STATE PAPERS. 



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■which shall be sealed up in presence 

 of the masters, and by them also, if 

 they should think proper, and im- 

 mediately sent up to the commissary 

 for the affairs of the customs in the 

 departments to which the place of 

 the destination is subject. That the 

 master and mate shall be obliged to 

 take the following oath or affirma- 

 tion, before the officers at the. outer 

 or first office of customs, upon the 

 delirery of the papers : " We the 

 " underwritten master and mate do- 

 " clare to have come with the vessel 

 " under our commmand from 

 *' and to be bound to , 



*' and that wc have no other vou- 

 " chcrs or acts on board concerning 

 *' the cargo, but those which aro 

 *' delivered by us, on this day, to 

 '' the officers at the outer or first 

 " oflice of customs, nor any letters 

 " received by ns in any port or 

 " ports of Great Britain, or at sea 

 from any ship or vessel; but 

 " that, forasmuch as any such have 

 *' been received on board by us, 

 " the same are delivered up faith- 

 " fully and without exception. So 

 "truly help me God' Almighty !" 

 (Or the usual form for those, who, 

 on account of their persuasion or 

 religious opinions, make difficulty 

 of taking the oath.) Which decla- 

 ration, signed by the master and 

 mate, is to be sent up, together 

 with the papers ; and they shall be 

 also duly obliged to specify such 

 places where they may have put 

 into after their departure from their 

 port of loading, and also such goods 

 as they may have shipped in such 

 place or places, which shall be in- 

 serted in the said declaration. That 

 no goods shall bedeliveredoutof the 

 ships or vessels, nor the unloading 

 of the same be permitted or suf- 

 fered by tlu; ofliccrs of this republic, 



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till after the consent shall be obtain- 

 ed of the commissary for the affairs 

 of the customs, to whom the ship's 

 documents shall be transmitted, but 

 the vessels be obliged to wait for 

 the said consent, taking a birth un- 

 der the control of the first office of 

 the customs, unless the masters, 

 from a desire of prosecuting their 

 voyage, siiould choose to receive a 

 person as guard on board, and pro- 

 ceed with the same to their place of 

 destination, in which case they will 

 be obliged to find him in victuals 

 and drink with the ship's company, 

 and pay, over and above, ten stivers 

 for each and every day he may re- 

 main on board. Those, however, 

 Avishing to profit of this privilege, 

 must declare themselves on making 

 their first report, and notify at the 

 same time, to the clearing officer, 

 the custom-house to which they 

 mean to apply for the said permis- 

 sion. It remaining, however, always 

 optional with the officers of the cus- 

 toms, in case of suspicion, to put 

 one or more guards on board, with- 

 out being asked for. — Art. VIII. 

 That no British manufactured goods 

 shall be imported into the Batavian 

 reptiblic, either by water or hy 

 land, under the penalty of all such 

 British manufactures, when over- 

 taken and seized, being confiscated. 

 That, besides all such persons who 

 liave been accessary, either directly 

 or indirectly, to the said importa- 

 tion, or to whose consignments such 

 goods have been laden an<l transport- 

 ed with their knowledge, over and 

 above the confiscation of the goods, 

 shall forfeit a penalty of one thou- 

 sand guilders; from which only 

 such persons will be exempted, who, 

 within 24 hours from the time they 

 have been informed of the expedi- 

 tloo being made, shall declare such 



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