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vessels, the produce being divided as before, into
eighth parts.
The lieutenant or lieutenants to have three-eighth
parts, unless under the command of a flag officer or
officers, in which case such flag officer or officers to
have one-eighth part;and the lieutenant or lieutenants
the other two.
The share of the master to be one-eighth part.
The surgeon, or surgeon's assistant (when there
is no surgeon), mates, midshipmen, and clerks, to
have one-eighth part. ,
The following petty officers, namely, sail-makers,
gunners' mates,boatswains' mates, carpenters' mates,
quartermasters, captains of the forecastle, pilots, and
sergeants of marines or land forces serving ,as ma-
rines, shall have one-eighth part to be equally divided
amongst them. The remaining two-eighth parts
to be divided into shares, and distributed to the
other part of the crew in the following proportions„
namely,
To the remaining petty officers, viz.
Captains of the foretop, captains of the mast, cor-
porals of marines, and volunteers o f the first and se-
cond classes, four shares each.
To the able seamen, ordinary seamen, and ma-
rines, and soldiers serving as marines, three shares
each.

To the landsmen and all other ratings not before
enumerated, together with passengers, and other per-
sons borne as supernumeraries doing duty and at-
sisting on board, two shares each.
Boys one share each.
When cutters, schooners, brigs, and other armed
vessels are in company with other ships, their officers
and crews are to share with their respective classes
on board the fleet,
Thirdly.—All rewards for arrests 'and seizure-:
made by tenders employed by my order, or by the
order of the Lord High, Admiral, or any Commis-
sioners for executing the office of Lord High Admi-
ral for the time being; or by boats or officers belona_
ing to and detached from your Majesty's ships and
vessels, are to be shared by the, officers.and men of
the ship or vessel to which such boat or officers
br-
long, in the same manner as if the seizure was made
by the said ship or vessel.
Fourthly.—ln all cases in which supernumeraries,
whether officers or men, shall be borne by any such
order as aforesaid, they shall share with the respec-
tive ranks in which they may be acting.
Fifthly.—The following regulations to be estab-
lished with respect to the share before mentioned, to
be given to the flag officer or officers, under whose
command the capturing ship may be.
That a captain, commander, or commanding officer
of a ship or vessel, shall be deemed to be under the
command of a flag when he shall have actually re-
ceived some order directly from, or be acting in
execution of some order issued by, a flag officer,
and in the event of his being directed to join a flag-
officer on any station, he shall be deemed to be un-.
der the command of such flag officer from the time
when he arrives within the limits of the station, and
shall be considered to continue under the command
of the flag officer of such station, until he shall have
received some order directly from, or be acting in
execution of some order issued by, some other flag
officer, or by my order, or that of the. Lord High
Admiral, or any Commissioners for executing the
office of Lord High Admiral for the time being.
That a flag-officer, Commander-in-chief, where
there is but one flag fficer upon service, shall have
to his own use, the one-third part of the said-three-
eighths of the seizures made by ships and_ vessels
under his command..
That when ships or vessels under the command
of several flags, which belong to separate stations,
shall happen to be joint captors, the captain or com-
manding officer of each ship and vessel, and the
commander in ships which shall have a commander
on board with the captain, shall pay one third of
the share or shares to which he or they may be re-
spectively entitled, to the flag-officer or officers of
the station to which such ship or vessel shall belong;
- but the captains or commanders, or commanding
officers of such ships or vessels, as shall be under
orders from me, as the Lord High Admiral, or any
Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High
Admiral, being joint captors with other ships or
vessels under a flag or flags, shall retain the whole
of their share.
That if a flag officer is sent to command in the
ports of this kingdom, he shall have no share in the
seizures made by ships or vessels that have sailed or
shall sail from that port by my order, or that of the
Lord High Admiral, or any Commissioners for exe-
cuting the office of Lord High Admiral.
That when more than one flag-offieer shall be
serving together, the one-third part of the thre...
eighths of the seizures made by any ships or vessels
of the fleet or squadron, shall be divided in the fol-
lowing proportions, viz.
If there be but two flag-officers, the chief shall
have two-third parts of the said third of three-
eighths, and the other shall have the remaining third
part ; but if the number of flag-officers be more than
two, the chief shall have only one-half, and the other
half shall be equally divided amongst the junior flag-
officers.
That Commodores of the first class shall be
esteemed as flag-officers, with respect to the one-
third of the three-eighth parts of the seizures made,
whether commanding in chief or serving under
command.
That a captain of the fleet shall be deemed and
taken to be a flag-officer, and shall be entitled to a
part or share of seizures as the junior flag-officer of
such fleet or squadron.
Sixthly.—And with respect to the cases herein-
before proposed to be excepted, as to the officers,
petty officers, and seamen belonging to your Ma..
jesty's Fleet, and officers and non-commissioned
officers and privates of Royal Marines, who shall be
stationed and employed on shore Ls the prevention
of smuggling, commonly called the Coast Blockade
Service, and acting under my orders, or those of the
Lord High Admiral, or of any Commissioners for
executing the office of the Lord High Admiral for
the time being, I beg leave most humbly to submit
that your Majesty may be graciously pleased to,
establish the following regulations, viz.:----
That the whole amount of the reward payable
for the arrest of smugglers, which shall be made by
the officers and men stationed and employed on
shore, whether such arrest be made on the water or
on the land, shall, if the same be made by only one
person, be paid to the person actually making the.
arrest.
But where there shall be more than one person
actually making the arrest, or acting in especial
concert or co-operation for that purpose, whether
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To the sea lieutenants, captains of marines, and
masters, ten shares each.
To lieutenants and quartermasters of marines,
boatswains, gun-
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To assistant-surgeons,
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scheme, under the denomination of the second class
of petty officers, seven shares each.
And to all able seamen, ordinary seamen, landmen,
and all other persons, six shares each.
Seventhly. And with respect to seizures to be
made by the officers, seamen, and marines, employed
on shore for the prevention of smuggling, under such
orders as aforesaid, it is further humbly submitted
that, in order to encourage the exertions Of indi-
viduals in the vigilant performance of their duty,
one-tenth part of the whole reward, payable in re-
spect of such seizures, shall be set apart ibr, toad