tions from the Court of Directors, pay into the hands of the Company's Pay-master, the expences incurred by the Company on the recruits so deserting, unless he can make it clearly appear, to the satisfaction of the Committee, that the same did not happen through any neglect of duty.

31. That, whenever the ship is in port, the Surgeon's journal be deposited in the same place with the ship's logbook, under the charge of the Commanding Officer; but that your Surgeon, or his Mate, have access thereto, to enter the transactions of each day; at other times, the journal is to remain in the possession of the Surgeon.

32. That your ship be regularly pumped out, in the course of every watch, whenever there is sufficient water in the ship to work the pumps, both in the outward and homeward-bound voyage, and regular entries thereof made in the Company's log-book, and likewise in your journal, and those of your Chief and Second Officers.

35. That you and your Officers do embrace every favourable opportunity, in the course of the voyage, to take lunar observations, and that the same be entered in all your journals.

34. You are strictly required to keep up the worship of Almighty God on board your ship every Sunday, when cir cumstances will admit, and that the log-book contain the reasons for the omission when it so happens; that you pro mote good order and sobriety, by being yourself the example, and enforcing it in others; and that you be humane and attentive to the welfare of those under your command; the Court have resolved to mulct you in the sum of two guineas, for every omission of mentioning the performance of divine service, or assigning satisfactory reasons for the non-performance thereof every Sunday, in the Company's log

book.

35. When you have received your sailing orders from your Commodore, or any of the Captains of His Majesty's Fleet, you are strictly forbid to sleep, out of your ship, nor are you to suffer either of your officers to absent himself more than twelve hours; and it is fully expected, also, that this order be attended to when you have received at Portsmouth, or any other place, your quota of His Majesty's or Company's troops, that tumult and desertion may be prevented to the utmost.

36. We most pointedly direct you to comply with the

covenants in your charter-party, to have the log-book, boatswain's book, medical journal, and recruit-book, kept as directed, as you will be made answerable for any breach of duty in your officers; and by no means to fail in keeping and delivering the abstract of your log with your jour nals.

37. Your own, Chief, and Second Mate's journals, are to be kept in the fullest and most explicit manner, and not, as is too often the case, a diary only of courses, winds, and weather: They are to contain also lists of the ship's company, and of all passengers. The Surgeon's journal you are to inspect and sign every month; nor will either their or your journals be received unless kept as directed.

38. Such charts as you may receive from this House are to be returned, at the end of the voyage, with your journals; and the graduated charts for the ship's tract, with variations, longitude by observation and chronometer, you are particularly directed to render as complete as possible; and you are strictly to enjoin your senior officers, and encourage your junior officers, at all times when practicable, to use the lunar observations, to observe the variation of the compass by azimuths and amplitudes, finding the latitude by double altitudes, and every other branch of navigation.

39. We have agreed with the Owners of our ships, that the officers or men belonging to any of them that may be taken or lost, if they desire it, shall be returned to England as passengers, the Company paying two-thirds of the charterparty passage-money, or in proportion, according to the place or time received on board; and you are hereby directed to receive such unfortunate men, and afford them needful accommodation.

40. The Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs having appointed Gravesend, as the place from the arrival at which the Company's ships are to be reported in twenty-four hours, you are therefore strictly enjoined to comply with the said regulation, and come to an anchor in Long Reach, and that you do not leave your ship till her arrival there.

41. Resolved, That the established captains in the service, during their command of extra ships, be considered as the junior commanders, when sailing in company with the regular ships, and rank agreeably to their standing in the

Company's service with extra ships, only with the right of resuming their rank on their commanding a regular ship.***

42. The Commander is strictly required to conform to the Company's regulations respecting the Indulgence al-' lewed him and also his Officers, and to observe the following regulations: that the Certificates granted to him and Offcers, at the usual rates of Exchange, the Company have agreed to pay one Moiety at 90 days sight, as an encouragement, and the remaining moiety at 365 days sight; and if a part be paid in at one presidency, or none has been paid, you must carry a written evidence with you of the fact, before you will be allowed to pay it any other.

