in notice, d such goods shall not be laden or unladen except at such times and 3 & 4 W. 4, ces, and in such manner, and by such persons, and under the care of c. 52. chofficers, as are hereinafter directed; and all goods laden to be so red, or brought to be so unladen, contrary hereto, shall be forfeited. In such notice shall be stated the name and tonnage of the ship, and Particulars e name of the port to which she belongs, and the name of the master, 109. ad the name of the port to which she is bound or from which she has red, and the name or description of the wharf or place at which her ng is to be taken in or discharged, as the case may be; and such ce shall be signed by the master, owner, wharfinger, or agent of ship, and shall be entered in a book to be kept by the collector, for Entry in cusinformation of all parties interested; and every such notice for toms book. unlading of any vessel shall be delivered within twenty-four Delivery. rs after the arrival of such vessel, under a penalty of 201. to aid by the master of such vessel; and in every such notice for the ing of any vessel shall be stated the last voyage on which such vessel I have arrived at such port; and if such voyage shall have been parts beyond the seas, there shall be produced with such notice a cate from the proper officer of the discharge of all goods, if any, Certificate. ught in such ship, and of the due clearance of such ship inwards of Ireland with pon the arrival of any coasting ship at any port in Great Britain From and to Ireland, or at any port in Ireland from Great Britain, the master certain ich ship shall within twenty-four hours after such arrival attend goods, § 110. d deliver such notice, signed by him, to the collector or controller ; if such ship shall have on board any goods subject on arrival to any of excise, or any goods which had been imported from parts nd the seas, the particulars of such goods, with the marks and mbers of the packages containing the same, shall be set forth in notice; and if there shall be no such goods on board, then it shall declared in such notice that no such goods are on board; and the ter shall also answer any questions relating to the voyage as shall demanded of him by the collector or controller; and every master To shall fail in due time to deliver such notice, and truly to answer questions, shall forfeit 1007. § 111. When due notice shall have been given to the collector or controller Sufferance, the port of lading of the intention to lade goods on board coastany ship, such collector or controller shall grant a general sufferance for ading of goods (without specifying the same) on board such ship, the wharf or place which shall be expressed in such sufferance; and ach sufferance shall be a sufficient authority for the lading of any sort goods, except such, if any, as shall be expressly excepted therein: ided always, that before any sufferance be granted for any goods ibited to be exported, or subject to any export duty other than any calorem duty, the master or owner of any such ship, or the shipper such goods, shall give bond, with one sufficient surety, in treble the The of the goods, that the same shall be landed at the port for which ach sufferance is required, or shall be otherwise accounted for to the tisfaction of the commissioners of His Majesty's customs. § 112. The master of every coasting ship shall keep or cause to be kept a Cargo book, argo book of the same, stating the name of the ship and of the master, and of the port to which she belongs, and of the port to which bound PART III. UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 3 & 4 W. 4. c. 52. Whatdeemed coasting COAST WISE. ALL trade by sea from any one part of the United Kingdom to any other part thereof, or from one part of the Isle of Man to another thereof, shall be deemed to be a coasting trade, and all ships while trade, § 105. employed therein shall be deemed to be coasting ships; and no part of Beyond seas. the United Kingdom, however situated with regard to any other part thereof, shall be deemed in law, with reference to each other, to be parts beyond the seas in any manner relating to the trade or navigation or revenue of this realm. Whatdeemed trading by sea, § 106. Coasting Unlading goods from beyond seas. voyage. And whereas some parts of the coast of the United Kingdom may be so situated with regard to other neighbouring parts thereof that doubts may arise in some cases whether the passage between them by water shall be deemed to be a passage by sea within the meaning of this act, and that in other cases, although such passage be by sea, it may be unnecessary for the purposes of this act, or of any act relating to the customs, to subject ships passing between such places to the restraints of coast regulations, it shall be lawful for the commissioners of His Majesty's treasury to determine and direct in what cases the trade by water from any place on the coast of the United Kingdom to another of the same shall or shall not be deemed a trade by sea within the meaning of this act or of any act relating to the customs. No goods shall be carried in any coasting ship except such as shall ship, § 107. be laden to be so carried at some place in the United Kingdom, or at some place in the Isle of Man respectively; and no goods shall be laden on board any ship to be carried coastwise until all goods brought in such ship from parts beyond the seas shall have been unladen; and Deviation of if any goods be taken into or put out of any coasting ship at sea or over the sea, or if any coasting ship shall touch at any place over the sea, or deviate from her voyage, unless forced by unavoidable circumstances, or if the master of any coasting ship which shall have touched at any place over the sea shall not declare the same in writing under his hand to the collector or controller at the port in