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 75. No unlicensed goods to be carried in the ship; or to take any passengers without leave.

76. The ship to have her complement of men during the voyage.

77. That it shall not be lawful for the master of the ship, or any other officer of the ship, to furnish any of the seamen with money, liquor, provisions beyond the value of one-third of what the wages of such seaman shall amount to at the time of furnishing the same.

78. The paymaster to be appointed by the Company, and owners to pay seamen's wives, etc., one month's wages in six.

79. The commander to have the use of the great cabin, unless for the use of the Company's servants.

80. That the part-owners or master do send in the ship the value of 500l. in foreign coins or bullion (the same to be weighed in and passed through the Company's Bullion Office), to be made use of for extraordinary expenses during the voyage. Penalty, 20l. per cent. 81. The commander to be supplied with 200l. per month, by way of impress or provisions, while in India or China. 82. The Company to pay for the hire of Lascars, in the room of seamen employed in India. APPENDIX No. 9. ii. p. 458. Ships belonging to or in the service of the East India Company burnt, lost, taken, or otherwise destroyed, from the year 1700 to the year 1819.

+++- Date. |    Ships' Names. | Tons.| By what Means. +++- 1702 | Queen                 |  320 | Taken. 1703 | Neptune               |  275 | Lost. — | Dover                  |  180 | Taken. 1704 | Hester                |  350 | Lost. — | Albemarle              |  320 | Lost. 1705 | Edward and Dudley     |  300 | Taken. — | Bombay                 |  300 | Blown up. 1707 | Herbert               |  210 | Taken. — | Dispatch               |  110 | Blown up. 1708 | Godolphin             |  280 | Lost. — | New George             |  400 | Taken. 1709 | Sherborne             |  400 | Lost.