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INSTRUCTIONS 
 
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INSTRUCTIONS 
 
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 Article 1 . For the better enabling you to execute 
 the Duties of your Office, you will receive herewith 
 Copies of the several Acts of Parliament, relating to 
 the Revenue of Customs, to the end of the Sessioa 
 of 1827, (and all subsequent Acts will be trans- 
 mitted to you, so soon as they shall be published) 
 and you will not fail to make yourself well acquainted 
 with the provisions and regulations therein con- 
 tained, and duly observe the same so far as they 
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 Art. 2. You will also receive herewith Copies 
 of our Instructions to the Controller -at your Port, ' 
 and to the several Officers under your J4B^oi-controI, 
 for the due performance of the duties of their 
 respective Offices, and also of all our General ) 
 Orders in force at this date; and you are Xo make ^ 
 yourself acquainted with the several regulations - 
 therein contained, and take care that they be duly 
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 Art. 3. You will observe tliat., by the-Act 
 
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 take the oath therein set forth on your admission 
 into office: and that by the 9tii Section of said 
 Act you are prohibited from receiving any Fee or 
 Reward, without the sanction of the Lords of the 
 Treasury, on pain of dismissal for the first oftence; 
 and also that by the 29th Section of the aforesaid Act, 
 if any person shall give, offer, or promise to give 
 any bribe or reward to any Officer of the Customs, 
 to induce liim to neglect his duty, or to do any act 
 Avhereby the provisions of any Act of Parliament 
 may be evaded, every such person forfeits the sum 
 ofisOO. 
 
 Art. 4. By virtue of the powers vested in Us by 
 the Act 6 Geo. IV. Cap. 106, Sec 12. We direct you 
 to attend in your Office, at the Custom-house, from 
 Ten o'clock in the Morning until Three in the j 
 Afternoon, and in cases of emergency, or importance \ 
 to the public service, or for the facility and accom- 
 modation of trade, you will attend for such further 
 time as may be necessary for the despatch of the 
 current business, and you will take care that your 
 Clerks give like attendance to enable them to post 
 their books, and to perform other indispensable 
 duties that the current business of the Port may 
 not fall into arrear, nor your accounts be delayed 
 beyond the periods prescribed for their transmis- 
 sion, and you will observe that the Act 6 Geo. IV. 
 Cap. 106, Sec. 13. prescribes what days are to be 
 kept as public holidays, which you will take care \ 
 is duly obeyed. 
 
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 Officers and Clerks under your survey, you are to 
 require them to sign an Appearance Book, in the 
 morning and evening of every day, shewing the 
 precise lime of their arrival and departure; and yon 
 o»irjrii<^« Cont4 >e ' ltgr are frequently, and at uncertain 
 timrs, to inspect the Appearance Book, in order 
 that you may ascertain wiiether there has been any 
 relaxation in the attendance of the several Officers 
 and Clerks under your supervision, and you are to 
 sign your initials therein, in proof of having made 
 such examination. 
 
 Art. 6. You are carefully to collect and receive See General Order, 
 all Money due and payable to His Majesty, on i„amier*^*^in which 
 account of the Revenue at your Port; and you are '•'« Dunes are to b« 
 
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 to account for all such Monies as shall come into 
 your hands, by keeping a Cash Book according to 
 the Form A, in which every item of receipt, and of 
 discharge, for which you have authority to take 
 credit, are to be accurately and distinctly shewn at 
 the close of every day. 
 
 Art. 7. You are also to keep a separate Cash 
 Account according to the Form B, of all Deposits 
 received by you for Duties, and of their re-payment 
 on perfecting the Entries for which they were made; 
 and these occurrences are, in like manner, to be 
 entered daily as they arise. 
 
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 Art. 8. You will also keep a separate Cash 
 Account of Receipts and Payments, according to 
 Form C, of all Monies which may come into your 
 hands on account of Seizures and Penalties, which 
 are to be entered as they occur. 
 
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 Receipts and Payments (as mentioned in the pre- 
 ceding Articles) you are, at the end of every day, 
 to exhibit a proof of the accuracy of your Account 
 with the Crown, by shewing, in a Check Book of 
 Balances, that you have duly examined the Receipt 
 with the Expenditure, and the Money remaining in 
 your hands, as described in the Specimen D; and '; 
 /itJbeijig alsa the Controller's duty to ascertain this \^ 
 essential point, you are to procure his signature in ( 
 test of his having made such examination, observing / 
 that in order to facilitate and maintain the constant \ 
 check which that Oifieer is thus required to exercise 
 upon your Accounts, yon are expressly forbidden 
 to blend any other Money with that which shall 
 come into your hands on account of tlie Crown, 
 which is to be deposited in the King's Chest, under 
 the separate Locks of yourself and the Controller. 
 
 Art. 10. You are at the end of every day, or on 
 the following day at farthest, to cause the particular's 
 of all Entries, and of all Payments, to be posted in 
 the several Books appropriated to those purposes, 
 in order that the Controller may be enabled to 
 check and examine the same in the manner directed 
 by his Instructions, 
 
 Art. 11. You are not to give Credit to any per- 
 son for the payment of Duties, but shall receive the 
 same upon passing the Entries (except for Goods 
 allowed to be warehouseil under the Crown's Lock, 
 without payment of Duty on the first Entry thereof;) 
 and you are not, upon any pretence, to put any 
 Merchant out of his turn, or unjustly postpone the 
 dispatch of his business. 
 
 Art. 12. You are to make up your Accounts of 
 
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 Receipts and Payments Qua *erly, and not other 
 wise, (unless in case of removal) according to the 
 Forms hereunto annexed, viz : on the 5th April, 
 5th July, 10th October, and 5th January in each 
 yt'ur; and the said Accounts are to be signed hy 
 yourself ayd tho ControiieHt and sworn to by you 
 before the Governor or person administering the 
 Government, but if the Port be distant from the 
 Seat of Government, the Collector may swear to 
 his Accounts before the senior resident Magistrate, 
 who is to attest the same under his Hand and Seal. 
 You are also to prepare the several Accounts men* 
 tioncd in the annexed List, at the periods therein 
 mentioned; and you are, within 14 days from 
 the expiration of each Quarter, to transmit the 
 said Accounts to us, either by one of His Majesty's 
 Post-Office Packets, or a Vessel bound to this 
 or some other Port in England, addressed to us 
 in the manner directed by our General Order, 
 1st July, 1801, and transmitting advice of such 
 Accounts as directed by our General Order, 2Gth 
 August, 1819. 
 
 Art. 13. You are to take care that the Balance 
 of all Duties received under Acts passed prior to 
 the Act 18 Geo. HI. Cap. 12, and of all Fines and 
 Forfeitures, be paid over to the Commissariat 
 Department as directed by our General Orders of 
 the 1st March, 1820, and 17th February, 1826, and 
 that the Commissary's Certificate be transmitted to 
 the Receiver General of the Customs, for the time 
 being, residin'j; in London. 
 
 Art. 14. And you will pay over to the Treasurer 
 or Receiver General of the within 
 
 14 days from the expiration of each Quarter, the 
 
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 Balance of all Duties received under Acts passed 
 subsequent to the 18 Geo. III. Cap. 12, after paying 
 the Salaries of the several Officers, Clerks, and 
 other persons employed at your Port, in the pro- 
 portion directed by our General Orders of the 
 12th December, 1825, and 15th May, 1826, and you 
 will annex to your Accounts the Receipt of the 
 Receiver General or Treasurer. 
 
