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and with such quantities of herrings as shall be fixed by 

 the Dutch Commissioners, 



" (6.) A jager commodore is appointed to regulate 

 the proceedings of the jagers ; and he may order them 

 to proceed with such quantities and qualities as he may 

 see fit. 



" (7.) No herrings are to be delivered to the jagers 

 without exchanging signed jager-lists, with the date of 

 delivery, stating the quantity and quality, and whether 

 packed or unpacked ; and the unpacked can only be 

 given to the two first jagers, and to those going to 

 Hamburg. 



" (8.) No herrings to be considered as packed unless 

 the barrels have lain a night in the hold, and the day 

 after (or later) repacked. Besides their wonted mark on 

 the side of the barrel, there must also be the first letters 

 of the master's Christian and surname, and these under a 

 V for full, and an M for matjes, before being delivered 

 to the jagers. 



" (9.) Those captains of busses who have not delivered 

 herrings to the jagers must, on their return, if required, 

 prove that it was not in their power to do so, or they may 

 be fined. 



" (10.) Each master of the busses must deliver the 

 herrings he has on board to the homeward-bound jager if 

 required, which must take the herrings offered by the 

 master of each buss indiscriminately. 



" (11.) The masters of the jagers must take note of the 

 busses they meet, and of those that do not deliver her- 

 rings, and give or send a list of them to the Commis- 

 sioners on their return. 



" (12.) Any contravention of these rules renders the 

 masters liable to be dismissed without wages, and not to 