the United Kingdom or in the Isle of Man where such ship shall afterwards first arrive, the master of such ship shall forfeit 2007. Notice of lading or un No goods shall be laden on board any ship in any place in the United lading, 108. Kingdom or in the Isle of Man to be carried coastwise, nor having been brought coastwise shall be unladen in any such place from any ship, until due notice in writing, signed by the master, shall have been given to the collector or controller, by the master, owner, wharfinger, or agent of such ship, of the intention to lade goods on board the same to be so carried, or of the arrival of such ship with goods so brought, as the case may be, nor until proper documents shall have been granted as hereinafter directed for the lading or for the unlading of such goods; and such goods shall not be laden or unladen except at such times and 3 & 4 W. 4, places, and in such manner, and by such persons, and under the care of c. 52. such officers, as are hereinafter directed; and all goods laden to be so carried, or brought to be so unladen, contrary hereto, shall be forfeited. in notice, In such notice shall be stated the name and tonnage of the ship, and Particulars the name of the port to which she belongs, and the name of the master, $109. and the name of the port to which she is bound or from which she has arrived, and the name or description of the wharf or place at which her lading is to be taken in or discharged, as the case may be; and such notice shall be signed by the master, owner, wharfinger, or agent of such ship, and shall be entered in a book to be kept by the collector, for Entry in custhe information of all parties interested; and every such notice for toms book. the unlading of any vessel shall be delivered within twenty-four Delivery. hours after the arrival of such vessel, under a penalty of 20l. to be paid by the master of such vessel; and in every such notice for the lading of any vessel shall be stated the last voyage on which such vessel shall have arrived at such port; and if such voyage shall have been from parts beyond the seas, there shall be produced with such notice a certificate from the proper officer of the discharge of all goods, if any, Certificate. brought in such ship, and of the due clearance of such ship inwards of of such voyage. Ireland with Upon the arrival of any coasting ship at any port in Great Britain From and to from Ireland, or at any port in Ireland from Great Britain, the master certain of such ship shall within twenty-four hours after such arrival attend goods, § 110. and deliver such notice, signed by him, to the collector or controller ; and if such ship shall have on board any goods subject on arrival to any duty of excise, or any goods which had been imported from parts beyond the seas, the particulars of such goods, with the marks and numbers of the packages containing the same, shall be set forth in such notice; and if there shall be no such goods on board, then it shall be declared in such notice that no such goods are on board; and the master shall also answer any questions relating to the voyage as shall be demanded of him by the collector or controller; and every master who shall fail in due time to deliver such notice, and truly to answer such questions, shall forfeit 1007. § 111. When due notice shall have been given to the collector or controller Sufferance, at the port of lading of the intention to lade goods on board any coasting ship, such collector or controller shall grant a general sufferance for the lading of goods (without specifying the same) on board such ship, at the wharf or place which shall be expressed in such sufferance; and such sufferance shall be a sufficient authority for the lading of any sort of goods, except such, if any, as shall be expressly excepted therein: provided always, that before any sufferance be granted for any goods prohibited to be exported, or subject to any export duty other than any ad valorem duty, the master or owner of any such ship, or the shipper of such goods, shall give bond, with one sufficient surety, in treble the value of the goods, that the same shall be landed at the port for which such sufferance is required, or shall be otherwise accounted for to the satisfaction of the commissioners of His Majesty's customs. § 112. The master of every coasting ship shall keep or cause to be kept a Cargo book, cargo book of the same, stating the name of the ship and of the master, and of the port to which she belongs, and of the port to which bound 3 & 4 W. 4, c. 52. on each voyage; and in which book shall be entered, at the port of lading, an account of all goods taken on board such ship, stating the descriptions of the packages, and the quantities and descriptions of the goods therein, and the quantities and descriptions of any goods stowed loose, and the names of the respective shippers and consignees, as far as any of such particulars shall be known to him; and in which book, at the port of discharge, shall be noted the respective days upon which any of such goods be delivered out of such ship, and also the respective times of departure from the port of lading, and of arrival at any port of unlading; and such master shall produce such book for the inspection of the coastwaiter or other proper officer, so often as the same shall be demanded, and who shall be at liberty to make any note or remark therein; and if such master fail correctly to keep such book, or to produce the same, or if at any time there be found on board such ship any goods not entered in the cargo book as laden, or any goods noted as delivered, or if at any time it be found that any goods entered as laden, or any goods not noted as delivered, be not on board, the master Packages of of such ship shall forfeit 50l.; and if, upon examination at the port of lading, any package entered in the cargo book as