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His Majesty having been pleased to promise by His Proclamation of the 8th Instant, That a Reward of Forty Shillings for every Able and Thirty Shillings for every Ordinary Seamen shall be paid any Person who shall discover any Seaman or Seamen who shall secret themselves, so that such Men shall be taken for the Service by any of the Sea Officers employed in raising Men: the said Rewards to be paid to such Men as may be discovered in and about London, by the Commrs of the Navy, and at the Out Ports by the Naval Officers where there are any, and where there are not by the Collectors of the Customs immediately upon a Certificate being produced by the Person who may make the discovery, certifying his Name, and the Name & Number of Seamen procured in consequence thereof, the said Certificate to be given by such Officers as may take such Seaman or Seamen for the Service. My Lords Commrs of the Admty desire You will move the Lords of His Majesty's Treasury that they will give Orders to the Collectors of the Customs at the several Out Ports to pay the said Rewards as aforesaid, letting them know the same will be reimbursed by the Navy Board upon their transmitting to that Office Accounts of the Money so by them expended, with Receipts from the Men to whom the same shall be paid, together with the aforementioned Certificates from the Officers who shall take such Seamen for H1s Majesty's Service. I am &c.