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Rh He shall furthermore, if required to do so, produce before the customs authorities the original of his manifest.

The customs shall have power to station one or more watchmen on board to prevent illicit trade.

78. The following are exempt from depositing the manifest:


 * 1o. Men-of-war or ships chartered for the account of a power;

2o. Boats belonging to private individuals for their personal use and never carrying any merchandise;

3o. Boats or craft used for shore fisheries;

4o. Yachts intended only as pleasure boats and registered as such at their home ports;

5o. Ships especially charged with laying down and repairing telegraphic cables;

6o. Boats exclusively used in life-saving service;

7o. Hospital ships;

8o. Training ships of the merchant marine not engaged in commercial operations.

79. The manifest deposited at the customs shall state the nature and origin of the cargo, with the marks and numbers of the cases, bales, bundles, conks, etc.

80. If there is serious reason to suspect the accuracy of the manifest, or in case the captain of the ship should refuse to allow the visit and verifications of customs officers, the case shall be brought to the attention of proper consular authority, in order that the latter, in company with a delegate of the Shereefian customs, shall undertake the investigations, visits, and verifications that he may judge necessary.

81. If after twenty-four hours, as stated in article 77, the captain has not deposited his manifest, he shall incur, unless the delay be a case of vis major, a fine of 150 pesetas for each day's delay; provided, however, that the fine shall not exceed 600 pesetas. If the captain has fraudulently presented an inaccurate or incomplete manifest, he shall be personally condemned to pay a sum equal to the value of the merchandise for which he has failed to produce the manifest, and a fine of from 500 to 1,000 pesetas, and the vessel and merchandise shall be further liable to seizure by consular authority as security for such fine.

82. Any person about to pass through the customs merchandise imported or intended for exportation shall file in the custom-house a detailed statement setting forth the nature, quality, weight, number, measurement, and value of the merchandise, as well as the nature, marks, and numbers of the packages containing the same.

83. If there should be found at the time of the visit fewer packages or less merchandise than declared, the declarant, unless able to prove that he has acted in good faith, shall pay double duties for the missing merchandise,