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obtained a special licence from or 

 on the part of government. That 

 it shall also be unlawful to export 

 M^ieat, salted or pickled meat, and 

 also cheese, to an}- port or ports si- 

 tuated on this side the Wezer, with- 

 out a special licence, as aforesaid, 

 to be obtained for each parcel sepa- 

 rately. — Art. XIV. That conse- 

 quently no passport sliall be drMvcr- 

 ed for the said articles, nor thL- ex- 

 portation of the .same be suiicrcd, 

 neither of rye, oats, beans, pease, 

 jjceled barley, grouts, pork, and 

 butter, to neutral ports, till after 

 due proof bo delivered at the ciis- 

 tom-housf's, that asulticient security 

 is given, to the satisfaction of the 

 commissary, to whose district the 

 place of tfie intended exportation 

 belongs, for the triple value, to be 

 forfeited, in case the contents of the 

 bond of security be not ac( oniplish- 

 ed within the time limited in the 

 same — Art. XV. That the vouch- 

 ers on which the bond of security 

 will be csncclled, shall contain plain 

 and pertinent evidence, delivered 

 from the olTices of customs or du- 

 ties or admiralties at the place of 

 delivery, or by the public or local 

 authorities, legalised by the consul 

 or commissary of the Batavian re- 

 public, if any there be at sncli 

 place, that the vessel and goods 

 mentioned in the bond of security 

 be actnaUy arrived there, and en- 

 tered according to the, customs of 

 the country: and that in no case 

 any declarations made by private 

 persons or merchants before any 

 board of nia.'];istracy, or judicature, 

 judge, public officer, or notary, or 

 before « homsoever such instruments 

 are usually passed, will be admit- 

 ted, if the said instruments do not 

 at tiic same time contain the aflfir- 

 matioa of the said (jualified board or 



person, in default of other proofs. 

 — Art. XVI. That no vessels what- 

 ever, either in ballast, or wholly or 

 partly laden, shall be at liberty to 

 depart from their harbours or open- 

 ings to the sea of this republic, 

 without a permit of the commissary 

 of the customs, to whose district 

 the place of the departure or expe- 

 dition belongs; which permit is to 

 be exhibited, and countcrsigm'd at 

 the outermost olTice of the customs, 

 together with the documents in the 

 84th and S5th articles of the gene- 

 ral placart on levying the customs 

 enacted by their high mightinesses 

 the .31st July, 17'i.5, but not de- 

 livered up. — Art. XVII. That no 

 nia.ster or passenger, or any of the 

 crew, shall be permitted to take 

 charge of, or carry along with them, 

 any letter or letters, parcels, or any 

 thing else, destined for any place or 

 port situated in (rreat Britain, 

 eitlier to deliver such, themselves, 

 at .such place or port, or to deliver 

 the same to fishing vessels or other 

 vessels, on pain of one year's impri- 

 sonment in one or other house of 

 correction in this republic, over and 

 above a penalty of one thousand 

 guilders, (o be forfeited by the mas- 

 ter, when such is committed by him, 

 or takes place with his knowledge; 

 for which the vessel shall be answer- 

 able and actionable ; the masters 

 and mates being also obliged to 

 make declaration on this point, 

 with the declaration prescribed by 

 the 97ih article of the general pla- 

 cart of 31st July, 1725.— Art. 

 XVIII. That particularly with al- 

 teration and amplification of the 

 64th article of the general placart 

 of the 3Lst July, 1725, it shall not 

 only be unlawful for any person to 

 ship or to land any goods on any of 

 the strands or other points of land, 



where 



