ORIENTAL COMMERCE. [New South Wales, 



for all expences incurred thereby, and be liable to prosecution for the mis- 

 demeanour, as well as to proceedings at law for breach of bond. Masters 

 must keep a watch day and night on board their ships; if of under 100 tons, 

 two men ; if of 100 tons and upwards, four men : they are also responsible 

 for the proper conduct of their crews whilst in the port. The master or 

 inferior oHicer of a vessel, who engages any seaman belonging to another 

 ship in the harbour, who is not duly discharged, is liable to a fine of I ''15. 



Seamen absconding may be apprehended, and confined in gaol: all 

 gaol fees and expences to be paid by the master of the ship. Seamen, or 

 other persons, purchasing Government stores, liable to be punished with 

 rigour. Seamen, or other persons, found in the Colony after the vessel in 

 which they arrived, shall have departed, may be apprehended, and put to 

 Government labour till sent away. 



No spirits, wine, beer, or other liquor of like kind, to be sold or given 

 to the natives from on board ; and any personal injury or insult offered to 

 nude or female natives, to be punished, as if offered to any other subject of 

 His Majesty. 



The corpses of persons dying on board ship in the harbour, to be 

 interred in the public burial ground. 



Masters of vessels are to give public notice twice successively in the 

 Sydney Gazette, of the time the vessels leave the port ; and to leave at the 

 Secretary's oflice a written notice, at least ten days previous to the muster 

 of the ships' companies. Other persons, except crews of the vessels, must, 

 previously to leaving Port Jackson, (unless by special permission of the 

 Governor), give public notice thereof, twice successively, in the Sydney 

 Gazette, (the first notice to be at least ten days previous to the ships' clear- 

 ance) ; and also procure a certificate from the Judge Advocate's Office, 

 (dated at least ei^ht days alter the first notice aforesaid), that no detainers 

 are in force against them. 



No vessel, though cleared, may depart, if* verbal suggestion be given 

 by a civil, military, or naval officer, that the Governor finds occasion to 

 detain it, on pain of being fired at, and the master being proceeded against 

 on his bond. 



The master of every vessel sailing from this port to China or India, 

 must give bond not to laud in any part of the East India Company's terri- 

 tories, airy person from the Colony, without permission of the Governor- 

 General of India, or other Governor in those territories. The master of a 

 vessel to whom letters or packets shall be delivered for the Governor-General 

 of India, or elsewhere, must enter into bond for their due delivery. 



No vessel is to unmoor or quit anchorage in the Cove until ready for 



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