Form No. 4.

CERTIFICATE, containing a List of Papers, to be made out in duplicate, one copy to be delivered to the Master of a detained Vessel, as soon as possible after seizure, the other to be delivered to the Court before which the Vessel is taken for adjudication.

1 to

I further certify, that the papers which I have numbered inclusive, are the whole of the documents, letters, and writings, seized on board, which are hereunder specified and described, namely:

No. 1.
2.

3. &c.

Here specify and describe the papers found on

board, according to the number.

Form No. 5.

DECLARATION to be made by the Commander of Her Majesty's Ship at the time of seizure, and delivered to the Court before which the Vessel is taken for adjudication.

I, THE Undersigned,
rank of
and commanding Her Majesty's ship
authorized by the

holding the

in Her Britannic Majesty's Navy, daly between Great Britain

dated the

for the suppression of the Slave Trade, do hereby declare, that on

and

day of
and longitude

having violated the said

being in latitude

of Greenwich, whereof

further declare that the vessel had on board at the time of

Here insert any particulars worthy of notice as to the state in which the vessel was found, and any facts as to

the circum

stances or causes

And I do also declare, that I found this vessel in the following state :

of seizure.

Given under my hand, this

day of

Commanding Her Majesty's Ship

Form No. 6.

FORM OF AFFIDAVIT to be made by the Commander, or Officer in charge of a detained Vessel, on bringing the ship's papers into Court.

IN the business of the

whereof

Appeared personally

vessel

was Master.

Britannic Majesty's ship of war

of Her

and

made oath, that the documents, letters, and writings, hereunto annexed, marked from No.

to No.

inclusive, were

to the best of his knowledge and belief, all the papers found

found subsequently to sei

on board the said vessel at the time of her seizure: and that If no papers are -the further documents, letters, and writings, hereunto annexed, marked from No. to inclusive, were, to the best of zure of the ves~his knowledge and belief, all the papers which have since been sel, this parafound on board of the said vessel; and that the said further papers were seized at the dates, and under the circumstances, as follows:

and, lastly, the said deponent maketh oath, that the whole of the said papers, herein referred to and annexed, are now brought and delivered up in the same plight and condition as when received or found by this deponent, without any fraud, addition, subtraction, alteration, or embezzlement whatever, save the numbering and marking thereof.

graph to be
omitted.

All circum-
stances attend-
ing the finding
or delivery up of
such further

papers are to be
fully stated in
this Affidavit.

This Affidavit must be signed and sworn to by the Commander of the seizing ship, or the Officer in charge of the detained vessel, before the person duly authorized to admi

nister the oath.

Here state any changes which may have taken place with respect to the vessel, her crew,

the Slaves, if

any, and her cargo, between the period of her detention and the time of delivering in the

ship's papers.

Form No. 7.

AFFIDAVIT to be made by the Commander of Her Majesty's Ship, or the Officer in charge of the detained Vessel, at the time of bringing the ship's papers into Court, as to any changes which may have taken place subsequent to the period of seizure.

This Affidavit must be signed and sworn to by the Commander of the seizing ship, or the Officer in charge of the detained vessel, before the person duly authorized to administer the oath.

Form No. 8.

CERTIFICATE containing a List of Papers, to be made out in duplicate, at the time of seizure, one copy to be retained by the Commander of Her Majesty's ship, the other to be delivered to the Court before which the vessel is taken for adjudication.

I further certify, that the papers which I have numbered No. 1 to No. inclusive, are the whole of the documents, letters, and writings, seized on board, which are hereunder specified and described, namely:

No. 1.
2.

3. &c.

Here specify and describe the papers found on board, according to number.

Signed by me, the

day of

Commanding Her Majesty's ship