 Art, 15. Observing that if the proportion of 
 Duties received under Acts passed subsequent to 
 the 18 Geo. III. Cap. 12, applicable to the payment 
 of the Salaries of such Officers, &c. should be insuf- 
 ficient for that purpose, you will, previous to drawing 
 Bills on the Receiver General for such deficiency, 
 Bpply any Balance in your hands on account of 
 Duties received under Acts passed prior to 18 
 Geo. III. Cap. 12, and of Fines and Forfeitures, in 
 payment of Salaries, instead of paying the same over 
 to the Commissariat Department. 
 
 Art. 16. You are to observe that, on the Ap- 
 pointment of yourself or any other Officer, you are 
 not entitled to take credit for any allowance for 
 Incidents until the same shall have been craved and 
 renewed by a Special Order from us, and in your 
 application, craving a renewal of any such allow- 
 ance, you will state whether the Services for which 
 the same were first made have been actually 
 performed, and whether it appears necessary 
 that they should be continued, and you are on 
 no account to delay transmitting your Accounts, 
 on the ground of waiting for the receipt of such 
 Order, as you can take credit in a succeeding 
 Account for such Sums as we may think proper to 
 ?illow. 
 
Art. 17. When any Work is required to be per- 
 formed, or any Articles to be provided, the expence 
 whereof will exceed 40s. sterling, you are to repre- 
 sent the necessity thereof to us, and transmit an 
 Estimate for our sanction previous to the same being 
 done or provided, as without such previous sanction 
 no charge for any such articles, &c. will be allowed 
 in your Accounts unless in case of urgent necessity, 
 when you are forthwith to report the same to us as 
 aforesaid, observing that you are not to insert such 
 charge in your Accounts, until the receipt of our 
 Order, when you are to annex the Bills and Receipts 
 to your Accounts, wherein the same are charged, 
 referring to the date of our Order; observing that the 
 correctness of each Tradesman's Bill is to be certi- 
 fied by the Officers under whose inspection the 
 Work or Article therein charged were performed 
 or provided, and that the prices charged for the 
 same are reasonable, and no more than what would 
 be paid by individuals for the like Service. 
 
 Art. 18. You are to annex to your Accounts 
 Receipts for all Payments exceeding Five Shillings 
 sterling, or they will be disallowed; for which pur- 
 pose you will require the persons to whom Pay- 
 ments are to be made, to bring in Two Copies of 
 their Bills, or other Demands, upon which you are 
 to take separate Receipts, one of which may remain 
 with you, and the Duplicate thereof transmitted, 
 with your Accounts, as before directed. And when 
 any Payment whatever is made, or any Duties are 
 returned to any other person than the Principal, 
 you and the Controller are to certify, on the back of 
 the Receipt, that the Party to whom the Money 
 was paid, produced a legal authority (describing the 
 game) entitling him to receive the amount. 
 
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 Note. Nu person 
 who docs not hold 
 our Commission is 
 to l)C paid Salary, 
 except for the time 
 he shall perform, in 
 person, the Duties 
 of the Office in 
 wliich he may be 
 acting. 
 
 Art. 19. You are not to pay the Salary of any 
 Laaokig^Wmter «nrtil the Gontrollw shall have cer- 
 tified, at the foot of the Collector's Account of 
 Salaries and Incidents, that the " Blue Books" for 
 all Ships discharged by such Landing Waiter, in 
 the Quarter for which his Salary is due, have beei 
 delivered in, and that no Post Entries are outstand- 
 ing, nor are you to pay the Salary of any other 
 persons employed at your Port, until the several 
 Books kept by them have been duly posted up to 
 the end of the Quarter, as without such Certificate 
 you will not have Credit for the Salary of any such 
 OflScer. With respect to such Officers that are dead, 
 dismissed, removed, or have absented themselves 
 without leave, or have been lately admitted, you arc 
 to pay the Executors of the deceased, or legal 
 Representative, and the other persons for the time 
 only for which they served, taking their respective 
 receipts for the same. 
 
 Art. 20. You are immediately, after any Seizure 
 is made, ♦o transmit to us in the printed Form 
 No. 72, an Account of such Seizure, stating 
 therein the several particulars set forth in th 
 annexed printed Questions, so far as they may reh a 
 to such Seizure, with such further observations s 
 you may deem necessary for our information ; And 
 you are specially enjoined to take care that pro- 
 ceedings are not instituted for the condemnation of 
 any Seized Goods, Vessels, &c. until you and the 
 ftwitrnllfff are satisfied there is a legal ground of 
 forfeiture; and should any Seizure be made by any 
 Officer under your survey, on grounds which you 
 and the G<mt#«H«-may deem insufficient, or that it 
 would not be advisable to prosecute, you will direct 
 such Officer to deliver up such Seizure to the Owners 
 
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 thereof, otherwise you will be held responsible for 
 the costs of the proceedings, in case the Judge, 
 before whom the Cause may be tried, shall refuse to 
 give a Certificate of probable cause of Seizure; 
 and should any Seizure be made upon the grounds 
 of any defect or omission in the documents by which 
 the Goods may be accompanied, or from any other 
 cause in which you may be satisfied there was no 
 intention to commit fraud, you will deliver such 
 Goods on security, by Bond being given to the 
 King, with two Sureties, in double the value of the 
 Goods, conditioned to comply with such Orders as 
 we may deem it expedient to make on the case. 
 
 Art. 21. You will observe that you are, by 
 virtue of your office, the Warehouse Keeper of all 
 Goods seized and condemned, as well as other 
 Goods that are deposited under the King's Lock ; 
 and that it is your duty to cause all condemned 
 Goods to be properly put up to Sale, and the pro- 
 ceeds thereof brought to account with the cognizance 
 of the Controlle r. And you are to guard against 
 waste or leakage of aiiy Goods so deposited, for if 
 any such leakage shall arise, or the Goods be dete- 
 riorated by your neglect, you will be charged with 
 the value thereof. 
 
 Art. 22. Upon the Seizure of Vessels or Boats Note. When there 
 liable to forfeiture, you will direct the Tide Surveyor at"the' Port'Th'is 
 to take an Inventory of their Stores and Equipments 5"^^^^ JJ* *^nrof 
 to prevent embezzlement. iheUndingWaiters 
 
 Art. 23. You will keep a Register of all Seizures, 
 and of all Proceedings for pecuniary Penaltiefs, 
 according to the Form No. 70, in which you 
 firo to account for the receipt and disposal of ail 
 
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 Goods seized, and of all Monies received on account 
 of Penalties; you are to keep a Book containing 
 the particulars of the sale of all condemned Goods, 
 Vessels, or Boats, in which you are to enter an 
 account thereof according to each distinct lot, (which 
 are to be numbered progressively) in the order in 
 which the same was disposed of. 
 
 Art. 24. Whenever you, or any other Officer 
 within your Port, shall perform any service what- 
 soever upon information given of Goods run, or 
 intended to be run, or looking out in hopes of 
 making Seizures, you are not, either for yourself or 
 such Officer, to crave an allowance for the same, 
 the share of the forfeiture given to the Seizor being 
 the proper recompence for that service; and you are 
 to observe that when any information is given to 
 Officers, the Informer is to be paid by the Officer 
 who makes the Seizure out of his share, and that it 
 is usual in the United Kingdom, to allow the 
 Informer one third of the Officer's share ; and vou 
 are to take care that the like practice be observed at 
 your Port. 
 
