for the purposes before mentioned, in any place within the limits of their station, and to detain, search, and examine, such ship, vessel, or boat; and that if, upon such search or examination, it shall appear to such officer or officers that there is reasonable ground to believe that such ship, vessel, or boat, or any tackle, apparel, or furniture, used, or which may be used, by any ship, vessel, or boat, or any implements or utensils used, or which may be used, in the catching or curing of fish, or any fish, oil, blubber, seal skins, fuel, wood, or timber, then on board of such ship, vessel, or boat, was or were intended to be sold, bartered for, or exchanged, to the subjects of any foreign state, or shall be discovered to have been so sold, bartered for, or exchanged; or if any goods or commodities whatsoever shall be found on board such ship, vessel, or boat, or shall be discovered to have been on board, having been purchased or taken in barter or exchange from the subjects of any foreign state; then, and in every such case, to seize and send back such ship, vessel, or boat, to the island of _Newfoundland_; and that such ship, vessel, or boat, and such goods and commodities so found on board, shall, upon due condemnation, be forfeited and lost, and shall and may be prosecuted for that purpose, by the officer or officers so seizing the same, in the vice admiralty court of the said island of _Newfoundland_; such forfeiture to be given, one moiety to the said officer or officers, and the other moiety to the governor of _Newfoundland_ for the time being, to be applied, under the direction of such governor, in defraying the passages home of such person or persons as by this or any former act are directed to be sent back to the country to which they belong. [Sidenote: Clause relative to suits in _Newfoundland_ on account of the seizure of vessels, _&c._]