Apr. X"!.] ABSTRACT OF ACTS Oi-' PAULl AJIKNT. 4S9 



time of his making a rejxirt, to the Collector of the Customs, 

 at the port in Great Britain where such ship shall arrive on 

 her return from the said fishery, for his inspection and exa- 

 mination ; and the said master, or other person having the 

 command of such ship, together with the mate thereof, shall 

 jointly and severally verify on oath the contents of such log- 

 book before such Collector. — 26th Geo. III. c. 41. § 10. 



In case any such ship shall fall in with any of his Majesty's 

 vessels of war, the master, or other person having the com- 

 mand of her, shall produce to the Captain, or other officer 

 commanding such vessel of war, the said log-book, and such 

 Captain or commanding officer shall make a memorandum in 

 such log-book, of the day in which it was so produced to him, 

 and shall subscribe his name thei'eto, and also make an 

 entry in the log-book of the said vessel of war, of the name 

 and description of such ship on board of which the log- 

 book so produced to and signed by him was kept ; and 

 in case such ship, on board of M^hich a log-book is so re- 

 quired to be kept, shall put into any foreign port, where 

 there is a British Consul, or other chief British officer, the 

 master, or other person having the command of such ship, 

 shall produce such log-book to such British Consul, or other 

 chief British officer, who shall make a memorandum therein, 

 of the day on which it was so produced to him, and shall in 

 like manner subscribe the same. — 26th Geo. III. c. 41. § 11. 

 Every ship owned by his Majesty's subjects residing in Ire- 

 land, and fitted out from any port in that kingdom, Avhich shall 

 have complied with the conditions of this act, to be verified by 

 certificates, in such manner, and under like rules, regula- 

 tions, and restrictions, as are recjuired by any law in force be- 

 fore the passing of this act *, to entitle ships or vessels fitted 

 out from Ireland to the bounties then existing for the encou- 



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" 1.5th Geo. III. c. 31. § 21. contains the regulations for visiting and licen- 

 sing, by the revenue-ofEcers in Ireland, vessels fitted out from thence for the 

 bounties then existing. The regulations are similar to those practised in Great 

 Britain, and the vessels are required to import their whale-fins, oil, and Mub- 

 ber, into some port of Great Britain^to be previously named. — Jidding^s Digest 

 of the Laws of the Custom*. 



