516 ACCOUNT OF ArFIDAVITS AND BONDS. [aPP. N° IV. 



cluring the intervals of each voyage to the fishery, as well as 

 during their servitude in the ships to which they belong ; and 

 the seamen of such ships are likewise protected from the 1st 

 of February each year, to the end oi" the next ensuing voy- 

 age. 



Officer's Bond. — The penalty of this bond is the sumof o(?250. 

 After llic recr.pilulation ol" section 17. of cict2GthGeo.III.c.41, 

 relating to the })rotection of officers of whale-fishing ships, the 

 nature of the obligation of this bond, in which the officers are 

 jointly and severally liable, is stated to be, that they shall re- 

 turn on board their ship "on or before the 10th of March 

 following, and shall proceed in the said ship to Greenland or 

 Davis' Straits, or either of them, on the said fishery ;'"' then 

 this obligation to be void, or else to remain in full force. 



(Signed, in the presence of the Collector and Comptrol- 

 ler, by each of the protected officers.) 



Seamciis Bond. Penalty L. 250. This bond is similar 

 to the former. Act £Cth Geo. III. § 17. being recited, the 

 conditions of the obhgation are stated to be, that if such nam- 

 ed men shall remain on board and be eni])loyed in the service 

 of the said ship, all and every of them, and shall proceed in the 

 said ship to Greenland or Davis' Straits on the said fishery, 

 then this obligation to be void, or else to remain in full force ". 



5. Master and Mate's Oath on the Shijis Bcttirn. — In 

 this affidavit, the act by which it is ordered (26th Geo. III. 

 c. 41. § '3.) is so closely followed that it needs no description. 



6. Affidavit of the Truth of the Log-hook. — This is ano- 

 ther oath administered to the master and mate. In the fonn 

 of it, section 10. of act 26th Geo. III. c. 41. is closely fol- 

 lowed. 



7. Affidavit of the Importer. — This oath is taken before 

 the cargo imported can be admitted to entry on the duties 

 chargeable on the jjroduce of British fishing, and expresses, 

 " that all the whale-fins, oil, and blubber, imported in the 



* It was, in some ports, a prevailing mistake, that the owners of the whale- 

 ships were the bondmen of the seamen ; whereas, hy the nature of the bond, it is 

 clear tiiat both officers and seamen are alone bound for themselves and for one 

 another. 



