240 ANNUAL REGISTERj 1794. 



Edict isiiied ly thtking of Denmark ' 

 Jor the mabitenuncc of the trade of ' 

 Denmark and Norway during the- 

 war. 



TX/^E, Christian the seventh, by 

 » * the grnce of God, kirg of 

 Denmark and Norway, he. Sec. 

 make known by these presents, 

 That as we> for the safety and secu^^' 

 rity of our subjects, have .nade 

 known and published by our former 

 orders and pmclamiitions of the 

 22d and25hof February, 1703, 

 as soon as the war broke out be 

 tween the Belligerent naval power? 

 that all the vessels or ships -of our 

 subjects, sailing from any harbour 

 in our dominions, and bound to the 

 north or western seas, should be 

 provided with such sea passes arid 

 ships documents a- by the treaties 

 had been stipulatedbetween us and 

 the Belligerent powers : having 

 also, in our saiJ orders and public ' 

 proclamations, stated in what man- 

 ner persons should be qualified lo 

 obtain such papers and documents, 

 we do farther order and demand, 

 on purpose to prevent all deviation 

 which might or could in time hap- 

 pen contrary to our pleasure, as not 

 being mentioned in the stipulated 

 treaties between Belligerent powers 

 and us. as folio ;vs, viz. 



1. We order and rommaiid all 

 our comptrollers and officers in our 

 several custom-houses at our sea- 

 ports, that ihey shall not permit or 

 allow any vessel or ship, belonging 

 to any of our subjects, to clear out 

 for any foreign sea-port, without 

 being duly provided with the afore- 

 said pasties and documents, that our 

 orders and commands concerning 

 this matter may be. more strictly 

 observed and followed. 



2. Should any vessel, bound to a 

 ntAHi^l harbour, take in such goods 



or mefChflndize as, if they were 

 consigned to any harbour of the 

 Belligerent powers, would be cftn- 

 tniband, and as such stipulated in 

 the treaties between thhse powers 

 and us*, also ment oned in our 

 former orders and proclamations 

 of22d and 25th Febi-iary, 1793, 

 wc do farther order and deman'd, 

 that, besides the oath which the 

 master and f eighter of the ships 

 were ordered to make on such 

 occasion before the appointed ma- 

 gistrates as before- mentroned, the 

 pi^Tson who ships such goods, 

 with the master of each of such 

 vessels, shall be bound to make 

 n special declaration conformable 

 ro the invoice and bills of lading 

 (besides his actual entry and 

 clearance at the custom-house), 

 which shall contain the difterent 

 .specificalions of the gobds, to- 

 gether with their quantity and va- 

 lue ; and this declaration is to be 

 signed by the person who sh'ps the 

 cargo, by the captain, and affi.^med .,. 

 by the comptroller of the customs *" 

 where' the vesselenters- and clears' ■* 

 out, who is diiectly to forward the ' 

 same to our comixiissioner of the . 

 customs, that the con.signment of 

 such goods may be authentically 

 proved, if not lost by sea, or seized ' 

 on lier arrival al her' destined *^ 

 port. 



7'liis alteration must be made in 

 the following manner: — A person 

 whoshipssuch goods shaii be bound ^ 

 to get a certificate from the consul 

 or vice-consul, or in car.e of there 

 not being any there, from a magis- 

 trate, or any other authorized per- 

 son at such place, that the vessel ar- 

 rived there and delivered her cargf> 

 agreeable to his former declaration; 

 and ^Aich certificate is either to be 

 sent from thence, directly to the 

 commissioner of the customs, or as 



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