The Purser shall, at the expiration of every one, two, or three Months at furthest, as circumstances may render expedient, pay for all such quantities of bread, wine, spirits, beef, pork, sugar, butter, and cheese as shall, during that period, have been saved by, or short allowed to the different messes in the Ship from the established allowance of those species,, according to the following prices, viz.:

If it shall be necessary for the Purser to draw Bills of Exchange upon the Commissioners of the Victualling, for money taken up for the purchase of provisions saved by, or short allowed to the Ship's Company, and the Ship shall not be at any port or place where there is an Agent or other proper instrument of the victualling, the money so required is to be obtained as directed in the 35th article of the Purser's Instructions, page 346 ; and a certificate is to be subjoined to each bill signed by the Captain, stating that the Purser had produced to him the account of the provisions saved by, or short allowed to, the respective messes of the Ship, for the payment of which such bill was drawn; and that the sum so drawn for was the amount of the provisions saved, or short allowed, and no more, during the period therein mentioned.

The Purser to draw Bills of Exchange upon the Commissioners of the Victualling provided there is no Agent &c. on the spot.

But in all cases wherein the Ship shall be at a regular established victualling port, the Purser, instead of drawing bills upon the Commissioners of the Victualling for the amount of the savings, or short allowance, is to procure the sum necessary for the payment thereof from the Agent for the victualling ; who will furnish him therewith, upon his delivering to him an account of the quantities, rates, and amount of the provisions saved, or short allowed, with a certificate subjoined or annexed thereto signed by the Captain or Commander, a Lieutenant, and the Master, stating that the money therein inserted is actually due to the Ship’s Company, and granting also to the Agent a proper receipt for the same

But at the established victualling ports, the monies required for payment of savings are in all cases to be obtained from the Agents.

The Captain or Commander is, immediately after the bill is drawn, or the money is received, to cause the payment to be publicly made in the presence of himself and of the Master; the Purser taking especial care that each of the three accounts before-mentioned be properly signed by the persons to whom the money is paid, and that each payment be witnessed by a Commission or Warrant Officer who is to sign his name and description in the column for that purpose.

All payments to be publicly made in the presence of the Captain and Master.

All money paid to seamen in Foreign coin shall be issued to them according to the sterling value; and they shall have the benefit of the exchange.

The Ship’s company to have the benefit of the exchange.

It is strictly forbidden to all Officers or others, to concern themselves, directly or indirectly, in buying the seamen's savings or short allowance; and the Officer who has the payment of the same is charged to pay the person belonging to the mess who may be appointed by the parties for that purpose, without any regard to notes or other obligation whatsoever.

The buying of savings by the Officers and others strictly forbidden.

Two of the three accounts before-mentioned are to be immediately delivered to the Captain, who is to sign a certificate at the foot of the one which the Purser is to keep for passing his accounts; setting forth that he had received two accounts of the same tenor and date; one of which accounts the Captain is directly to send to the Commissioners of the Victualling, and to note on the other when, and by what conveyance, it had been so forwarded. The remaining account the Captain is to reserve, and deliver into the Victualling Office on the passing of his accounts ; and he is to take notice: that the amount of all the bills attested by him for savings, or short allowance of provisions will necessarily be charged as imprests against him, and so remain, until one of the said accounts shall, on his part be delivered into the Victualling Office.

One of the three accounts before mentioned, to be sent by the Captain to the Victualling Office, and another of them to be produced on passing his account.

The Captain is to take particular care that the quantities of provisions, which shall from time to time be paid for as .savings, or short allowance, be regularly inserted in the accounts which he is required to transmit quarterly to the Commissioners of the Victualling, by the 26th Article of the Chapter of Provisions ; and the Purser is also duly to insert the same in his voluntary charge which, by the 47th Article of his Instructions, he is directed to produce on the passing of his accounts.

The quantities of provisions saved to be duly inserted in the Captain’s quarterly accounts, and in the Purser’s voluntary charge.

With the other papers necessary for passing the Purser's account, he is to deliver into the Victualling Office a separate and distinct account current of all provisions purchased of, and paid for to, the Ship's company in sterling money wherein he is to debit himself with the amount of all Bills of Exchange drawn, or monies received, for or on account thereof ; and to take credit for the actual amount paid by him, according to the Form (No. 3.) At the foot of which account current be is to make oath that the several sums of money, therein stated to have been received and paid for savings or short allowance of provisions, were actually received as therein expressed, and were really and bona fide so paid to the several individual persons mentioned in the lists therein pointed out, and not to any other person or persons, or upon any other account, without any profit or advantage to himself or any other person on his account by exchange or otherwise; that the several quantities of provisions specified in the said lists were all actually saved by, or short allowed to, the individual messes therein particularized ; and that not any addition has been made thereto, on behalf of himself or of any person or persons for him, or on any other account or pretence whatever.

A separate account current to be produced by the Purser.