 Art. 25. You are to transmit to us a Quarterly 
 Account of all Seizures according to the Form 
 No. 73, and you are to take care that the instruc- 
 tions for preparing said Account hereunto annexed 
 be duly obeyed ; and also a Copy of the Account 
 of Sales of all condemned Goods, &c. sold during 
 each Quarter; also of the Charges attending the 
 condemnation and sale thereof, taking care that 
 separate and distinct Bills and Vouchers for each 
 Article are annexed to such Accounts, and that the 
 same be laid before the Governor for his information 
 and approval. 
 
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 Art. 26. In case of the acquittal of any Seizure 
 by the Court wherein the same may be tried, which 
 may involve any question of importance, you are, 
 jointly with the Controller, to cause a case to be 
 laid before the Attorney and Solicitor General of 
 the Colony, for their Opinion how far it may be 
 advisable to appeal to the High Court of Admiralty, 
 or to His Majesty in Council, from such decision ; 
 and if they shall be of Opinion that such Appeal is 
 e^^pedient, you will request them to pray the Court 
 to grant the same accordingly, taking care to advise 
 us thereof, and to transmit an authenticated Copy of 
 the Proceedings, accompanied with a Note of the 
 grounds of Judgment, and the Law upon which the 
 same was founded, in order that the Appeal may be 
 proceeded with, if we shall deem it advisable. 
 
 Art. 27. You will take care that the Proceeds 
 of all Seizures be secured under your and the 
 Controller's joint Custody, and in no case distri- 
 buted until you have been apprized by us that no 
 Appeal has been prosecuted within the time allowed 
 for that purpose ; and on the receipt of our Orders, 
 directing the distribution of the Proceeds of Seizures, 
 you will pay to the several persons the proportion 
 ihey may be entitled to, annexing their Receipts to 
 your Accounts. 
 
 Art. 28. You are to afford prompt obedience to 
 any requisition which the Governor, or other person 
 administering the Government, may make to you 
 for any accounts or information relating to your 
 department, or any order or direction issued by 
 him, observing that if you should at any time deem 
 it your duty to object to obey any such order, you 
 are to govern yourselves by the Instructions con- 
 
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 General Order, 
 
 tained in our General Order, 5th July, 1814; and 
 you will transmit to us Copies of all communica- 
 tions you may make to, or receive from, the Governor 
 or other Public departments. 
 
 Art. 29. You will, upon the death, suspension, 
 or resignation of any Officer or Clerk under your 
 Survey, advise us thereof by the first opportunity, 
 and on any Vacancy of such Office, you will apply 
 to the Governor to nominate a proper person to 
 perform the duties thereof until you shall receive 
 our further directions, taking care to state in your 
 Report whether it is, in your opinion, necessary that 
 S6th August, 1817. such Officc should be filled up, or \ hether the 
 Duties can be more economically provide ^ for; and 
 you will take care that all persons acting as Officers 
 of this Revenue, during vacancies, do give security 
 to the Crown, by Bond, with two Sureties, for the 
 due performance of the duties of the Office to which 
 they may be appointed, in the like Sum required 
 from the Established Officer, and that such Bond 
 be deposited in the King's Chest, and not delivered 
 up without our authority ; and also that Copy of 
 our Instructions for the Office to which such person 
 may be appointed, be delivered to him previous to 
 his being admitted to the performance of the duties 
 thereof. 
 
 Art. 30. Neither you or the Controller, nor any 
 Officer under your Survey, are to leave the Port, 
 without previously obtaining permission from this 
 Board or the Governor, and if such leave shall be 
 obtained from the latter, you will report whether it 
 was for the benefit of health, or on account of private 
 affairs, and in what manner the duty of the Absen- 
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 yourself or the Controller shall obtain leave of 
 absence, you will nominate a proper person to 
 perform your duty, for whose conduct you will be 
 responsible to the Crown ; and that the Controller 
 is in no case to act for you during your absence on 
 leave, or otherwise, as the purpose of his appoint- 
 ment, which is that of a check upon the Collector, 
 would thereby be rendered nugatory. And you will^ 
 take care that if the duty of the Absentee is to be 
 performed by any Officer or Clerk on the Establish- 
 ment of your Port, that a proper person is employed 
 to perform the duty of the Officer or Clerk so 
 appointed to the superior duty, and on no account 
 are you and the Controller to be absent at the same 
 time, except from illness; nor are the Officers and 
 Clerks under your Survey to apply to the Governor 
 for leave of absence, without previously obtaining 
 your sanction. 
 
 Art. 31. You are not to permit any Officer to 
 be absent from his duty without the concurrence of 
 the Controller, nor for any longer period than six 
 days at one time, and then only when the business 
 of the Port will allow of such Officer's absence 
 without prejudice to the Service. 
 
 
 -yf^ Art. 32. You will take care not to pay any 
 Salaries either to yourself or the Controller, or any 
 Officer or Clerk under your Survey, for any period 
 you or they may be absent with leave, without 
 annexing to your Accounts a Certificate from the 
 person who performed the duty of the Absentee, 
 certifying that he has been duly satisfied for so 
 acting, and specifying the amount of remuneration 
 paid to such person, who is entitled to at least one 
 moiety of the Salary of the Office in which he may 
 
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 have acted, /and as no Officer is entitled to Salary 
 for the time he may be absent without leave, unless 
 our Order shall have been obtained for the payment, 
 you will govern yourself accordingly ; observing that 
 every Officer is to be deemed absent without leave, 
 unless he shall have arrived at his Port on or before 
 the day upon which his leave of absence expires; 
 and when, from unavoidable circumstances, an 
 Officer fails to arrive at his Port previous to the 
 expiration of his leave of absence, such Officer is to 
 transmit to us (and if an inferior Officer through 
 you) a statement of the cause of failure. 
 
 Art. 33. You will transmit to us, on the 5th 
 January of every year, an Account of the Esta- 
 blishment of your Port, with the other particulars 
 specified in the Form No. 81, and you will 
 carefully discriminate, in such Account, the qua- 
 lifications, and general character and behaviour 
 of each Officer and Clerk during the preceding 
 year. 
 
 Art. 34. You are also to transmit to us, on the 
 5th of January of each year, a comparative State- 
 ment of the Trade; of Duties received; and of the 
 Expenditure of your Port, for the last and preceding 
 years, according to the Form No. 81, taking care 
 to account for any increase or diminution under the 
 latter head. 
 
 Art. 35. As soon as the death or bankruptcy of 
 either of your. Sureties shall come to your know- 
 ledge, you are to give us notice thereof, and propose 
 fresh Security for our approval, observing that if 
 you neglect so to do, within the periods prescribed 
 by the Act of 52 Geo. III. Cap. 66, Sec. 8, you will 
 
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 incur the forfeiture and loss of office inflicted by 
 that Act. And so soon as you shall be made 
 acquainted of the decease, bankruptcy, or insuffi- 
 ciency of the Securities of any of the Officers under 
 your Survey, you are forthwith to call upon the 
 Officers to nominate fresh Sureties, and to represent 
 the same to this Board, so as to prevent, as much 
 as possible, any Officer from actin*^ when not under 
 proper Security for the discharge of his duty, and 
 from incurring the Penalties imposed by the Act 
 before referred to. 
 
