7 & 8 V., c. 112. Amending and Consolidating the Laws relating to Merchant

Seamen.

SCHEDULE (B.) AN AGREEMENT made pursuant to the Directions of an Act of Parliament passed in the Year of the Reign of between of and of the Burden of Tons, and the several Persons whose Names are subscribed hereto.

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the Master of the Ship of the Port

It is agreed by and on the Part of the said Persons, and they severally hereby engage to serve on board the said Ship in the said several Capacities against their
respective Names expressed, which Ship is to be employed in the [here the Nature of the Ship's Employment is to be described, whether in the Fisheries, on the Coast,
or in proceeding from one Part of the United Kingdom to another, or to any of the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, and Man, or to any Part of the
Continent of Europe between the River Elbe inclusive and Brest]; and the said Crew further engage to conduct themselves in an orderly, faithful, honest, careful, and
sober Manner, and to be at all Times diligent to their respective Duties and Stations, and to be obedient to the lawful Commands of the Master in every thing relating
to the said Ship, and the Materials, Stores, and Cargo thereof, whether on board such Ship, in Boats, or on Shore [here may be inserted any other Clauses which the
Parties may think proper to be introduced into the Agreement, provided that the same be not contrary to or inconsistent with the Provisions and Spirit of this Act];
in consideration of which Services, to be duly, honestly, carefully, and faithfully performed, the said Master doth hereby promise to pay to the said Crew by way of
Compensation or Wages the amount against their Names respectively expressed: Provided always, and it is hereby declared, that no Seaman shall be entitled to his
Discharge from the Ship during any Voyage in which she may be engaged, nor at any other Port than a Port in the United Kingdom: And it is hereby agreed, that any
Embezzlement, or wilful or negligent Loss or Destruction, of any Part of the Ship's Cargo or Stores, shall be made good to the Owner out of the Wages (so far as they
will extend) of the Seaman guilty of the same; and if any Seaman shall have entered himself as qualified for a Duty to which he shall prove to be not competent he
their Names on the Days against their respective Signatures mentioned.
shall be subject to a Reduction of the Rate of Wages hereby agreed for, in proportion to his Incompetency. In witness whereof the said Parties have hereto subscribed

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troller of the Port of-this-
I hereby declare to the Truth of all the Particulars set forth in this Agreement [or attested Copy of Agreement], delivered to the Collector or Comp-
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Day of

Master.

Mate.

Note. This Agreement, or an attested Copy thereof,

within Thirty Days after the Thirtieth of June and the Thirty-first of December in each Year. required to be delivered to the Collector or Comptroller of Customs of any Port of the United Kingdom

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SCHEDULE (C.)

Ship of the Port of of the Burden of - Tons, whereof

- was Master.

and

SCHEDULE (D.)

Tons has been engaged in the Half Year commencing on the Day of — 1818, and of all the Persons (Master and Apprentices included) who have belonged to such Ship during that Period.

AN ACCOUNT of the Voyages in which the Ship of of the Burden of ending on the Day of

ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGES.

[Here the several Voyages, and the Periods of such Voyages, are to be described.]

ACCOUNT OF THE CREW.

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Note. If any one of the Crew shall have entered Her Majesty's Service, the Name of the Queen's Ship in which he entered must be stated in this
Account, under the Head of "How disposed of."

Note. This Account, when filled up, is to be signed by the Owner or Master of every Ship, of whatever Tonnage, and deposited with the Collector or
Comptroller of the Customs of any Port of the United Kingdom within Twenty-one Days after the Thirtieth of June and the Thirty-first of December in
every Year.

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5. In what Capacity did you go, and in what Capacity have you since served?

6. Have you or have you not served in the Royal Navy?

7. If you have, how long? and in what Ships? and in what Capacity?

8. Have you or have you not been in Foreign Service?

9. If you have, how long? and in what Capacity? and under what Flag?

10. How have you been generally employed at Sea?

11. Where is your usual Place of Residence when unemployed?

SCHEDULE (G.)

Master.

NAMES, and distinguishing Numbers of the Register Tickets, of the Crew (including Apprentices) now serving on board the of the Port of

of the Burden of

Tons, on taking Departure

from the Port of in the United Kingdom, bound on a Voyage to —.

