502 ABSTHACT OF ACTS OF PAELIAMUNT, [aPP. n" I. 



by oath of the master, and provided a log-book be kept in 

 the usual way.— 32d Geo. III. c. 22. § 4. 



Before any blubber, train-oil, or spermaceti-oil, or liead 

 matter, or whale-fins, imported into Great Britain, being 

 the produce of fish or creatures hving in the sea, taken by 

 the crew of a British built vessel, wholly owned by his Ma- 

 jesty's subjects, usually residing in Great Britain or Ireland, 

 Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, registered and nas 

 vigated according to law, shall be admitted to entry, on paying 

 the duties imposed by this act, on such blabber, train-oil, Sse. 

 imported in such ship ; the shipmaster, or other person having 

 the command, shall make oath before the chief officer of the 

 Customs at the port into which the same shall be imported, 

 that the same was bona Jide the produce of fish, &c. actually 

 caught by the crew of any such vessel : and the importer, 

 proprietor, or consignee of such blubber, &c. shall also make 

 oath before such officer, at the time of the entry, that, to the 

 best of his knowledge and belief, the articles so imported were 

 bond Jide the produce of fish, &c. actually taken by the crew 

 of a British built vessel, wholly owned by his Majesty's sub- 

 jects, usually residing in Great Britain, Ireland, he. register- 

 ed and navigated according to law ; on failure whereof, such 

 articles shall be deemed and taken to be foreign fishing, and 

 charged with the duties imposed on such articles of foreign 

 fisliing.— 49th Geo. III. c. 98. § 37. 



If any person or persons shall grant any false certificate for 

 any of the purposes required or directed by this act, such per- 

 son or persons shall forfeit the sum of L.500; and if any per- 

 son or persons shall counterfeit, erase, alter, or falsify any cer- 

 tificate required or directed by this act, or shall knowingly 

 make use of any false certificate, or of any certificate so coun- 

 terfeited, erased, altered, or falsified, such person or persons 

 shall, for every such offence, forfeit the sum of L. 500, and 

 every such certificate shall be invalid, and of no effect.— 26thi 

 Geo. III. c. 41. § 16. 