 Art. 36. You are to take care that all Orders 
 from this Board) or from the Governor of the Colony 
 or other Public departments, are promptly com- 
 niunicated to those Officers whose conduct they are 
 intended to govern ; and you are to take care that 
 the initials of the Officers, with the dates of their 
 acknowledgment, be inserted in the margin of the 
 Order, as a Voucher of your having communicated 
 the same. . 
 
 Art. 37. You are to number, progressively, from 
 the 1st January in each year, all letters you may 
 address to us, taking care not to blend diffi^rent 
 subjects in one letter, and you will report, at the 
 end of each year, the number of letters sent and 
 received, and you will acknowledge the receipt of 
 all letters from this Board, by the first opportunity, 
 after the same are received. 
 
 Art 38. You are carefully to preserve all Acts 
 of Parliament, Orders, liCtters, and Communications 
 which you may receive from this Board, or other 
 Departments, taking care that the same are properly 
 indexed for the information of yourself and the 
 
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 several Officers under your Survey, so far as tlie 
 same may relate to them. 
 
 Art. 30. Yon are to keep the several Books 
 mentioned in the annexed List, including those 
 already referred to in the aforegoing Instructions, 
 and you are to take care that the same, as well as 
 all other Books which may be required for the due 
 management of your Office, be regularly and accu- 
 rately posted up, and kept, where the Controller 
 can have constant access to them for his examina- 
 tion, in the manner directed by his Instructions. 
 
 Art. 40. Neither you, nor the Controller, nor any 
 Officer under your Survey shall, either in your own, 
 or their name, or in the name of, or in partnership 
 with any other person, directly or indirectly, trade 
 as a merchant, for yourself, or themselves, or act as 
 Factor, Agent, or Attorney, for any other, in or for 
 any Goods, Wares, or Merchandize, nor for any 
 Estates, nor as Prize Agents, nor exercise the pro- 
 fessions of Law or Physic; and if you shall discover 
 any Officer or Clerk at your Port trading or acting 
 in any way contrary to the above direction, or 
 acting as Clerk to any Merchant, or other person, 
 or that he is engaged in any other employment 
 whatever, to divert him from a proper attention to 
 his duty, you are to enjoin him immediately to 
 desist ; and in case of his non-compliance with such 
 injunction, you are to advise us thereof, without 
 delay, for our directions. 
 
 Art. 41. You are, jointly with the Controller, 
 to examine all Letters, Reports, and Accounts to 
 be transmitted to, or which shall be received from, 
 this Board or other Public Department; as also all 
 
the 
 
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 Ships* Reports, Inwards and Ontwards, EntricH, 
 "Warrants, Clearances and other Custom-House 
 Dispatches, which it is necessary he (the Controller) 
 should sign before they are delivered, and you are 
 to acquaint him with all paynjents proposed to be 
 made on account of Salaries or Incidents, which are 
 to be approved of, and signed by him, otherwise 
 they will not be allowed, and you are to advise with 
 him upon all circumstances relating to the Service, 
 his concurrence with you therein being constantly 
 requisite, as the established check upon your Ac- 
 counts and Conduct. And when he shall decline 
 to join in any Letter, Report, cr othci Communi- 
 cation which you may have occasion to address to 
 us, he is to assign his reasons, at the foot thereof, 
 for such refusal for our consideration. 
 
 Art. 42. You are strictly to observe the afore- 
 said, and such further Instructions and Orders, as 
 shall, from time to time, be given to you from this 
 Board; and you are not only faithfully and dili- 
 gently to discharge and execute the trust and em- 
 ployment of your Office, by duly accounting for all 
 sums of Money payable to His Majesty, and by 
 doing every other matter relating to your duty in 
 the said Port but you shall also have a particular 
 care and inspection into the demeanor of all Officers 
 and persons employed in the Service of His Ma- 
 jesty's Customs at your Port, Copies of whose 
 Instructions you will receive herewith ; and when 
 you shall discover any fraud, negligence, or misbe- 
 haviour, you shall charge such Officer therewith 
 according to the rules hereto annexed, transmitting 
 to us your charge with the Officer's answer thereto, 
 together with your report and observations, and 
 the evidence adduced on each side for our consi- 
 
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 deration and directions, observing that yon are not 
 to suspend any Officer from the duties of his office, 
 except in cases of fraud, or such gross misconduct 
 as may call for immediate interposition, and then 
 only with the sanction of the Governor, signified to 
 you by his Order in writing. 
 
 
 And whenever any Officer of the Customs shall 
 be suspended, one moiety only of the Salary of the 
 Office is to be paid to the person performing the 
 duties thereof, until you shall receive our directions 
 on the matter. 
 
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 RULES 
 
 To be observed by the Surveyors General, Collectors^ 
 or other Officers^ on the Examination of Complaints 
 made against Officers and Persons employed in the 
 Service of the Customs, for Neglect of Duty, or 
 other Misconduct. 
 
 (Referred to in Article 42 of the annexed Instructions.) 
 
 1. You are to frame a full and distinct Charge, ] 
 in writing, setting forth under separate heads the ^ 
 several matters of misconduct or complaint. ^ 
 
 2. The Charge is to be delivered to the Party . 
 accused, who is to be allowed a reasonable time to 
 return his Answer thereto, in writing. On the > 
 Answer being received, you are to fix a day for the \ 
 investigation of the Charge, of which the Accused \ 
 and the Complainant are to have notice. \j 
 
 3. Both Parties being present (if practicable) you 
 are to proceed to a hearing, in like manner as is 
 practised in Courts of Justice, l)y permitting the 
 Complainant first to go through his Evidence on 
 Oath, and also such Witnesses as he may have to 
 produce in support of the Charge ; and you are to 
 remind the Accused that he is then at liberty to put 
 such Questions to the Complainant and the Wit* 
 nesscs, as may be necessary to liis exculpation. 
 
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 8 to call 
 
 upon 
 
 the Accused 
 
 Party for 
 
 his 
 
 Defence 
 
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 produce. 
 
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 in writinj^, and diMtinctly read over to the WitncHses 
 respectively, before they are required to sign the 
 same. 
 
 6. If it shall appear to you that there are other 
 persons besides those produced who are capable of 
 giving farther Evidence, you are to endeavour to 
 procure the Attendance of such persons; observing 
 that it is your duty carefully and impartially to 
 interrogate the several Parties, and to cross- 
 examine the Witnesses on both sides, whereby 
 the truth of the several matters contained in the 
 Charge and Answer may be the better discovered. 
 
 7. You will take care that the Complainant as well 
 as the Accused Party be present, (if practicable,) 
 during the whole o^ the proceeding, and that the 
 Witnesses be examined separately and apart from 
 each other, and you are not to permit either Party 
 to be attended by an Attorney or other professional 
 Adviser, 
 
 8. You are to observe that the Accused Party is 
 not to be interrogated, and that the examination of 
 his Wife (attending as a Witness for him) is not to 
 be taken upon Oalh, and that the Evidence of a 
 dismissed Officer or Clerk is not to be received 
 without the special sanction of the Board. 
 
