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PORT AND CUSTOMS REGULATIONS FOR THE PHILIPPINES.
Passengers with their baggage should be ready on arrival to be examined by the medical officer of the Port if considered necessary, and answer any questions that may be put to them.
The captain will also be required to present bis register in order that the name, nationality, captain, tonnage, &c., may be noted, and he will also be required to state his port of sailing, ports of call, dates of sailing, destination, armament, cargo, consignees, and anything remarkable that may have occurred on the voyage. He will deliver a list of his crew and passengers, giving the professions and destinations of the latter, and whether or not they have passports, which must be given to the Police Officer who will be at hand to receive them, and any information the captain can afford respecting them.
For all inaccuracies in the health certificate, number of crew and passengers, sad for any false declaration as to the professions of the latter, the captain shall pay a fine of $250 for each offence, be held responsible for the result, and his vessel shall not be admitted to free pratique until he shall have complied with this Regulation.
The captain shall deliver any letters he may have brought to the Post-Office authorities.
IV.—All vessels not admitted to free pratique, or that may be put in quarantine, will abide by the laws, which will be explained to the captain, who will see that the yellow or other flag be kept at his fore-topmast-head, and any infraction of this Regulation will subject the captain to an immediate fine of $500, and to be tried judicially for the offence.
V.The first duty of the captain on landing je, under a penalty of $5, to present himself to the Captain of the Port, who will direct him and his passengers to the proper authorities. Passengers of distinction are exempted from accompanying the captain, and will be advised of the custom of the Port on board.
VI.-At the anchorages no vessels are allowed to keep their guns loaded, and no firearms of any kind can be discharged without previous permission, except when done to ask for assistance as explained in the Anchorage Regulations. Captains will pay a fine of $20 for each discharge, besides the expenses occasioned by sending off assistance, &c., in response from the shore.
VII--All vessels must have a consignee, who will guarantee the fulfilment of these Regulations to the extent of $500, and the captain must give in the name of such Agent within 30 hours of his arrival in Manila, or 48 hours if in Cavite or Canaco, otherwise pay a fine of $50 and be admonished.
VIII-To take in or discharge ballast, captains must first obtain permission from the Captain of the Port, and will pay a fine as expressed in the Tariff No. 1 should said permission not be applied for and obtained before doing so, as also for discharging ballast in unauthorized places and throwing it or any kind of rubbish overboard.
IX.--Any individual found boarding a vessel before it shall have been admitted to free pratique shall pay a fine of 825, and the captain of any vessel who shall allow his boats to be used for such a purpose shall be fined $50, and be liable for any other penalty the act may subject him to.
X. From 11 p.m. till daybreak no boats or bancas are allowed to traffic at the anchorages unless with previously obtained permission, or in case of urgent necessity. The captain of the vessel whose boats shall be so used, and passengers by, or owner of, a banca so offending shall pay a fine of $25.
Vessels at anchor are at liberty to stop and detain all suspicious looking boats or bancas that may be found infringing this Regulation.
Sailors found on shore loafing, between 10 o'clock at night and daybreak, will be detained and punished in accordance with the laws and be held responsible for any disturbances they may cause.
XI.-Vessels entering the river must deliver up for safe keeping any gunpowder they may have on board, and for every pound of powder they may retain on board in opposition to this regulation, a fine of $1 will be imposed.