Tho . Cantuar . J. Sommers C. S. Pembroke C. P. S. Shrewsbury .

WHereas by an Act made the last Session of Parliament , Intituled , An Act for the Encrease and Encouragement of Seamen , It was , amongst other things , Enacted , That all and every able Mariner , Seaman , Waterman , Fisherman , Lighterman , Bargeman , Keélman , or Seafaringman , being a Natural Subject of this Realm , or of any of His Majesties Dominions , or being Naturalized or made a Deuizen , and above the Age of Eighteén , and under the Age of Fifty Years , and being capable of Sea Service , who should be willing to Enter himself for the Service of His Majesty and His Successors in His or Their Fleét or Navy , should by himself or any other Person by him thereunto in Writing Authorized , give in his Christian Name and Sirname , and proper Addition , together with his Age and Place of abode , unto such Officer at the Navy Office in London , or other Place , and in such manner as should be appointed by His Majesty and His Successors ; by which Registring himself , such Person will become Intituled to several great Privileges and Advantages in the said Act mentioned ; And by the said Act it is provided , for the better Support of the Hospital in the said Act mentioned for the Relief of Seamen , their Widows and Children , there should be paid out of the Wages of every Seaman , Serving in any of His Majesties Ships , or in any of His Subjects Ships , Sixpence a Month , to be Collected , Levied and Recovered by such Officers , and according to such Rules as should in that behalf be appointed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty ; And it is provided likewise , That every Seaman , at the time of his being Registred , shall bring a Certificate of his Place of abode , under the Hands of Two Iustices of the Peace of the County or Place where he lives , and to bring a like Certificate , as often as he changes the Place of his abode , to the Register , on the Penalty of loosing the Benefit of his being Registred : Now for putting the said Act in Execution , We have thought fit , by the Advice of His Majesties Privy Council , to Issue this Proclamation , to give Notice that the Head Office for Registring Seamen according to the said Act , is kept on Tower-Hill in London , where all Persons qualified by the said Act , may Register themselves according to the Directions thereof ; and that the Collectors of His Majesties Customs in the respective Ports of this Realm ( except the Port of London ) are Appointed to be the Registers for the Purposes aforesaid , in their respective Ports , and for all Places Adjacent to the same . And to the end the Persons who are to Pay the Sixpence a Month out of the Seamens Wages may know to whom to Pay the same , We have thought fit to give Notice , that the Collectors of His Majesties Customs in all Ports ( except for the Port of London ) are Appointed to be Receivers of the said Duty , for the Wages of all Seamen , in any Ship arrived in the said Port , or any Creek or Haven thereunto belonging . And that William Bathurst Esq ; who is Resident near the Custom-House in London , is Appointed Collector of the said Duty for the Wages of all Seamen , in any Ship arriving at the said Port of London , or any Creek or Haven belonging to the same . And for the better Recovering the said Duty , The Masters of every Ship or Vessel , are to stop the Sixpence a Month out of every Seamans Wages they Pay , and to Account for and Pay the same , as is herein before Directed . And lastly , to the end that no Seaman may be ignorant of what is expected from him , on or after his Registring himself , We have thought fit hereby to give Notice , That in his Certificate from the Iustice of the Peace , the Name , Age , Description of the Person as well of Place of Abode of every Seaman be exprest , and at or near what Sign or Remarkable Place he lives , and if a Lodger his Landlords Name : And that a like Certificate be brought as often as he shall remove . And that on such Seamans going to or returning from Sea , that he gives Notice to the Register of the Port or Place where he is Registred ; for which said several Certificates from the Register , or the Iustices of the Peace , no Fee or Reward whatsoever is to be given by the said Person or Persons so Registring or Removing him or themselves as aforesaid .