THIS Indenture, made the day of, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and, witnesseth, That ——, overseers of the poor of the [parish] of (*) —, in the division of, in the county of -, in the presence of — and - two of H.M.'s jus tices of the peace in and for the said county acting in and for the said division in which the said [parish or union] is situate, do by this indenture, duly executed by the said justices in testimony of their having been satisfied that the boy hereby and hereafter bound and named hath attained the age hereinafter mentioned, and is of sufficient health and strength as required by the statute in such case made and provided, bind, put out, and place, with his own free will and consent, and not otherwise, -, a poor boy of the said [parish or union], aged years, as appears by the copy of the entry of his baptism in the register book of the parish of, in the county of, hereunto annexed (), who is now [and whose parents and - are now] chargeable to and maintained by the said

Or it may be made by other persons having the authority of overseers or guardians, or in whom the duty of overseers or guardians of the poor shall be vested.

b The copy must be given and attested by the officiating minister, without fee or reward. If it cannot be found, erase the words from "by the "

to "annexed," and insert "from such information of such boy's age as the said justices have been able to obtain, as the entry of his baptism cannot be found." The apprentice must be above twelve and under seventeen years of age, and bound for four years at the least.

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[parish] of, apprentice in the sea service to, one of H.M.'s subjects of the [parish] of, in the county of, being the master (c) of the ship called, registered in the port of, being a port of the U.K. of Great Britain and Ireland, with him the said, his executors and administrators, and the assign or assigns of the widow, or of the executors and administrators of the said, to dwell, remain, and serve from the day of the date of these presents for so long time and until the said apprentice shall attain the age of twenty-one years; during all which term the said apprentice his said master, his executors and administrators, or the assign or assigns of the widow, or of the executors or administrators of the said - Ishall well and faithfully serve; his and their secrets keep; his and their lawful commands everywhere gladly do and execute; hurt or damage to his said master, his executors or administrators, or the said assign or assigns, he shall not do, consent or see to be done by others, but to the utmost of his power shall hinder the same, and forthwith his said master, his executors or administrators, or the said assign or assigns, thereof warn; taverns or alehouses he shall not frequent; at dice, cards, tables, bowls, or any other unlawful games he shall not play; the goods of his said master, his executors or administrators, or the said assign or assigus, he shall not embezzle or waste, or lend or give to any person or persons without his or their license; nor from the service of his said master, his executors or administrators, or the said assign or assigns, without his or their consent, at any time absent himself; but as a true and faithful apprentice in all lawful businesses, according to his power, wit, and ability, and honestly, orderly, and obediently in all things, shall demean and behave himself toward his said master, his executors or administrators, or the said assign or assigns, during the said term; and true and just accounts of his or their goods, chattels, and money committed to his charge, or which shall come to his hands, faithfully he shall give at all times, when thereunto required by him or them; and shall also render an account of, and well and truly pay or cause to be paid to him or them, all such wages, prize money, and other sum or sums of money as shall become due and payable unto him the said apprentice from H.M., her heirs, successors, or any other person, in case he shall enter or go into H.M.'s service during the said term. In consideration whereof, and of the sum of, of lawful money of the U.K. of Great Britain and Ireland to him in hand well and truly paid at the execution of these presents (the receipt whereof the said doth hereby acknowledge), he the said, for himself, his executors or administrators, doth hereby covenant, promise, and agree to and with the said overseers of the poor, and their successors, that he the said —, his executors or administrators, and the assign or assigns of his widow, or of his executors or administrators, the said apprentice in the art, trade, or business of a mariner or seaman, with the circumstances thereunto belonging, shall and will, until he shall attain the age of twenty-one years, teach, learn, and instruct, or cause to be taught, learned, and instructed, in the best way and manner that he or they can; and shall and will find, provide, and allow unto the said apprentice competent and sufficient meat and drink, apparel, lodging, washing, medicine, medical and surgical aid and advice, and all other things necessary and fit for an apprentice.

And also shall and will so provide for the said apprentice that he be not any way a charge to the said [parish or union] of -, or parishioners thereof; but of and from all charge shall and will save the [parish or union] of, and parishioners thereof, harmless and indemnified during the said term. In witness whereof the said justices, and other parties abovesaid to the present indenture, interchangeably have set their hands and seals the day and year first above written.

Signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of —

We, the guardians of the poor of the [* - union, within which the said parish is included], do hereby testify our consent to the binding of the said to the said, and have hereunto caused our official seal to be affixed, at a meeting of the board this day of -.

e Or owner.

(Signed)

L. S.

Clerk to the said Guardians.

* If the parish be not in union, omit the words within brackets.