containing any foreign goods shall be found not to contain such goods, such package, with its contents, shall be forfeited; and if at the port of discharge any package shall be found to contain any foreign goods which are not entered in such book, such goods shall be forfeited. foreign goods. Accounts to be delivered § 113. Before any coasting ship shall depart from the port of lading, an to collector, account, together with a duplicate of the same, all fairly written and signed by the master, shall be delivered to the collector or controller; and in such account shall be set forth such particulars as are required to be entered in the cargo book of all foreign goods, and of all goods subject to export duty (other than any ad valorem duty), and of all corn, grain, meal, flour, or malt, laden on board, and generally, whether any other British goods or no other British goods be laden on board, as the case may be, or whether such ship be wholly laden with British goods not being of any of the descriptions before mentioned, as the case may be ; and the collector or controller shall select and retain one of such accounts, and shall return the other, dated and signed by him, and noting the clearance of the ship thereon; and such account shall be the clearance of the ship for the voyage, and the transire for the goods expressed therein; and if any such account be false, or shall not correspond with the cargo book, the master shall forfeit 501. Transire to be delivered § 114. Goods sub Before any goods be unladen from any coasting ship at the port of to collector, discharge, the master, owner, wharfinger, or agent of such ship shall deliver the transire to the collector or controller of such port, who shall thereupon grant an order for the unlading of such ship at the wharf or place specified in such order: Provided always, that if any of the goods on board such ship be subject to any duty of customs or excise payable on arrival coast wise at such port, the master, owner, wharfinger, or agent of such ship, or the consignee of such goods, shall also deliver to the collector or controller a bill of the entry of the particulars of such goods, expressed in words at length, together with a copy thereof, in which all sums and numbers may be expressed in figures, and shall pay down all duties of customs, or produce a permit in respect of all ject to duty. Permit. c. 53. duties of excise, which shall be payable on any of such goods, as the 3 & 4 W. 4, case may be; and thereupon the collector and controller shall grant an order for the landing of such goods, in the presence or by the autho- Order for rity of the coast-waiter. landing. § 115. It shall be lawful for the collector and controller, in the cases herein- General after mentioned, to grant for any coasting ship a general transire, to transire, continue in force for any time not exceeding one year from the date thereof, for the lading of any goods (except such goods, if any, as shall be expressly excepted therein), and for the clearance of the ship in which the goods shall be laden, and for the unlading of the goods at the place of discharge; viz. For any ship regularly trading between places in the river Severn eastward of the Holmes: For any ship regularly trading between places in the river Humber: For any ship regularly trading between places in the Firth of Forth: For any ship regularly trading between places to be named in the transire, and carrying only manure, lime, chalk, stone, gravel, sand, or any earth, not being fuller's earth: Provided always, that such transire shall be written in the cargo book herein-before required to be kept by the masters of coasting ships: provided also, that if the collector and controller shall at any time revoke such transire, and notice thereof shall be given to the master or Revocation. owner of the ship, or shall be given to any of the crew when on board the ship, or shall be entered in the cargo book by any officer of the customs, such transire shall become void, and shall be delivered up by the master or owner to the collector or controller. sels and It shall be lawful in any case, and at all legal times, for the coast- Officers may waiter, and also for the landing-waiter, and for the searcher, and for search vesany other proper officer of customs, to go on board any coasting ship in goods, § 116. any place in the United Kingdom or in the Isle of Man, or at any period of her voyage, and strictly to search such ship, and to examine all goods on board, and all goods being laden or unladen, and to demand all documents which ought to be on board such ship. places for § 117. No goods shall be unshipped from any ship arriving coastwise in Times and the United Kingdom or in the Isle of Man, and no goods shall be landing and shipped, or waterborne to be shipped, in the United Kingdom or shipping, in the Isle of Man, to be carried coastwise, but only on days not being Sundays or holidays, and in the daytime, (that is to say,) from the first day of September until the last day of March, betwixt sunrising and sun-setting, and from the last day of March until the first day of September between the hours of seven of the clock in the morning and four of the clock in the afternoon: nor shall any such goods be so unshipped, shipped, or waterborne, unless in the presence or with Presence of the authority of the proper officer of the customs, nor unless at places which shall be appointed or approved by the proper officer of the customs. officers. Whenever any goods which may be prohibited to be exported by pro- Prohibited clamation or by order in council under the authority of this act shall be goods, § 118. so prohibited, it shall be lawful in such proclamation or order in council to prohibit or restrict the carrying of such goods coastwise; and if any such goods shall be carried coastwise, or shall be shipped or waterborne |