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A LIST OF ALIENS

I, the undersigned, being Master of the Stream Packet Ship or Vessel, named the City of Glasgow bound from Boulogne to the Port of London do, in compliance with the Provisions of an Act of Parliament, passed in the 6th William IV. Cap. 11, hereby declare, that the following is a full and true Account, to the best of my knowledge, of all Aliens who are now on board my said Ship or Vessel, or have landed herefrom in this Realm, with their Names, Rank, Occupation, and Description.

Christian and Surnames.

Prenoms et Noms.

Quality.

Profession.

Country.

Pays.

Carl Engel

Gent

Germany

Fred Schneider

Gent

Germany

Felix Deuville

Gent

France

Fred. Harree???

Gent

France

____ Lasinal

Gent

France

                 Francis

                  Jacquet

Gent

France

_____ Ledine

Gent

Prussia

Miss Lemoinel

 

 

 

 

 

To the Chief Officer of the Customs at the Port of London

 

 

 

 

 

Dated this 28th day of January 1837

 

R Cariban

 

ACT 6 WILLIAM IV. CAP. 11, SECT. 2.:-

The Master of every Vessel which shall arrive from Foreign Parts shall immediately, on his arrival, declare in writing to the Chief Officer of the Customs whether there is to the best of his knowledge any Alien on board his Vessel, and whether any Alien hath to his knowledge landed therefrom at any other place; and shall in his said Declaration specify the number of Aliens (if any) on board his Vessel, or who have to his knowledge landed therefrom, and their Names, Rank, Occupation and Description, as far as he shall be informed thereof; and if the Master of any such Vessel shall refuse or neglect to make such Declaration, or shall make a false Declaration, he shall for every offence forfeit the sum of Twenty Pounds, and the further sum of Ten Pounds for each Alien who shall have been on board at the time of the arrival of such Vessel, or who shall have to his knowledge landed therefrom, whom such Master shall wilfully have refused or neglected to declare; and in case such Master shall neglect or refuse forthwith to pay such penalty, it shall be lawful for any Officer of the Customs to detain such Vessel until the same shall be paid.

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