 9. In summing up the Evidence with reference to 
 t3aqh particular Article of Charge, you are to report 
 
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 how far, in your opinion, the same has been proved 
 or otherwise; with such Observations on the 
 Character and Conduct of tlie Coniphiinant and 
 the Accused as may appear to you to be material 
 for tiie Board's consideration ; especially notin;^ the 
 time when the accused was admitted, and whether 
 he has ever before been charged, and if so, when, 
 and for what offence, and the Boards decision 
 thereon. 
 
 10. The Names and Designations of the Persons 
 examined are to be stated at the beginning of your 
 Report of the Investigation, in form and manner 
 following : 
 
 Date of Order for Charging 
 
 Charge delivered ' 
 
 Charge answered 
 
 A. B. Collector Page 2— A 
 
 C. D. Surveyor „ 4 — B 
 
 K. F. Tkle Surveyor „ 6-C 
 
 G.H... Ditto „ 8— D 
 
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 QUESTIONS 
 
 To he answered by Officers making Seizures, and t ihich are 
 referred to in the 20M Article of the Collector's Instructions. 
 
 1. Date of Seizure, and when delivered to the Collector 
 and Comptroller, if any delay occurs explain the cause. 
 
 2. The Name and Rank of every Officer, or Person 
 employsd in the Customs concerned in making the Seizure ; 
 and if made by the Navy, the Name of the Ship and of her 
 Commander (who is to be requested to furnivsh these 
 particulars), and of the Flag Officer under whose command 
 he is serving. 
 
 3. The quantity and quality of the Goods, of what 
 Country they are the production, and how that fact is 
 ascertained. 
 
 4. Particular circumstances which led to the Seizure, 
 and the cause of Forfeiture. 
 
 5. State the Act or Acts of Parliament, specifying the 
 sections thereof, under which the Seizure is considered 
 liable to forfeiture. 
 
 6. Whether attended witli any attempt to rescue, and if 
 any, state all the particulars. 
 
 7. The probable value of the Vessel, Goods, &c, respec- 
 tively. 
 
 8. If tlie Vessel, in which tiie Goo<ls were imported, is 
 seized, state her Name, and that of tlie Master, of what 
 Country, from what Place, by whom Owned, and her 
 Burthen according to British Admeasurement, and, if 
 British, when and where registered. 
 
 9. If the Goods were seized on board any Vessel, state 
 her name, and that of the Master, of what Country she is, 
 and her Burthen according to British Admeasurement, 
 from whence, whether the Goods were reported by the 
 Master, and if not, whether there is reason to believe they 
 were purposely omitted. 
 
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 10. If the Goods were seized in Boats or other Vessels 
 employed in the unshipping or landing the Goods, state out 
 of what vessel they were taken, with the Names of the 
 Persons concerned in the transaction. 
 
 1 1. If the Goods were seized on Shore, state the Names 
 of the Persons from whom seized, and whether the Horses, 
 Cattle, or Carriages employed in the removal of the Goods 
 have been detained. 
 
 12. If seized in any Building or other Premises, state by 
 whom the same are occupied, and whether there is reason 
 to believe the occupiers were privy to the Goods being 
 lodged there, and the grounds thereof, or by whom they 
 were lodged, or in whose possession they were at the time 
 of seizure. 
 
 13. When Persons are liable to Prosecution for Penalties, 
 state whether proceedings have been instituted for the 
 recovery of the same, and if they have not, the reason; 
 whether the parties from their situation in life will be enabled 
 to pay the penalty, and whether they have ever been before 
 guilty of a similar offence. 
 
 L4. In cases of Seizures of Slaves, state from whence 
 brought, or to what Place intended to be carried, by whom 
 Owned, Place of domicile, of what Country, Age, Sex, 
 previous employment. Names of Parties concerned in the 
 transaction, name of Vessel employed, and of the Master. 
 
 15. The State of the Proceedings, and the Amount of 
 Law Expenses, and all other Charges incurred up to the 
 time of reporting the Seizure. 
 
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 Note. — The above particulars to be transmitted, with 
 the Collectors and Comptroller's report o(each Seizure, by 
 the first opportunity after the same is made, who are to 
 enclose Copy of any Case submitted to the Attorney or 
 Solicitor General, respecting the Seizure, with their 
 opinion. 
 
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 2(5 
 
 INSTRUCTIONS 
 
 For preparing Accounts of Seizures referred to in the 
 25th Article of the Collector's Instructions, 
 
 1. £very Seizure made during the Quarter, and 
 all Proceedings instituted for the recovery of 
 pecuniary Penalties, are to be inserted in the 
 Account, No. 1, referring therein to your Report 
 to the Board, notifying such Seizure or Prosecution. 
 Every Seizure is to be numbered, progressively, 
 from the commencement of each year. In all 
 cases of Seizure or Detention of Vessels, &c. which 
 it may be deemed unadvisable to prosecute, the 
 particulars are to be noted in the Account, No. 1, 
 and the grounds on which proceedings were waved, 
 are to be fully stated. 
 
 2. When the Opinion of the Advocate, Attorney 
 or Solicitor General, shall be taken on any case 
 relating to Seizures, or Proceedings for pecuniary 
 Penalties, the original case and opinion, or copies 
 of the Correspondence relating thereto, are to be 
 annexed to the Account for the Quarter in which 
 the same may take place. 
 
 3. When Claim shall be entered for any Vessel 
 or Goods seized, and the Security required by 
 the Act 6 Geo. IV. cap. 114, Sec. 62, is given 
 to answer and pay the Costs occasioned by such 
 Claim, and the Costs so secured shall not be paid, 
 the cause thereof is to be reported to the Board, and 
 reference made in the Account, No. 1, to such 
 report. 
 
 
 
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 ons. 
 
 ter, and 
 
 very of 
 
 in the 
 
 Report 
 
 ecution. 
 
 essively, 
 
 In all 
 
 ;. which 
 
 ute, the 
 
 , No. 1, 
 
 I waved, 
 
 4. Accounts of the Sale of all condemned Ves- 
 sels or Goods, (according to the annexed Form) 
 sold during the Quarter, (the Lots in which Account 
 are to be numbered progressively, as they were 
 sold); also an Account of the Charges attending the 
 condemnation and sale of such Vessel or Goods, 
 according to the annexed Form, signed by you, 
 together with Copy of the Sentence of Condemna- 
 tion, are to be transmitted with your Quarterly 
 Account of Seizures. Should any variation occur 
 between the description of Goods, as inserted in the 
 original Report of the Seizure and the •* Account of 
 Sales," the cause thereof is to be explained. 
 
 5. When any Seizure shall have been appraised 
 previous to being delivered upon Security, the 
 Certificate of Appraisement is to be annexed to 
 your Account. 
 
 
 Lttorney 
 ny case 
 cuniarv 
 r copies 
 e to be 
 1 which 
 
 Vessel 
 ired by 
 s given 
 t)y such 
 )e paid, 
 rd, and 
 such 
 
 6. Separate Vouchers are to be transmitted 
 for each item of Charge, which latter are not to be 
 blended together ; and all Bills and Receipts are to 
 be dated, the former to correspond with the time 
 when the Charge was incurred, the latter with the 
 actual day of payment ; and all Receipts are to 
 specify the names of the persons on whose account 
 the money is received ; and original Vouchers only 
 are to be transmitted. 
 
