For working on board any other of His Majefty's Ships.

But to prevent any Abuse of this Encouragement, Limitation of the aforefaida it is here declared, that there shall be no more allowed Allowance for Caulking a Ship, fitting her for the Careen, Graving or Tallowing her, and other neceffary Works for each Careening or Cleaning, than what amounts to. the Labour of the following Number of Men for one Day, viz.

To take up
Money abroad

Exchange.

When there fhall be an indifpenfable Neceffity of at the best taking up Money for the Ufe of the Ship, the Captain is to make his Intentions of doing it publickly known, and to negotiate it at the beft Exchange, which he is to get certified by the Governor or Conful, where there are any, or elfe by two or three of the most emipent Merchants of the Place.

To advise the proper Offi

Bills he

LIII.

He is to give timely Advice to the proper Office, of cars of what what Bills he draws upon the fame, with the Reasons draws, and thereof, and to fend home with the faid Bills, or as foon after as may be, Duplicates of his Accounts, and his Disburse- Vouchers for the Disbursements of the faid Money, taking care that all Payments be witneffed by two or

Jend home

Accounts of

ments.

more

more Commiflion or Warrant Officers, and that the Receipts do express the Quality, Quantity, and Price of each Species bought, with the exact Size, Length, and Weight of Cordage; and that the Governor, Conful, or Merchants as aforesaid do certify, that the Bargains were according to the Market Price.

LIV.

abroad to be

He is to take care, that all bought Stores be deli- Stores bought vered into the Custody of the proper Officers, taking kept by the their Receipts, and to charge the fame against them in proper Offihis Books, and to fend Copies of the faid Charge, by the first Opportunity, to the proper Office.

LV.

cer.

Upon the Death of any Officer, he is immediately To feal up the to cause an Inventory to be taken of all his Books and Books and Papers of Papers, as well publick as private, in the Prefence of dead Officers. (at least) two of the Signing Officers, and to have the fame attefted by them: He is to fee the faid Books and Papers carefully fealed up, and preferved for the Use of the Executors, or fuch as fhall have a Right to demand them; to whom, with the Inventory, they, are to be delivered.

LVI.

removed, to

When any Officer, who has the Cuftody of Stores Stores of Of or Provisions, shall die, or be removed or fufpended fiers dead, or from his Employment, he is to cause an exact Survey be surveyed. to be forthwith taken of the Remains of fuch Stores

or

or Provifions, and an Inventory of the fame, in Words at length, to be attefted and figned by the Succeffor, (who is to keep a Duplicate thereof) and alfo by the furveying Officers, (who are to be fo exact and careful in taking the Survey, as to be justified on Oath, if required) which he is to tranfmit, by the first Opportunity, to the proper Office, to remain there as a Charge against him. If the Ship is in Company with other Men of War, he muft apply to the Commander in Chief, or to the Senior Officer, to order the faid Survey.

When removed himself,

to leave Co pies of Or

ders with his Succeffor.

And a compleat MufterBook.

Number of
Men that

may

be re

LVII.

In cafe he shall be removed himself into another Ship, he is to fhew the Originals of all fuch Orders as have been fent to him, and remain unexecuted, to his Succeffor, and leave with him attefted Copies of the fame, which fhall be fufficient Warrant to his faid Succeffor to put them in Execution.

LVIII.

He is likewife to leave with the faid Succeffor one compleat Mufter-Book, with all the Columns duly filled, and to send up all the other Books and Accounts under his Charge to the Offices they respectively relate to, in order to the paffing his Accounts.

LIX.

When a Captain is removed by Commiffion from moved with a one Ship into another, he is allowed to carry along

Captain into

another Ship.

with

Shipwreck,

to

In cafe of Shipwreck, or other Difafter whereby the In cafe of Ship may perish, the Officers and Men are strictly save as much charged to ftay with the Remains of the Ship, (when as poffible. the fame can be done) and to employ themselves in faving what they can of her Hull, Furniture, Stores, Provifions, &c. And, for their Encouragement, they fhall continue in Pay during their Attendance on that Service. If the Provifions of the Ship are loft, the Captain is to fubfift them, and may draw Bills upon the Commiffioners of the Victualling for the fame.

C.

LXI.

When the Ship comes to the Port where the is to be To draw up laid up, an Account of the Captain is to affemble the proper Officers the Qualities together, and draw up an Account of the Obferva- of the Ship.