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tinned, the lleceiver General may apply the provisions of section 18 

 of this Act, so far as it may be done, to such goods. 



20. All goods imported into this Colony, whether dutiable or not, 

 shall be brought in at a port of entry where a Custom House is 

 lawfully established. 



21. In the case of every vessel bound for any seaport or place in 

 this Colony from any port out of this Colony, the collector or proper 

 officer of such port may cause such vessel to be boarded by an officer 

 of Customs detailed by him for such service at any place within 

 three marine miles of the anchorage ground, and such officer may 

 demand from the master or purser of such vessel a correct copy of the 

 report inwards intended by such master or purser to be presented at 

 the Custom House on arrival ; and such boarding officer may remain 

 on board the vessel until she anchors, and the copy of the report so 

 received by him shall be deposited by him at the Custom House as 

 the vessel's report inwards for comparison with that to be presented 

 by the master or purser in person. 



22. The master of every vessel coming from any port or place out 

 of this Colony, or coastwise, and entering any port in this Colony, 

 whether laden or in ballast, shall go without delay, when such vessel 

 is anchored or moored, to the Custom House for the port or place of 

 entry where he arrives, and there make a report in writing to the 

 Collector or other proper officer, of the arrival and voyage of such 

 vessel, stating her name, country and tonnage, the port of registry, 

 the name of the master, the country of the owners, the number and 

 names of the passengers, if any, the number of the crew, and whether 

 the vessel is laden or in ballast, and if laden, the marks and numbers 

 of every package and parcel of goods on board, and of the sorts of 



goods and the different kinds of each sort contained therein, 

 738 and where the same was laden, and the particulars of any 



goods stowed loose, and where and to whom consigned, and 

 where any, and what goods, if any, have been laden or unladen, or 

 bulk has been broken during the voyage, what part of the cargo and 

 the number and names of the passengers which are intended to be 

 landed at that port, and what and whom at any other port in this 

 Colony, and what part of the cargo, if any, is intended to be exported 

 in the same vessel, and what surplus stores remain on board, as far 

 as any of such particulars are or can be known to him. 



23. The master shall, at the time of making his report, if required 

 by the officer of Customs, produce to him the certificate of registry 

 of his vessel, the bills of lading of the cargo, or true copies thereof, 

 and shall make and subscribe an affidavit referring to his report and 

 declaring that all the statements made in the report are true; and 

 shall further answer all such questions concerning the vessel and 

 cargo, and the crew, and the voyage, as are demanded of him by such 

 officer, and shall, if required, make the substance of any such answer 

 part of his report. 



24. If any goods are unladen from any vessel before such report is 

 made, or if the master fails to make such report, or makes an untrue 

 report, or does not truly answer the questions demanded of him, as 

 provided in the next preceding section, he shall incur a penalty of 

 four hundred dollars, and the vessel may be detained until such 

 penalty is paid; and unless payment is made within thirty days, such 

 vessel may, after the expiration of such delay, be sold to pay such 



