of advantage to the trade and commerce of the country that the said Act and parts of Acts should be consolidated into one Act: be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after the passing of this Act the same shall come into and be and continue in full force for the purposes therein mentioned, except where any other commencement is herein particularly directed.

II. And be it enacted, that the several sorts of goods hereinafter enumerated, being the produce of Europe, that is to say, masts, timber, boards, tar, tallow, hemp, flax, currants, raisins, figs, prunes, olive-oil, corn or grain, wine, brandy, tobacco, wool, shumac, madders, madder roots, barilla, brimstone, bark of oak, cork, oranges, lemons, linseed, rapeseed and clover-seed, shall not be imported into the United Kingdom to be used therein except in British ships, or in ships of the country of which the goods are the produce, or in ships of the country from which the goods are imported.

III. And be it enacted, that goods the produce of Asia, Africa, or America shall not be imported from Europe into the United Kingdom to be used therein, except the goods hereinafter mentioned; that is to say,

Goods the produce of the dominions of the Emperor of Morocco, which may be imported from places in Europe within the Straits of Gibraltar :

Goods the produce of Asia or Africa which (having been brought into places in Europe within the Straits of Gibraltar from or through places in Asia or Africa within those Straits, and not by way of the Atlantic Ocean), may be imported from places in Europe within the Straits of Gibraltar.

Goods the produce of places within the limits of the East India Company's Charter, which (having been imported from those places into Gibraltar or Malta in British Ships) may be imported from Gibraltar or Malta:

Goods taken by way of reprisal by British ships:

Bullion, diamonds, pearls, rubies, emeralds, and other jewels or precious stones.

IV. And be it enacted, that goods the produce of Asia, Africa, or America shall not be imported into the United Kingdom to be used therein, in foreign ships, unless they be the ships of the country in Asia, Africa, or America of which the goods are the produce, and from which they are imported, except the goods hereinafter mentioned; that is to say,

Goods the produce of the dominions of the Grand Seignior in

Asia or Africa, which may be imported from his dominions in Europe in ships of his dominions:

Raw silk and mohair yarn, the produce of Asia, which may be imported from the dominions of the Grand Seignior in the Levant Seas, in ships of his dominions:

Bullion:

Provided always, that in case any Treaty shall be made with any country having a port or ports within the Straits of Gibraltar, stipulating that such productions of Asia or Africa as may by law be imported into the United Kingdom from places in Europe within the Straits of Gibraltar in British ships shall also be imported from the ports of such country in the ships of such country, then and in every such case it shall be lawful to import such goods from the ports of such country in the ships of such country.

V. Provided always, and be it enacted, that all manufactured goods shall be deemed to be the produce of the country of which they are the manufacture.

VI. And be it enacted, that no goods shall be imported into the United Kingdom from the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, or Sark, except in British ships.

VII. And be it enacted, that no goods shall be exported from the United Kingdom to any British possession in Asia, Africa, or America, nor to the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, or Sark, except in British ships.

VIII. And be it enacted, that no goods or passengers shall be carried coastwise from one part of the United Kingdom to another, or from the United Kingdom to the Isle of Man, or from the Isle of Man to the United Kingdom, except in British ships.

IX. And be it enacted, that no goods shall be carried from any of the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, to any other of such islands, nor from one part of any of such islands to another part of the same island, except in British ships.

X. And be it enacted, that no goods shall be carried from any British possessions in Asia, Africa, or America, to any other of such possessions, nor from one part of any of such possessions to another part of the same except in British ships.

XI. And be it enacted, that no goods shall be imported into any British possession in Asia, Africa, or America, in any foreign ships, unless they be ships of the country of which the goods are the produce, and from which the goods are imported.

XII. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, from time to time, by any Order in Council, to declare that goods, the growth, produce, or manufacture of any foreign country may be imported into the Island of Hong Kong from the same or any other foreign country, in vessels belonging to the same or any other foreign

country, and however navigated, subject nevertheless to such limitations and restrictions as shall be contained in any such Order in Council; and from and after the publication of any such Order in Council such goods may lawfully be so imported into the said Island of Hong Kong according to the provisions of such Order, and until the revocation thereof; and any such Order in Council may from time to time be altered or revoked by Her Majesty by any subsequent Order in Council.

XIII. And be it enacted, that no ship shall be admitted to be a British ship unless duly registered and navigated as such, and that every British registered ship (so long as the registry of such ship shall be in force, or the certificate of such registry retained for the use of such ship,) shall be navigated during the whole of every voyage (whether with a cargo or in ballast), in every part of the world, by a master who is a British subject, and by a crew where of three-fourths are at least British scamen; and if such ship be employed in a coasting voyage from one part of the United Kingdom to another, or in a voyage between the United Kingdom and the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, or from one of the said islands to another of them, or from one part of either of them to another of the same, or be employed in fishing on the coasts of the United Kingdom or of any of the said islands, then the whole of the crew shall be British seamen.

