FORM NO. 33. Oath and declaration of master to desertion of seamen or mariners. (Paragraph 300.) CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, I, port of master of the ship · of . 189-. now lying in the do hereby make oath, in due form of law, that the seamen or mariners hereinafter named, and who are noted on the crew list of the said vessel as deserters, absconded from the said ship at the ports or places hereinafter named, without my knowledge or consent, at or about the times hereinafter placed opposite their names respectively: Request to local authorities for the arrest of deserters. recently arrived from having absconded at this port from the said—, I have the honor respectfully, in pursuance of the provisions of the terms of the treaty of, 18, between the United States and to request that you will please cause warrants to be issued for their arrest and imprisonment, and that they be retained subject to the order of this Consulate. I have the honor to be, sir, Το FORM NO. 35. U. S. Consul. Certificate to be issued to citizens of the United States being purchasers of American or foreign-built vessels in a foreign port. I, (Paragraphs 343 and 346.) do day of Consul of the United States for the port of hereby certify that the within bill of sale, bearing date the [here describe the vessel, her tonnage, denomination, name, etc.], sold and transferred by to - of the has been proved satisfactorily to me to have been duly executed by the subscribing part-; and I further certify that tioned as purchaser of said vessel therein mencitizen of the United States. As witness my hand and seal of the Consulate this in the year of our Lord 189-. [L. S.] day of U. S. Consul. FORM NO. 36. Certificate to be attached to documentary evidence accompanying requisitions in the United States for extradition. that the annexed papers, being [here state what the papers are], proposed to be used upon an application for the extradition from the United States of charged with the crime of -—————————, alleged to have to entitle them to be received in evidence for similar purposes by the tribunals of as required by the act of Congress of August 3, 1882. In witness whereof I hereunto sign my name and cause the seal of the Consulate to be affixed this day of 189-. On this day of and -, before me, America for Port of 189-. in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred Consul of the United States of and the dependencies thereof, personally appeared master of the ship or vessel called the ———, of , of tons or thereabouts, and declared that on the last past he sailed in and with the said ship from the port laden with and arrived in the said ship at the burden of day of of on [here insert the day and hour]; and having experienced boisterous weather on the voyage, hereby enters this note of protest accordingly, to serve and avail him hereafter, if found necessary. By this public instrument of declaration and protest be it known and made manifest unto all to whom these presents shall come or may con cern that, on the before me, and the dependencies thereof, personally came and appeared master of the ship or vessel called the the burden of laden with of of tons or thereabouts, then lying in this port of cargo, who duly noted and entered with me, the said Consul, his protest for the uses and purposes hereafter mentioned; and now, on this day, to wit, the day of the date hereof, before me, the said Consul, again comes the said and requires me to extend also comes A B, this protest; and together with the said mate, G H, carpenter, K L and M O, seamen, of and belonging to the said ship, all of whom being by me duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, did severally voluntarily, freely, and solemnly declare, depose, and state as follows, that is to say: That these appearers, on the day of in their capacities aforesaid, sailed in and with the said from the port of laden with -, and bound to the port of ; that the said ship was then tight, staunch, and strong; had her cargo well and sufficiently stowed and secured; had her hatches well calked and covered; was well and sufficiently manned, victualed, and furnished with all things needful and necessary for a vessel in the merchant service, and particularly for the voyage she was about to undertake; that [here insert narrative of the facts of the voyage as they occurred, with full and minute particulars, with dates, latitude, longitude, etc.] And these said appearers, upon their oaths aforesaid, do further declare and say: That during the said voyage they, together with the others of the said ship's company, used their utmost endeavors to preserve the said and cargo from all manner of loss, damage, or injury. Wherefore the said master, hath protested, as by these presents I, the said Consul, at his special instance and request, do publicly and solemnly protest against all and every person and persons whom it doth or may concern, and against the winds, and waves, and billows of the seas, and against all and every accident, matter, and thing had and met with, as aforesaid, whereby, and by reason whereof, the said or cargo already has or hereafter shall appear to have suffered or sustained damage or injury. And do declare that all losses, damages, costs, charges, and expenses that have happened to the said cargo, or to either, are and ought to be borne by those to whom the same by right may appertain by way of average or otherwise, the same having occurred as before mentioned, and not by or through the insufficiency of the said her tackle or apparel, or default or neglect of this -, this day of Thus done and protested in the port of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and In testimony whereof these appearers have hereunto subscribed their names, and I, the said Consul, have granted to the said master this public instrument, under my hand and the seal of this Consulate, to serve and avail him and all others whom it doth or may concern, as need and occasion may require. [SEAL OF THE CONSULATE.] Master. A B, Mate. G H, Carpenter. K L, Seaman. M O, do. U. S. Consul. FORM NO. 39. Protest of the master of a vessel against charterers or freighters. (Paragraph 186.) Whereas the surveyors of the ship ———, of day of mas ter, of the have recommended the said ship to proceed to a port of discharge, in the United States, after temporary repairs, and with as much cargo as will render her perfectly safe, and that she be there thoroughly overhauled and permanently repaired: And whereas, in order to reach a port of discharge with safety and dispatch, where the repairs recommended in the said survey may be done and performed. it is better for all parties concerned that the voyage should be made direct from the port of to the said port of permanent repair in the United States: And whereas -, master of the ship of —————, aforesaid, has determined to proceed direct to the port of there to thoroughly overhaul and repair the said ship, as recommended by the said survey, but in order to accomplish this end, and in lieu of touching at for orders and for the privilege of the said direct port, he has been obliged to give up and yield to the charterers of the said ship per ton upon the number of tons of, delivered at the said port of -, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of dollars, more or less: Now know all men by these presents, that on the day of the date hereof, before me, -, consul of the United |