned by British Subjects: Provided ance indorsed on Certificate. Ship of Foreign Country to be of Built of, or Prize to such Country; or British built, and owned and navigated as herein mentioned. In what Cases only Master and Seamen deemed British. One proper Seaman to Twenty Tons sufficient. 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. XV. And be it further enacted, That no Ship shall be admitted to be a Ship of any particular Country, unless she be of the Built 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 always, 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. XVI. And be it further enacted, That 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 natural born Subjects of His Majesty, or Persons naturalized by any Act of Parliament, 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 always, 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 always, 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 Fo ers may be declared British Seamen. 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. XVII. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That it shall Exception. be lawful for His Majesty, by His Royal Proclamation during What ForeignWar, 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. XVIII. And be it further enacted, That no British registered Ship shall be suffered to depart any Port in the 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 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. British Ship not to depart British Port unless duly navigated, Proviso. Proviso where cannot be pro- XIX. And be it further enacted, That if any British registered Excess of Ship shall at any Time have, as Part of the Crew in any Part of Foreign Seathe World, any Foreign Seaman not allowed by Law, the Master men, Penalty; or Owners of such Ship shall for every such Foreign Seaman forfeit the Sum of Ten Pounds: Provided always, 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 any British Ship; or if such portion deProportion be destroyed during the Voyage by any unavoidable stroyed; and Circumstance, and the Master of such Ship shall produce a Cer- Certificate protificate of such Facts under the Hand of any British Consul, or of duced or Proof 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 the Customs of 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. made, Bad: 266 Proportion of Seamen may be altered by Proclamation. XX. And be it further enacted, That if His Majesty shall, at any Time by His Royal Proclamation, declare that the Proportion of British Seamen necessary to the due Navigation of British Ships 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. XXI. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That Goods of any Sort or the Produce of any Place, not otherwise prohibited than by the Law of Navigation hereinbefore containd, may be imported into the United Kingdom from any Place in a British Ship, and from any Place not being a British Possession in a Foreign Ship of any Country, 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 Duty. without Payment of Duty upon the First Entry thereof. Certain Goods prohibited may be imported for Exportation. XXII, And be it further enacted, That if any Goods be imported, Forfeiture and exported, exported or carried coastwise, contrary to the Law of Navigation hereinbefore contained, all such Goods shall be forfeited, and the Master of such Ship shall forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds. XXIII. And be it further enacted, That this Act may be altered, varied or repealed by any Act or Acts to be passed in this present Session of Parliament. ، 6 CA P. CX. An Act for the registering of British Vessels. [5th July 1825.] WHEREAS an Act was passed in the present Session of Parliament, intituled An Act to repeal the several Laws relating to the Customs, in which it is declared, that the Laws of the Customs have become intricate by reason of the great Number of Acts relating thereto which have been passed through a long Series of Years; and that it is therefore highly expedient for the Interest of Commerce and the Ends of Justice, and also for affording Convenience and Facility to all Persons who may be, subject to the Operation of those Laws, or who may be authorized to act in the Execution thereof, that all the Statutes now in force relating to the Customs should be repealed, and that the Purposes for which they have from time to time been made should be secured by new Enactments, exhibiting more perspicuously and compendiously the various Provisions contained in them: And Whereas by the said Act all the Laws relating to the registering of British Vessels will be repealed; and it is expedient to make Regulations for the registering of such Ships and Vessels, after such Repeal shall have effect;' Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty six, this Act shall come into and be and continue in full Force and Operation for the registering of British Vessels, except where any other Commencement is hereinafter particularly directed. 6 6 II. And be it further enacted, That no Ship or Vessel shall be entitled to any of the Privileges or Advantages of a British registered Ship, until the Person or Persons claiming Property therein shall have caused the same to be registered in Manner hereinafter mentioned, and shall have obtained a Certificate of such Registry from the Person or Persons authorized to make such Registry, and grant such Certificate as hereinafter directed; the Form of which Certificate shall be as follows: videlicet, THIS is to certify, That in pursuance of an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of King George the Fourth, 'intituled An Act [here insert the Title of this Act, the Names, Occupation and Residence of the subscribing Owners], having 'taken and subscribed the Oath required by this Act, and having sworn that [he or they] together with [Names, Occupations and Residence of non-subscribing Owners] [is or are] sole Owner • or < 