XIV. Provided always, and be it enacted, that all British-built boats or vessels, under 15 tons burden, wholly owned and navigated by British subjects, although not registered as British ships, shall be admitted to be British vessels in all navigation in the rivers and upon the coasts of the United Kingdom, or of the British possessions abroad, and not proceeding over sea, except within the limits of the respective colonial Governments within which the managing owners of such vessels respectively reside; and that all British-built boats or vessels wholly owned and navigated by British subjects, not exceeding the burden of 30 tons, and not having a whole or a fixed deck, and being employed solely in fishing on the banks and shores of Newfoundland and of the parts adjacent, or on the banks and shores of the provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, or New Brunswick, adjacent to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, or on the north of Cape Canso, or of the islands within the same, or in trading coastwise within the said limits, shall be admitted to be British boats or vessels, although not registered, so long as such boats or vessels shall be solely so employed.

XV. Provided also, and be it enacted, that all ships built in the British settlements at Honduras, and owned and navigated as British ships, shall be entitled to the privileges of British registered ships in all direct trade between the United Kingdom or the British posses

sions in America and the said settlements, provided the master shall produce a certificate under the hand of the Superintendent of those settlements that satisfactory proof has been made before him that such ship (describing the same) was built in the said settlements, and is wholly owned by British subjects: provided also, that the time of the clearance of such ship from the said settlements for every voyage shall be endorsed upon such certificate by such superintendent.

XVI. And be it enacted, that no ship shall be admitted to be a ship of any particular country, unless she be of the build of such country, or have been made prize of war to such country, or have been forfeited to such country under any law of the same made for the prevention of the Slave Trade, and condemned as such prize or forfeiture by a competent Court of such country, to be British-built (not having been a prize of war from British subjects to any other foreign country), nor unless she be navigated by a master who is a subject of such foreign country, and by a crew of whom threefourths at least are subjects of such country, nor unless she be wholly owned by subjects of such country usually residing therein, or under the dominion thereof: provided always, that the country of every ship shall be deemed to include all places which are under the same dominion as the place to which such ship belongs.

XVII. And be it enacted, that no person shall be qualified to be a master of a British ship or to be a British seaman within the meaning of this Act, except the natural-born subjects of Her Majesty, or persons naturalized by any Act of Parliament, or made denizens by letters of denization, or except persons who have become British subjects by virtue of conquest or cession of some newly-acquired country, and who shall have taken the oath of allegiance to Her Majesty, or the oath of fidelity required by the Treaty or capitulation by which such newly-acquired country came into Her Majesty's possession, or persons who shall have served on board any of Her Majesty's ships of war in time of war for the space of 3 years: provided always, that the natives of places within the limits of the East India Company's Charter, although under British dominion, shall not, upon the ground of being such natives, be deemed to be British seamen provided always, that every ship (except ships required to be wholly navigated by British seamen) which shall be navigated by one British seaman if a British ship, or one seaman of the country of such ship if a foreign ship, for every 20 tons of the burden of such ship, shall be deemed to be duly navigated, although the number of other seamen shall exceed one-fourth of the whole crew: provided also, that nothing herein contained shall extend to repeal or alter the provisions of an Act passed in the 4th year of the reign of His late Majesty King George IV [cap. 80], for consolidating and amending

the laws then in force with respect to trade from and to places within the limits of the East India Company's charter, nor the provisions of an Act passed in the session of Parliament holden in the 3rd and 4th years of Her present Majesty [cap. 56], intituled "An Act further to regulate the Trade of Ships built and trading within the Limits of the East India Company's charter."

XVIII. Provided always, and be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by her royal proclamation during war, to declare that foreigners having served 2 years on board any of Her Majesty's ships of war in time of such war shall be British seamen within the meaning of this Act.

XIX. And be it enacted, that no British registered ship shall be suffered to depart any port in the United Kingdom, or any British possessions in any part of the world (whether with a cargo or in ballast), unless duly navigated: provided always, that any British ships trading between places in America may be navigated by British Negroes, and that ships trading eastward of the Cape of Good Hope, within the limits of the East India Company's charter, may be navigated by Lascars, or other natives of countries within those limits.

XX. And be it enacted, that if any British registered ship shall at any time have as part of the crew in any part of the world any foreign seamen not allowed by law, the master or owners of such ship shall for every such foreign seaman forfeit the sum of 10 pounds: provided always, that if a due proportion of British seamen cannot be procured in any foreign port, or in any place within the limits of the East India Company's charter, for the navigation of any British ship, or if such proportion be destroyed during the voyage by any unavoidable circumstance, and the master of such ship shall produce a certificate of such facts under the hand of any British Consul, or of 2 known British merchants if there be no Consul at the place where such facts can be ascertained, or from the British Governor of any place within the limits of the East India Company's charter, or in the want of such certificate shall make proof of the truth of such facts to the satisfaction of the Collector and Comptroller of the Customs of any British port, or of any person authorized in any other part of the world to inquire into the navigation of such ship, the same shall be deemed to be duly navigated.

XXI. And be it enacted, that if Her Majesty shall at any time by her Royal Proclamation declare that the proportion of British seamen necessary to the due navigation of British ships shall be less than the proportion required by this Act, every British ship navigated with the proportion of British seamen required by such Proclamation shall be deemed to be duly navigated, so long as such Proclamation shall remain in force.