 7. Should the Governor, on being furnished 
 with a statement of the gross produce of a Seizure, 
 and particulars of the Charges thereon, as directed 
 by General Order of the 30th December, 1786, 
 refuse to grant his Certificate, approving of the 
 charges of sale and condemnation, previous to the 
 
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 proceeds of tlie Seizure being distributed; such 
 refusal is not to prevent the transmission of the 
 Account of Sales, and Vouchers for the Charges, 
 conformably with the General Order of the 4th 
 August, 1807; and the reasons assigned by His 
 Excellency for withholding his Certificate, are to be 
 reduced to writing, and transmitted to the Board 
 for their consideration, that such directions as are 
 deemed requisite may be given before the proceeds 
 are distributed. His Excellency's share will not be 
 payable under the Board s Order of 8th February, 
 1805, or his receipt for the amount required, until 
 the Board's Order for distribution shall have been 
 received by you. 
 
 8. You will observe that the General Order of 
 8th February, 1805, does not apply to Seizures 
 compromised under the regulations contained in the 
 Board's Order of 24th December, 1793, but that 
 such compromises are to be brought to account as 
 soon as they are received, the same not being subject 
 to appeal, nor is any charge whatever to be made 
 thereon ; and in such cases a copy of the Order of 
 the Court, authorizing the compromise; is to be 
 transmitted; and it is to be observed, that after 
 deducting one-third of the appraised Value, out of 
 which the Claimant is to pay all Expences, the 
 remaining two-thirds are to be distributed in the 
 same manner as the net proceeds of all other 
 Seizures, whether made by Officers of the JNavy or 
 Officers of the Customs. 
 
 9. Upon the receipt of our Order, directing 
 the distribution of the proceeds of Seizures, the 
 ^ame is to be communicated to the Governor and 
 
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 id; such 
 n of the 
 Charges, 
 the 4th 
 by His 
 are to be 
 e Board 
 IS as are 
 proceeds 
 ill not be 
 ebruary, 
 ed, until 
 ive been 
 
 )rder of 
 Seizures 
 id in the 
 but that 
 ount as 
 ', subject 
 le made 
 )rder of 
 IS to be 
 at after 
 ', out of 
 :es, the 
 
 I in the 
 
 II other 
 Vavy or 
 
 irecting 
 
 •es, the 
 lor and 
 
 
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 other Parties interested in such proceeds, or their 
 legal representatives, and their respective shares 
 are to be paid, and the Crown's share carried to 
 your general Cash Account within fourteen days 
 after the receipt of our Order. 
 
 10. Observing that upon the distribution of 
 the proceeds of Seizures, the particulars of the 
 Seizure are to be inserted in the Account of Seizures 
 discharged, and the Crown's share stated, at the par 
 of exchange; to which Account are to be annexed, 
 the receipts of the several Parties concerned, as a 
 final discharge for the total net proceeds of the 
 Seizure. In the event of any of the Parties, or 
 their Agents du'y authorized, not being on the spot 
 to receive their shares, the circumstance is to be 
 specially noted on the Account, and the name of 
 the Officer entitled thereto be stated therein ; and 
 the amount of such share is to be deposited in the 
 King's Chest under your joint locks. 
 
 11. In making any payment on account of 
 Seizures by His Majesty's Navy, you will observe 
 that the receipt of the Commanding Officer is not a 
 legal discharge for the shares of the other Officers 
 and Crew ; and that the particular proportions of 
 the Moiety payable for such Seizures, are to be paid 
 only to the Parties (or their Agents duly authorized 
 to receive the same) in the manner pointed out by 
 our General Orders of 26th August, 1819, and 
 10th May, 1822; and in default of such Parties, or 
 their Agents, applying for their respective shares 
 within two months from the time the money becomes 
 payable, you are to pay the same to the Deputy 
 Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital, as directed by 
 our Order of 8th June, 1821. 
 
 
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 12. In such other cases where the Parties may 
 be absent, or have left the Colony, and their legal 
 Representative shall not apply for payment of the 
 share due to such Parties, within two montlis from 
 the date of the receipt of our Order for distribution : 
 you will remit such unclaimed shares to the Receiver 
 General of the Customs in London, at the current 
 rate of exchange, annexing to your Accounts a 
 Certificate from the Drawer of the Bills, of the pre- 
 mium paid thereon, which Certificate the Chief 
 Officer of the Commissariat Department is to be 
 required to verify, so far as relates to the rate of 
 exchange. 
 
 13. In cases of Seizures, which have been 
 delivered upon Bond by Order of the Court of 
 Vice Admiralty, (which Bond is directed, by the 
 6 Geo. IV. Cap. 114, Sec. 58, to be deposited with 
 the Collector and Comptroller), and the Bond so 
 taken shall be cancelled, a Certificate of the Fact, 
 from the Claimant, is to be transmitted by you, and 
 the grounds and authority for the proceeding in each 
 case to be fully explained. 
 
 14. When Seizures are acquitted or restored, 
 either upon Appeal, or by Order of the Board, you 
 will in the former case annex to your Account a 
 Copy of the Sentence of the Court of Vice Admi- 
 ralty; and in the latter case, proper receipts should 
 be transmitted for the amount of the proceeds paid 
 over to the Parlies authorized to receive the same. 
 
 15. AH seized Goods acquitted or restored, 
 either under the authority of the Court of Admiralty,, 
 or by Order of the Board, become liable to the 
 Duties due on the importation of such Articles, 
 
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 rties may 
 leir legal 
 nt cf the 
 iths from 
 ribution: 
 Receiver 
 3 current 
 counts a 
 'the pre- 
 he Chief 
 is to be 
 e rate of 
 
 ive been 
 Court of 
 I, by the 
 ited with 
 Bond so 
 he Fact, 
 you, and 
 2: in each 
 
 restored, 
 ard, you 
 ccount a 
 ;e Admi- 
 :s should 
 eds paid 
 same. 
 
 wliich are in all cases to be charged thereon accor- 
 dingly, before theGoods aredelivered; or be deducted 
 from the proceeds in case the Goods shall have 
 been sold. 
 
 16. When the proceeds of Seizures are remitted 
 to the Registrar of the High Court of Admiralty, 
 by Order of that Court, such remittance is to 
 be noted in the Account No. 2; and all charges 
 incurred up to the period of such remittance are to 
 be deducted, and the particulars of the Seizure are 
 to be specified, under the proper Heads, in the 
 Account of Seizures discharged; the Head of 
 " Crown's Share in Currency" to be left blank, and 
 the sterling amount of the net proceeds at the then 
 current rate of exchange, to be entered under the 
 Head of ** Crown's Share in Sterling:" the Collec- 
 tor's Account Current to be debited with the amount 
 and discharged by the Sum remitted, and the par- 
 ticulars of such remittance to be stated in that 
 Account. 
 
 17. In cases of Seizures, where the Board do 
 not deem it proper to prosecute, or resist appeals, 
 and proceedings are continued by the Seizing Offi- 
 cers at their own risk, it is to be observed, that the 
 Crown, the Governor, and Admiral, (as the case 
 may be) are entitled to the same proportion of the 
 proceeds as if the prosecution had been carried on 
 by Order of the Board, and the proceeds are to be 
 brought to account accordingly. 
 
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 restored, 
 Imiralt;. 
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 Articles, 
 
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 No. 10. 
 
 Port of 
 
 ACCOUNT of the Sale of Sundry Goods seized by Officers 
 of His Majesty's Customs, within this Port and District, and 
 condemned in the Court of Vice Admiralty, on the day 
 
 of 18 » and sold before us the day 
 
 of 18 . 
 
