258 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



exports from all the ports correspond with the number of lobsters for 

 which duty has been paid. It is of course understood that the above- 

 mentioned reports and declarations must give the name of the vessel 

 and itfs captain, as well as the number and date of the custom-house 

 passport, and state by which custom-house thelatter has been issued. 



"5. If the captains of lobster-vessels find occasion to take a larger num- 

 ber of lobsters than is mentioned in their papers, either in the same port 

 or other ports, this may be done without any hiuderance by the custom- 

 house officers, and in this case everything regarding the insertion in the 

 papers and the reports and declarations that are to be given is to be 

 done exactly as mentioned in No. 4. This is done, however, under the 

 condition that the shipper immediately pays the export-dues for the 

 extra number of lobsters taken, and that the custom-house officer in 

 the above-mentioned reports and declarations certifies that the vessel 

 has exported this extra number. In so far, however, as an arriving lob- 

 ster-vessel brings goods which have to pay duty, the regulations men- 

 tioned in Nos. 1 and 2, without regard to the quality and quantity of the 

 goods, cannot be applied to the vessel, but it must first get the required 

 permit to pass in, and therefore go up to the custom-house, and there 

 undergo the same treatment as other arriving vessels, whereupon it 

 may proceed to the place of lading. If it is found that exporters, 

 sorters, or shippers do not observe the conditions under which the above- 

 mentioned privileges have been given, these shall be revoked, according 

 to circumstances, either for a vessel, for a port, or for a certain part of 

 the coast. The custom-house officers shall see to it, as far as circum- 

 stances and the above-mentioned regulations allow, that no abuses creep 

 in, and that if there should be any, they are immediately made known 

 to the respective authorities. 



"With regard to the ship-dues of such vessels as take in cargoes of 

 lobsters outside the custom-houses, in conformity with the privileges 

 granted to them, it has been found convenient, in order to have a uni- 

 form mode of proceeding, to calculate their dues in future always as 

 of vessels whose cargo exceeds one-fourth of the carrying capacity." 



