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rives, and there make a Report upon Oath in Writing to the Collector 

 or Comptroller, or other proper Officer, of the Arrival and Voyage 

 of such Ship, stating her Name, Country and Tonnage, and if British 

 the Port of Registry, the Name and Country of the Master, the Coun- 

 try of the Owners, the Number of the Crew, and how many are of 

 the Country of such Ship, and whether she be laden or in Ballast, 

 and if laden, the Marks, Numbers and Contents of every Package and 

 Parcel of Goods on board, and where the same was laden, and where 

 and to whom consigned, and where any and what Goods, if any, had 

 been unladen during the Voyage, as far as any of such Particulars 

 can be known to him; and the Master shall further answer upon 

 Oath all such Questions concerning the Ship, and the Cargo and the 

 Crew and the Voyage, as shall be demanded of him by such Officer; 

 and if any Goods be unladen from any Ship before such Report be 

 made, or if the Master fail to make such Report, or make an untrue 

 Report, or do not truly answer the Questions demanded of him, he 

 shall forfeit the Sum of One Hundred Pounds; and if any Goods be 

 not reported, such Goods shall be forfeited. 



XVI. And be it further enacted, That the Master of every Ship 

 bound from any British Possession in America, or the Island of 

 Mauritius, or the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney or Sark, 

 shall, before any Goods be laden therein, deliver to the Collector or 

 Comptroller, or other proper Officer, an Entry outwards under his 

 Hand of the Destination of such Ship, stating her Name, Country 

 and Tonnage, and if British the Port of Registry, the Name and 

 Country of the Master, the Country of the Owners, the Number of 

 the Crew, and how many are of the Country of such Ship; and if 

 any Goods be laden on board any Ship before such Entry be made, 

 the Master of such Ship shall forfeit the Sum of Fifty Pounds; and 

 before such Ship depart, the Master shall bring and deliver to the 

 Collector or Comptroller, or other proper Officer, a Content in Writ- 

 ing under his Hand of the Goods laden, and the Names of the re- 

 spective Shippers and Consignees of the Goods, with the Marks and 

 Numbers of the Packages or Parcels of the same, and shall make 

 Oath to the Truth of such Content as far as any of such Particulars 

 can be known to him ; and the Master of every Ship bound from any 

 British Possession in America, or from the Island of Mauritius, or 

 from the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney or Sark, (whether in 

 Ballast or laden,) shall before Departure come before the Collector 

 or Comptroller or other proper Officer, and answer upon Oath all 

 such Questions concerning the Ship and the Cargo, if any, and the 

 Crew and the Voyage, as shall be demanded of him by such Officer; 

 and thereupon the Collector and Comptroller or other proper Officer, 

 if such Ship be laden, shall make out and give to the Master a C^rtifi- 

 cate of the Clearance of such Ship for her intended Voyage, contain- 

 ing an Account of the total Quantities of the several Sorts of Goods 

 laden therein, or a Certificate of her Clearance in Ballast, as the Case 

 may be: and if the Ship shall depart without such Clearance, or if 

 the Master shall deliver a false Content, or shall not truly answer the 

 Questions demanded of him, he shall forfeit the Sum of One hundred 

 Pounds. 



XVII. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That whenever 

 any Ship shall be cleared out from any Port in Newfoundland or in 

 any other Part of His Majesty's Dominions, for the Fisheries on the 



