144 NOTES ON TASMANIAN WHALING, 



thousand eight hundred and fifty five and up to and until 

 the thirty first day of August one thousand eight hundred 

 and fifty six if so long required) and each of the several 

 seamen hereby promises that he will diligently and faith- 

 fully do his duty by day and by night during the con- 

 tinuance of his term of service under this agreement and 

 obey the lawful commands of the said George Chase or 

 of the officer or officers from time to time appointed over 

 him and that he will take care of all matters and things 

 from time to time committed to his charge and assist in 

 carrying them as he may be required AND it is distinctly 

 agreed that in case any such seaman shall on any pretence 

 unlawfully desert from the service of the said G-eorge 

 Chase before the term of service hereby agreed for shall 

 be fully ended he shall forfeit the whole of the said Lay 

 or Share or proportion of Oil and Whale bone and all right 

 to remuneration of any kind under this agreement or 

 otherwise AND it is agreed that absence from the vessel 

 or boats to which any such seaman shall for the time be 

 attached for more than twelve hours without lawful excuse 

 shall be deemed a total desertion and shall render the 

 person so absent liable to such forfeiture AND it is agreed 

 that at the close of the said term of service and as soon 

 as the quantity of Oil and whale bone procured by the 

 said George Chase's whaling vessel to which such seaman 

 shall belong shall have been ascertairied and shall be ready 

 for exportation (whether landed at its final port of ex- 

 portation or not) the said George Chase shall pay to the 

 said seaman for the said Lays or Shares of and in such Oil 

 and whalebone at the rate of Fourteen Pounds for every 

 mai-ketable tun of Black Oil Forty Pounds for every tun 

 of Sperm Oil and Forty Pounds for every ton of clean and 

 marketable whalebone and the said seamen agree to accept 

 the same in payment of such Lays or Shares and in lieu 

 of all wages or other compensation IT BEING UNDER- 

 STOOD NEVERTHELESS that out of such Lays or 

 Shares the said George Chase may deduct all advances 

 previously made to the partiesi in money clothing stops or 

 tobacco PROVIDED that in every case the seamen shall 

 be bound (if required so to do) to assist in the actual ship- 

 ment of all such Oil and whalebone or in conveying the 

 same to Hobart Town Launceston (as the case may be) 

 for such shipment and the service under this agreement 

 shall not be deemed completed until such shipment or 

 conveyance (if so required) shall have been effected 

 LASTLY the said George Chase agrees to provide for and 

 supply to each seaman weekly during the said term of 