43. You are particularly directed to cause every package in private-trade to be marked with the initials of the name of the persons to whom it belongs. They are to be registered with these marks; the nature of the package, the contents, and quality of the contents; nor will any packages marked sundries be permitted to be claimed. The form of the manifest is annexed; nor will any register in your boatswain's book be admitted, unless made at the place where the goods are received on board, and certified by your officers at the first port you may arrive at, where the Company have any Agent or Factor.

44. Any tea exceeding the value of ten pounds, or any other goods above the value of one hundred pounds, on board the ship unregistered, will be forfeited; and goods of the above value will only be admitted, when the Court have satisfactory reasons assigned for the omission.

45. All orders and instructions received from the Secret Committee, or those of the several Presidencies in India or China or St. Helena, or those received from any of his Majesty's Officers are to be kept in a secure place and their contents kept inviolably secret, and to be all returned to the Secretary on the arrival from the Voyage; and also required to take receipts from the Governors, Secretaries, or proper person, for the several packets committed to your care, and to be produced on the Ship's

return.

46. You are positively forbid receiving on board your ship any person whatever, that does not belong to the crew, without a special order, in writing, from those

and Council at their Presidencies, to grant such licence; and in the event of your receiving any person at a foreign settle. ment, or at a place where no such licence can be obtained, you are, on your arrival at one of the Company's settlements, to report what you have done, and wait such orders as you may receive on that head, and both log book and boatswain's book are to contain a sufficient entry of the fact: this has respect to all descriptions of people, and the severest penalties will attach to a breach of this order.

A rate of passage money having been determined by the Court, you are strictly forbid, at your peril, to refuse passengers who may be ordered for your ship, or that you assess them for their passage beyond the sum specified against their rank. ;

You are not to receive any black servants in India, as passengers, without a certificate that a deposit has been paid to our agents, to answer any expense we may be at for their maintenance in England and return home, under the penalty of being answerable for them yourself.

The conduct of several passengers has been so highly improper, that we have deemed it necessary to frame a set of regulations, which we trust will preserve good order on board our ships. The rules therein laid down, we expect will be rigidly attended to by yourself; and that you will enforce a strict observance of them by your officers and all your passen, gers, both in your outward and homeward-bound voyage.

EXTRACTS

From the Bye-Laws and Regulations of the Court of Directors, relative to Ships, their Commanders and Officers.

47. NO persons to trade within the Company's limits, except as permitted by Act of Parliament, or the Company's byelaws; and notice given to every commander when sworn in.

48. That the Court of Directors shall not permit any person or persons to export or import any money, goods, or merchandise, in any ships belonging to or freighted by the Company, other than such as shall be first licensed by the Court of Directors, or such person or persons as shall be by them em. powered to grant such licence.

49. All goods and merchandise whatsoever, which shall be licensed to be sent in any of the Company's ships to the East Indies, shall be brought to the place appointed, and viewed by the proper officer, in order to the ascertaining of the tonnage, and the registering of such goods.

50. The Company's mark to be put on all such goods, merchandise and bullion; and all bullion to be brought to the Company's Treasury Office, and there viewed, weighed and packed up and all goods, merchandise or bullion which shall be found ou board any of the Company's outward-bound ships, not licensed and marked, or stamped with the Company's mark, shall be forfeited.

51.

That all goods brought home in private trade, be registered, and to be lodged in the Company's warehouses.

52. Notice to be given by public advertisement when the Company shall have occasion to build new ships, specifying the burthen of the ship or ships wanted, the dimensions or scantlings of timber and planks, &c. and the said advertisement shall fix a time (not less than four weeks from the publication thereof,) and the proposals for building and freighting the ships, to be sealed up, and specify the rates of freight and demmurage, required for engaging such ships for six voyages. The said proposals to be put in a box, locked and sealed, and when opened, the lowest peace freight to be accepted, should it appear to the Court of Directors to be reasonable; and additional charges thereon, in the time of war, to be settled by