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able seamen aforesaid Africa agreement America American ships apprentices ballast bill of sale Bremen British possessions British seamen British ships British vessels captains cargo carry certificate of registry coast collector and comptroller collector or comptroller colonies commercial competition consul copper cost crew declare delivered dominions Dutch duty East India enacted England English ships entered Europe export foreign countries foreign port foreign ships foreign vessels forfeit forfeiture freights Gibraltar Guernsey Hamburgh imported increase indentures islands labour Lascars Majesty Majesty's Customs Malta manufacture marine master or owner merchant service month Navigation Act Navigation Laws officers Order in Council owner or owners Parliament penalty Pernambuco plantations port or place pounds privileges prohibited register ticket registrar respectively restriction Royal Navy Russia sail sailors ship belonging ship or vessel shipowners Straits of Gibraltar sugar Swedish thereof timber tion tonnage tons trade United Kingdom Vict voyage wages wool
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Page 286 - States shall be deemed to be the "master" thereof; and every person (apprentices excepted) who shall be employed or engaged to serve in any capacity on board the same shall be deemed and taken to be a "seaman"; and the term "vessel...
Page 218 - ... it shall be lawful for Her Majesty from time to time, by Order in Council, to...
Page 307 - that the privileges thereby granted to foreign ships shall be limited to the ships of those countries which, having colonial possessions, shall grant the like privileges of trading with those possessions to British ships, or which, not having colonial possessions, shall place the commerce and navigation of this country, and of its possessions abroad, upon the footing of the most favoured nation...
Page 313 - ... proprietors thereof, and whereof the master and threefourths of the mariners at least are English...
Page 305 - An Act to regulate the Trade between His Majesty's Possessions in America and the West Indies and other Places in America and the West Indies.
Page 295 - December one thousand six hundred and sixty, and from thenceforward, no goods or commodities whatsoever shall be imported into or exported out of any lands, islands, plantations, or territories to His Majesty belonging or in his possession, or which may hereafter 49 belong unto or be in the possession of His Majesty, his heirs and successors, in Asia, Africa, or America...
Page 216 - ... 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 the ships of the country from which the goods are imported.
Page 78 - Acts for naturalization have passed respectively] ; and that no Foreigner, directly or indirectly, hath any share or part interest in the said ship or vessel.
Page 285 - ... commit the offender to the common gaol or house of correction, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour, as the justice shall think fit, for any term not exceeding two calendar months, unless such sum and costs be sooner paid...
Page 238 - That if any master or other person having or taking the charge or command of any ship or vessel, in...