512 MAXXER OF ADMEASURIXG WHALE-SHIPS. [aPP. N* IV. 



No. IV. 



MAXXER OF ADMEASURIXG WHALE-SHIPS, AXD MUSTERING 

 THEIR CREWS, WITH SOME ACCOUXT OF THE AFFIDAVITS, 

 CERTIFICATES, &C. REQUIRED BY LAW. 



[Referred to p. 199-] 

 An Ahfitraci of the Directions approved and transmitted by 

 the Coinrn'issioners of Customs, for regulating- the j^rocced- 

 ivg-s of Surveying Officers, admeasicring- and examining 

 into the State of Ships intended for the Northern Whale- 

 Flshcries. 



Rules for Admeasurement, &c. 



1. The ship being aground, dry, and upright, her length 

 is taken, from the aft side of the main stern-post, (and not 

 from any false piece attached to it,) " on a straight line along 

 tlie rabbit of the keel, to the fore part of the main-stem, by a 

 line immediately under the bowsprit, and squared to the line 

 of the rabbit of the keel." This is " the length taken." 



2. " The breadth is to be taken in the bi'oadest part, out- 

 side and outside, immediately above or below the main-wales, 

 deducting doubling, sheathing, or any extraordinary thick 

 stuff* worked thereon." This is " the extreme breadth." 



3. From " the length taken" deduct three-fifths of the 

 breadth, and the remainder is esteemed " the length of the 

 keel for tonnage." 



4. Multiply " the length of the keel for tonnage," by " the 

 extreme breadth," and the product by half the extreme 

 breadth, and divide the whole by 94, gives the tonnage. 

 (This article is followed by some hints for j)erforming the ad- 

 measurements with accuracy.) 



5. To ascertain the identity of the crew on the return of 

 the ships, the nmstering officers are directed, on mustering out- 

 wards, to take down the names of the mariners, the age, 

 where born and resident, stature and description of eai'h ac- 

 cording to a printed form ; and if, on the return, the descrip- 