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 Certificate or Certificate of • last Registry, then delivered up to be cancelled], 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 fore Part of the Main Stem to the after Part of the Stern Post aloft is [Number of Feet and Inches], her Breadth at the broadest Part [stating whether that be above or below the Main Wales] is [Number of Feet and Inches], her [Height between Decks, if more than One Deck, or Depth in the Hold, if only One Deck] is [Number of Feet and Inches], that she is how rigged] rigged with a [standing or running] Bowsprit, is [Description of Stern] sterned [Carvel or Clinker] built, has [whether any or no] Gallery, and [Kind of Head, if any] Head; and the said subscribing Owners having consented and agreed to the above Description, and having caused sufficient Security to be given, as is required by the said Act, the said Ship or Vessel called the [Name] has been duly registered at the Port of [Name of Port]. Certified under 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] Collector. And on the Back of such Certificate of Registry there shall be Shares to be an Account of the Parts or Shares held by each of the Owners indorsed. mentioned and described in such Certificate, in the Form and Manner following: tificates. III. And be it further enacted, That the Persons authorized What Persons and required to make such Registry and grant such Certificates authorized to make Registry shall be the Collector and Comptroller of His Majesty's Customs and grant Cerin any Port in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and in the Isle of Man respectively, in respect of Ships or Vessels to be there registered; and the principal Officers of His Majesty's Customs in the Island of Guernsey or Jersey, together with the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief of those Islands respectively, in respect of Ships or Vessels to be there registered; and the Collector and Comptroller of His Majesty's Customs of any Port in the Colonies, Plantations, Islands and Territories to His Majesty belonging in Asia, Africa and America, together with the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief of such Colonies, Plantations, Islands and Territories 3 E respect 6 GEO. IV. Proviso as to Vessels registered at Malta, Gibraltar or Heligoland. respectively, in respect of Ships or Vessels to be there registered; and the Collector of Duties at any Port in the Territories under the Government of the East India Company, and other Territories belonging to His Majesty within the Limits of the Charter of the said Company, payable to the said Company, or any other Person of the Rank in the said Company's Service of Senior Merchant, or of Six Years standing in the said Service, being respectively appointed to act in the Execution of this Act, by any of the Governments of the said Company in India, in any Ports in which there shall be no Collector and Comptroller of His Majesty's Customs in respect of Ships or Vessels to be there registered; and the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief of Malta, Gibraltar, Heligoland and Cape of Good Hope, respectively, in respect of Ships or Vessels to be there registered: Provided always, that no Ship or Vessel shall be registered at Malta, Gibraltar or Heligoland, except such as are wholly of the Built of those Places respectively, and such Ships or Vessels shall not be registered elsewhere; and that such Ships or Vessels so registered shall not be entitled to the Privileges and Advantages of British Ships in any Trade between the said United Kingdom and any of the Colonies, Plantations, Islands or Territories in America to His Certain Powers Majesty belonging: Provided also, that wherever in and by this Act it is directed or provided that any Act, Matter or Thing shall and may be done or performed by, to or with any Collector ers, by whom to and Comptroller of His Majesty's Customs, the same shall or may be done or performed by, to or with the principal Officers of Customs in the Islands of Guernsey or Jersey, together with the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief of those Islands respectively, and also by, to or with such Collector or other Person in India in the Service of the East India Company as aforesaid, and also by, to or with the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief of Malta, Gibraltar, Heligoland or Cape of Good Hope, and according as the same Act, Matter or Thing is to be done or performed at the said several and respective Places, and within the Jurisdiction of the said several Persons respectively: Provided also, that wherever in and by this Act it is directed or provided that any Act, Matter or Thing shall or may be done or performed by, to or with the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, the same shall or may be done or performed by and Governors, to or with the said Commissioners, or any Two or more of them, in England, Ireland or Scotland respectively, and also by, to or with the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief of any Place where any Ship or Vessel may be registered under the Authority of this Act, so far as such Act, Matter or Thing can be applicable to the registering of any Ship or Vessel at such Place. of Collectors and Controll be exercised in certain Cases herein mentioned. What Commissioners of Customs in England, Ireland and Scotland, &c. may act. Ships exercis ing Privileges before Registry, forfeited. IV. And be it further enacted, That in case any Ship or Vessel not being duly registered, and not having obtained such Certificate of Registry as aforesaid, shall exercise any of the Privileges of a British Ship, the same shall be subject to Forfeiture, and also all the Guns, Furniture, Ammunition, Tackle and Apparel to the same Ship or Vessel belonging, and shall and may be seized by any Officer or Officers of His Majesty's Customs: Provided always, that nothing in this Act shall extend or be construed to extend to affect the |