RULES AND REGULATIONS:

ESTABLISHED BY THE

Court of Directors of the United East India Company,

FOR THE

SHIPPING of goods IN PRIVATE TRADE.

That such Commanders who are desirous of shipping Part of their Private-Trade Indulgence previous to their Ship's Arrival at Gravesend, do present to the Committee of Shipping, seven Days before their respective Ships coming afloat, a Petition for the dead Weight Articles they intend to carry: and that they do likewise present, within four Days after the Ship's Arrival at Gravesend, a further Petition for such other Articles as they may be desirous of carrying in PrivateTrade.

That such Commanders who intend to ship the Whole of their Private-Trade Indulgence at Gravesend, do present to the Committee of Shipping a Petition for the same, within four Days after the Arrival of their respective Ships off that Place.

That all Officers and Petty Officers, who are allowed to carry out Private-Trade, do present Petitions to the Committee of Shipping, for their respective Indulgencies, within four Days after the Arrival at Gravesend of the Ships to which they severally belong, or within four Days after their Appointments to their respective Stations.

That the Commanders and Officers be permitted to present Petitions for the Whole of their Private-Trade, previous to their Ships coming afloat, it they should think proper.

That the Officer in the Private-Trade Branch do certify upon all Petitions the Tonnage thereof, and that the same is within the Allowance to each Person respectively.

That three shipping Days be allowed each Ship for Goods

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that the same be appointed within the Period prescribed for the Ship's stay at Gravesend.

That the first of the said shipping Days be appointed within a Week after the Ship's Arrival at that Place, provided the Number of Ships there, at one Time, will admit of the same, being done conveniently.

That Goods for not more than three Ships be passed in any one Day, without the express Orders of the Committee of Shipping.

The public Notice of the Days appointed for shipping Private-Trade and Necessaries for Persons in India, on each Ship, be affixed at the Private-Trade Office; and that theCom manders and Officers be required to send a nearly equal Proportion of their Goods on each of those Days respectively.

That the Tonnage of all Wheel Carriages be ascertained from the most accurate Estimate which can be made of the solid Contents of the Wheels and Carriages, and that the Body be taken according to the actual Measurement of the Case in which it shall be packed.

That Wine and other Liquors, in bottles, be computed at the usual Rate of thirty-six Dozen Quarts to the Ton, and in Casks at two Hundred and Fifty-Two Gallons to the Ton.

That Oil, and other Liquors in Jars, or other Packages (except Bottles) or Casks, as before-mentioned, be computed by the Gross Weight, or calculated by the Measurement of the outside Package, whichever shall be the great-est Tonnage.

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That the Length, Breadth, and Depth of measurable Goods, be marked on each Package.

That it be observed as an invariable Rule (unless in some very particular Cases, of which the Committee of Shipping shall determine) that all Articles in Private-Trade, Liquors as above excepted, which with their Packages weigh more than they measure, be taken by Weight; and such Packages as measure more than they weigh be taken by Measure

That the Tradesmen and others do apply before Two o'clock to the Officers in the Private-Trade Branch, for the proper Orders for shipping Goods in Private Trade, and Necessaries for Persons in India, either on the shipping Days, or such other Days previous thereto as may be more

That the Officer in the Private-Trade Branch do not deliver Orders for Goods or Necessaries for any Ships after the shipping Days appointed for such Ships respectively.

That in the Orders to the Company's Husband to receive Goods into the Company's Warehouse at Botolph Wharf, the Officers in the Private-Trade. Branch, do express particu larly the Length, Breadth, and Depth of each Package.

That the Officers at. Botolph Wharf do not, upon any Account, receive into the Company's Warehouses any Packages or Goods in Private-Trade, or for Persons in India, without the proper Order from the Officer in the PrivateTrade Branch.

That Goods in Private-Trade, accompanied by the proper Order, be delivered at Botolph Wharf (to be viewed and shipped) on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, between Eight o'Clock in the Morning and Three in the Afternoon; and that not any be received after the last-mentioned Hour, lyf s

That Necessaries for Persons in India, accompanied by the proper Order, be delivered at Botolph Wharf (to be) viewed and shipped) on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, within the same Hours as prescribed for PrivateTrade Goods.,

That the Proprietors of Goods in Private-Trade, Necessaries to Persons in India, and Passengers' Baggage, be subject to all Risks on the same, notwithstanding their being delivered into the Charge of the Officers in the Company's Service.

That the Company's Husband and his Assistant do not, upon any Consideration, receive into the Company's Warehouses at Botolph Wharf, any Goods in Private-Trade, for the Commanders and Officers, Wine, or other Articles for Gentlemen in India or Passengers, which are entitled to a Drawback or Bounty upon Exportation, until the Cockets for the same are delivered to them, notwithstanding Orders for shipping the same may have been issued by the Officer in the Private-Trade Branch.

That one of the Elders at Botolph Wharf do attend on the Receipt of the Goods, in order to measure the several Packages, , and certify to the Company's Husband which Articles may be shipped, in consequence of their coming within the prescribed Tonnage, and which should be re

that a Certificate be likewise returned to the Officer in the Private-Trade Branch, whether the Packages are conformable to the Orders.

~That weighable and gruff Goods, including Ironmongery, be shipped from the respective Tradesmen, as usual; the separate Weight of the different Anchors and Grapnals, the Size and Weights of the. several Species of Cordage, the Description of Metals and other Articles, being stated as minutely as possible in the Orders to the Company's Hus band. I

That these Rules respecting Private-Trade, &c. be observed by all Persons shipping Goods on Freight, under the Act of the 33d Year of his present Majesty, Chapter 52, so far as the same can be complied with, consistently with the Regulations of Court of the 28th August, 1793.

That if the Commanders, Officers, or other Persons, neglect or refuse to comply with these Rules, their Petitions for such of their Goods not brought accordingly shall be void, and the said Goods shall not be allowed to be shipped. WM. RAMSAY,

East India House, the 23d December, 1794.

Secretary.

AT A COMMITTEE OF SHIPPING,

On Friday, the 17th of February, 1804,

RESOLVED,

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THAT, conformably to the Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the 15th January, 1796, and the 25th August, 1802, the three Shipping Days for Goods in Private-Trade be appointed within twenty-one Days after the Arrival of

That no Order be given in the Office of Private-Trade Outwards for shipping Goods on the Private-Trade Indulgence of the Commanders, Officers, or others belonging to the Regular or Extra Ships in the Company's Service, after the last Day appointed for the shipping of Goods in Private-Trade; unless the following Fines be previously paid,

FIVE SHILLINGS for each Package or Parcel, of every Description, for which application for a Shipping Order he made within three Days after the above Period.

TEN SHILLINGS for each Package or Parcel, of every Description, for which application for a Shipping Order be made within six Days after the last Day appointed for shipping Goods in Private-Trade.

ONE GUINEA for each Package or Parcel, of every Description, for which application for a Shipping Order be made after the expiration of six Days from the last Day appointed for shipping Goods in Private-Trade.

That, in future, not any Orders be given, either by the Officer in the Private-Trade Branch Outwards at this House, or by the Company's Husband at the Water-side, for shipping Goods on the Private-Trade Indulgence of the Commanders, Officers, and others belonging to the Regular or Extra Ships in the Company's Service, after the Day appointed by the Committee for clearing the Ships out at the Custom-House respectively.

By Order of the said Committee.

AT A COURT OF DIRECTORS,

Held on Wednesday, the 11th July, 1810.

RESOLVED,

THAT the following Regulations be established, re