 Date 
 of 
 
 Seizure 
 
 N». 
 
 1827- 
 Oct. 25 
 
 31 
 
 18 
 
 >» 
 
 19 
 
 By whom 
 seized 
 
 N*. 
 
 of 
 
 Lot 
 
 To whom 
 sold 
 
 John Nokes, 
 Waiter. 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Henry Trew, 
 Controller. 
 
 James Stiles 
 
 Particulars of 
 the Goods 
 
 100 lbs. Cheese 
 
 Henry Field 100 Yards Silk 
 
 John Smith 200 G». Port Wine 
 
 Price 
 
 Amount 
 
 in 
 Currency 
 
 6d. per lb. 
 
 38. per Yard 
 
 10s. per Gall. 
 
 15 
 
 lU 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 
 
 i 
 
.'J.3 
 
 i Officers 
 
 rict, and 
 
 day 
 
 day 
 
 Amount 
 
 in 
 Currency 
 
 lU 
 
 15 
 
 100 
 
 
 
 Total Amount of Gross Proceeds. ••'.... £117 io«. Oc/. 
 Charges of Condemnation and Sale. 
 
 Number 
 
 of 
 Voucher 
 
 To whom paid 
 
 On what Account 
 
 Amount 
 paid 
 
 Amount of 
 
 Gross 
 Proceeds 
 as above 
 
 t 
 
 Thomas Frazer 
 
 Henry Dobree 
 
 f John Stuart, Esq. 
 X Attorney General 
 
 T. Palmer, Esq •••• 
 
 WlisirfncTfi •••• ■**«•* 
 
 3 
 2 
 
 22 
 
 6 
 4 
 3 
 
 
 
 s. 
 4 
 
 10 
 5 
 
 7 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 17 
 
 17 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 9 
 
 6 
 
 £. 
 117 
 
 43 
 
 s. 
 10 
 
 7 
 
 d. 
 
 
 
 • 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 Q 
 
 Store Rent • • • 
 
 For Opinion & con- 7 
 ductingProcecdings j 
 
 Judge V. A. Court* •• 
 
 Registrar ditto 
 
 Marshall ditto 
 
 Advertising Sale • • • • 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 W Gilbert* .««..... 
 
 
 James Finnis 
 
 John Smitli •••••• •• 
 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 Net Proceeds- < 
 
 £ 
 
 74 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 Custom- House, Halifax, 
 January, 182S. 
 
 A. B. Collector. 
 C. D. Controller, 
 
 These are to certify, that I have no objection to the 
 Charges made by the Collector attending the Condemnation 
 and Sale of the Seizures within mentioned, and believe the 
 same were necessarily incurred and actually paid. 
 
 E. F. Governor, 
 
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 34 
 
 Appropriation of Net Proceeds— if Seizures made by 
 
 Officers of Customs. 
 
 I.mum'a filiQrA •«•••• •••........•••••••> 
 
 
 
 
 \jl U VVIl 9 OlIaFc •••••• ••••••••••••••••••• 
 
 Seizing OflGicer's Share (if more than One Officer be 
 
 entitled to participate, the 
 Amount due to each to be 
 
 •taf A/1^ ...... ••••• ••••.> 
 
 auticu^ •••••• ••••• •••!•■ 
 
 Governor's Share • • • • (Naming the Officer Admi- 
 nistering the Government at 
 the Date of Seizure) 
 
 £ 
 
 
 
 Appropriation of Net Proceeds — if Seizures made by 
 
 Officers of the Navy. 
 
 Crown's Share 
 Flag Officer • • < 
 
 
 
 
 
 . (One>eighth of the Seizor's Moiety, 
 See Order in Council, 8th Oct.l8l6) 
 
 • 
 
 
 
 
 Seizor's Share . 
 
 . (Seven-eighths, See same Order) • • 
 
 £ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 A. B. Collector, 
 C. D. Controller, 
 
 Note. When Monies are received on account of 
 pecuniary Penalties, a Statement of the amount 
 recovered, with an account of the Costs of the 
 Proceedings, and the appropriation of the Net 
 Proceeds, is to be transmitted, with the Accounts 
 for the Quarter in which same is received. 
 
3S 
 
 LIST 
 
 Of 
 
 INSTRUCTIONS 
 
 To he furnished to the Collectors of Customs in the 
 British Possessions abroad, pursuant to the Second 
 Article of His Instructions, 
 
 J . Comptrollers. 
 
 2. Landing Surveyors. 
 
 3. Landing Waiters and Searchers. 
 
 4. Tide Surveyors. 
 
 5. Clerks for General Business. 
 
 Free Warehousing Ports. 
 
 6. Collectors and Controllers. ' 
 
 7. Warehouse-keepers. 
 
 4^ per Cent. Ports 
 
 8. Collectors. 
 
 i 
 
! 
 
 f, 
 
 J 
 
 
 ■' 
 
 LIST of BOOKS to be kept in the Collectors Office ; alto of ACCOUNTS to be 
 tranimitted to the reiipective Departments ; anil of PRINTED FORMS and 
 OFFICE BOOKS provided at the Expcnce of the Crown, Specimens of which 
 are hereunto annexed. 
 
 Uy what Law or 
 Authority rrquiri'd. 
 
 A Geo. 4, c. 110,1.25 
 I. 10 
 
 r. 14 
 1.81 
 
 I. S 
 t. 80 
 
 >» 
 (.21 
 
 8.88 
 f. 18 
 
 8. II 
 
 GenernI Order, } 
 
 10 Nov. 1T85. ( 
 
 Genrrnl Order, 
 30 July, 1818 
 
 General Order, 
 7 May, 1780 
 
 General Order, 
 80 July, 1818 
 
 General Order, 
 14 June, 188.$ 
 
 Gmieral Order, 
 18 Aug. 1886 
 
 10 
 20 
 '11 
 
 22 
 23 
 24 
 
 25 
 
 26 
 'i7 
 2S 
 
 RKGISTIIY. 
 
 Duildf r'li Cerllflcnlc 
 
 Surveyor's Cerliflcnte of Admeaaurement 
 
 Reglilry OHth 
 
 Bond Kiven hy the Mauler and Subscribing Owners) 
 previous to the Vonttel being Itegistered { 
 
 Cerliflcate of Registry ( Parchment) 
 
 Dond Tor lost Certificate of Registry 
 
 nond on obtaining Licence in case of lost Certifleate 
 
 liond to be given hy the Master when the Vessel ) 
 shall be at any other Fort than that to which slieV 
 belongs ^ 
 
 Bond to be given when Master is changed 
 
 Certificates for Ships built in tlie Colonies for ^ 
 Owners resident in the United Kingdom ) 
 
 Books for recording Certificates of Registry 
 
 Copies of all Certificates of Registry issued (Paper) 
 No. 5, 
 
 (1 
 
 .) 
 
 Ditto granted to Ships built in the 
 
 Colonies, to proceed to their Fort of Registry 
 (No. 10.) 
 
 List of Certificates of Registry granted & cancelled / 
 
 List of Vessels Inwards 
 
 . . . .Ditto. . . .Outwards 
 
 Account of Transfers of Property and Endorse- 
 ment of New Master 
 
 Account of all Vessels heliina;ing to the Port on 
 the iiht December of each Year, with their ( 
 Names, Tonnage, Ste. registered in pursuance of ^ 
 the Acts 4 and 6 (Jeorge 4 
 
 ACCOUNTS OF IMPORTS & EXPORTS. 
 
