think proper; and such goods may in the meantime, should the Commissioner deem necessary, be taken to the Queen’s Warehouse.

XLIII. The Captain, Master, Purser, or other person in charge of any Ship, having Commission from Her Majesty or from any Foreign State, having on board any goods laden thereof, for every part of the cargo laden on board, and shall answer all such questions relating to the Ship, Cargo, Crew, and Voyage, as shall be put to him by such Collector, and in case of failure or refusal to answer such questions, or to answer truly, or to produce any such Manifest, Bill of Lading, or copy, or if any such Manifest, Bill of Lading, or copy, shall be false, or if any Manifest or Bill of Lading be uttered or produced by any Master, and the goods expressed therein respectively shall not have been bonâ fide shipped on board such Ship, or if any Manifest or Bill of Lading uttered or produced by any Master shall not have been signed by him, or any such copy shall not have been received or made by him previously to his leaving the place where the goods expressed in such Manifest, Bill of Lading, or copy were shipped, or if after the arrival of any Ship within one league of the coast of the Colony, bulk shall be broken, or any alteration made in the stowage of the cargo of such Ship, so as to facilitate the unlading of any part of such cargo, or if any part be staved, destroyed, or thrown overboard, or any package be opened, unless accounted for to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, in every such case such Master shall forfeit the sum of one hundred pounds.

XLIV. The Master of every Ship arriving from parts beyond the seas shall at the time of making such report deliver to the Collector the Manifest of the Cargo of such Ship (where a Manifest is requisite), and also, if thereunto required, the Bill of Lading, or a copy thereof, for every part of the cargo laden on board, and shall answer all such questions relating to the Ship, Cargo, Crew, and Voyage, as shall be put to him by such Collector, and in case of failure or refusal to answer such questions, or to answer truly, or to produce any such Manifest, Bill of Lading, or copy, or if any such Manifest, Bill of Lading, or copy, shall be false, or if any Manifest or Bill of Lading be uttered or produced by any Master, and the goods expressed therein respectively shall not have been bonâ fide shipped on board such Ship, or if any Manifest or Bill of Lading uttered or produced by any Master shall not have been signed by him, or any such copy shall not have been received or made by him previously to his leaving the place where the goods expressed in such Manifest, Bill of Lading, or copy were shipped, or if after the arrival of any Ship within one league of the coast of the Colony, bulk shall be broken, or any alteration made in the stowage of the cargo of such Ship, so as to facilitate the unlading of any part of such cargo, or if any part be staved, destroyed, or thrown overboard, or any package be opened, unless accounted for to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, in every such case such Master shall forfeit the sum of one hundred pounds.

XLV. If the contents of any package intended for Exportation in the same Ship, or for Transhipment, shall be reported by the Master as being unknown to him, the Officers of the Customs may open and examine such package on board or bring the same to the Queen’s Warehouse for that purpose, and if there be found in such package any goods which are prohibited to be imported, such goods shall be forfeited, unless the Commissioner shall permit them to be exported.

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