 ....A.-l 
 
 |is..B . . I 
 j>s..C,. \ 
 
 Account of Vessels Inwards 
 
 Account of Goods Imported in British Ships 
 
 Ditto in Foreign Ships 
 
 Account of Vefsels cleared Outwards. , I). 
 
 Account of Goods Exported in British Ships. .E.. 
 
 Ditto in Foreign Ships.. !•'.. 
 
 Boolt for recording Account A (No. 10) .. 
 
 Ditto B (No. 20)... 
 
 Ditto C (No. 21). . 
 
 Ditto D (No. 22). . . 
 
 Ditto E (No. 23)..., 
 
 Ditto F (No. 21)... 
 
 To whom to be 
 transmitted. 
 
 Register GenernI 
 of Shipping Quar- 
 terly. 
 
 Ditto Annually. 
 
 Inspector General 
 of Imports and 
 Exports Quarterly 
 
rS to be 
 
 IMS ami 
 of which 
 
 hom In lie 
 laiiiitled. 
 
 !r CenernI 
 ping Qiiar- 
 
 Annimlly. 
 
 >r Gcrior.ll 
 nrts and 
 1 Quarterly 
 
 By what Law or 
 Aiilhnrity rrquirrd. 
 
 Gf 0. 4, c. 
 
 114,1.86 
 
 
 »» 
 
 
 t.4S 
 
 7ft8Gco.4 
 
 .c. 56,1.37 
 
 « Geo. 4, c. 
 
 114,8.80 
 
 6 Geo 4,c. 
 
 114,1. 16 
 
 
 ».26 
 
 
 t.W 
 
 
 ■.S6 
 
 
 8.96 
 
 
 8.«7 
 
 
 8.16 
 
 General Order, i 
 2 April, 1828 ] 
 
 4S 
 43 
 44 
 45 
 46 
 47 
 48 
 40 
 50 
 51 
 
 52 
 63 
 
 54 
 55 
 
 56 
 57 
 58 
 59 
 60 
 61 
 62 
 
 37 
 
 WAREHOUSING PORTS. 
 
 Wnrehoine-keeper'i Rexiiter • • 
 
 Blank Form ditto for Quarterly Account j 
 
 Bond Kiven by Importer upon Entry of Goodi to ) 
 he Warehouted \ 
 
 Bond Kiven by Purchasers of GoodH Warehoused in f 
 lieu of original Bond S 
 
 Bond given on Entry of Goods to be exported from ) 
 the Warehouse S 
 
 Bond given on Entry of Goods tr, be removed from ~% 
 one Warehousing Port to another such Port in > 
 xiune Colony J 
 
 Notice of intended removal of ditto 
 
 Lockers' Notes, Home Consumption 
 
 . .. . Ditto.... Exportation 
 
 Certificate of Bond for Exportation of WurehnuHed ) 
 Goods ) 
 
 Landing Waiter's " Red Books" 
 
 Matter's Report Inwards 
 
 Baegnge SaflTerance 
 
 Certificate of Over Entry 
 
 Bill of Sight 
 
 Damage Certificate 
 
 Certificate for discharging Bond 
 
 Landing Waiters' " Blue Books" 
 
 Books to record Ship's Entry Outwards 
 
 Stiffening Order 
 
 Affidavit of Grower (or Agent) of the growth or ~i 
 production of Sugar, Coffee, Cocoa Nuts, Spirits, ; 
 or Mahogany } 
 
 Ditto of Exporter or Shipper of. ...ditto 
 
 Ditto of Master of Vessel in which such Goods are } 
 laden S 
 
 Certificates of Production fur Sugar, Coffee, &c. . . 
 
 .Ditto on re«cxportation of ditto. 
 
 Master's " Content' (or Report Outwards) (Long).. 
 
 Ditto ditto (Short). . 
 
 Additional ditto. . ^ 
 
 General Clearance (Long) 
 
 Ditto.... (Short) 
 
 Ca-h Books A, B, C, D 
 
 Account of all Goods imported, specifying the Ves- 
 sel, Master's Name, and whence, the quantity, 
 and quality of the Goods entered by each indi- 
 vidual, with the Amount of Duly received on 
 each Article described in each Entry, or if the 
 Goods are exempt from Duty, the Grounds of 
 Exemplion arf to be noted against such Entry. 
 
 To whom to bfl 
 transmitted. 
 
 Inspector and Ex> 
 aminer Quarterly. 
 
 Inspector and Ex- 
 aminer Quarterly 
 
\i 
 
 ] I 
 
 By what Law or 
 Authority required. 
 
 General Order, 
 2 April, 1828 
 
 Ditto 
 
 General Order, 
 
 20 July, 1795 
 
 General Order, 
 2 April, 1«88 
 
 Ditto 
 Ditto 
 Di(ti) 
 
 General Order, 
 
 8 Oct. I8IG 
 General Order, 
 2 April, 1828 
 
 i 
 
 63 
 
 64 
 65 
 
 66 
 
 67 
 68 
 69 
 70 
 71 
 78 
 73 
 
 74 
 75 
 
 7r 
 
 77 
 78 
 
 79 
 
 80 
 
 81 
 
 82 
 
 38 
 
 Account of Goods Exported, shewing the Name of^ 
 the Ship and Master, her destination and when 
 cleared, with the Total Quantity of each sort of 
 Goods on Board, distinguishing such as are the 
 Produce of the Possession whence cleared from 
 such as are the Produce of some other Possession 
 British, or Foreign, and whether such Goods were 
 exported from the Warehouse, or whether any, 
 and what, Duty had been paid on such Goods, 
 specifying the Act imposing such Duty, with the 
 Date of Importation and of Payment 
 
 Account of Salaries and Incidents 
 
 Account of Letters received and sent. 
 
 Account of Remittances to the Receiver General 
 of Customs and Payments to the Colonial Trea- 
 surer, or Receiver General , 
 
 Quarterly Account Current of Receipts and Payments 
 
 Annual ditto <ditto 
 
 Annual Abstract Account of Charges 
 
 Register of Seizures 
 
 Book for Entering Accounts of Sale (Blank). .... 
 
 Seizure Notes 
 
 Quarterly Account of Seizures, Nos. 1 and 2 . . . . 
 
 Ditto discharged j 
 
 Letter Book 
 
 } 
 
 Index of Orders received from the Board, &c. 
 
 4| PER CENT. PORTS. 
 
 Quarterly Account Book (Blank). 
 Book for recording ditto (ditto) . , 
 
 Form of Indenture for Male Negroes , 
 Ditto Female ditto . 
 
 Annual Account of Establishment, &c. and Com- 1 
 parative Statement of the Trade, Receipt, and > 
 Expenditure of the Port ) 
 
 List of Printed Forms and Otfice Books supplied) 
 by the Crown $ 
 
 To nrhom to he 
 transmitted. 
 
 Inspector and Ex- 
 aminer Quarterly. 
 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 
 ditto 
 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 
 The Board 
 
 Inspector and 
 Examiner. 
 
 !. 
 
 Inspector and Ex- 
 aminer Quarterly. 
 
 The Board. 
 
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