Article 108 of the Royal Decree of December 28, 1815, required the maintenance of a register.
Consular staff had to record the daily arrival and departure of ships..
The data that the consular staff had to record constitute the entries in the register:

• date of arrival and departure
• reason for arrival or departure
• the name, type and tonnage of the ship
• the name, nationality, and rank of the captain as well as the number of his license
• type of cargo, on arrival and destination, and on departure
• origin
• destination
• dates and numbers of ship's papers (passes, crew lists; nationality licenses; seaman's passports)
• observations
  This survey of records includes the following:
• Arrival and departure dates
• Reasons for arrival and departure
• Name of the ship and captain
• Data relating to the cargo
• Origin and destination of the voyage
  Additional information about captains (place of birth, affiliation, and license number) has been included in the linked ‘authority’ record.

The records concern arrivals and subsequent departures from the port of Beirut; from 1826 to 1829, passages from the ports of Tripoli in Syria, Acre, İskenderun, Tyre and Aleppo are also reported.

With regard to ship cargoes, here is an explanation of some recurring terms, some of which are now obsolete:

• Alizari or alizzari: root of the madder plant (Rubia tinctorum), from which the red dye used to dye fabrics was derived
• Cambrì: fine cotton cloth
• Campeggio, wood (Haematoxylum campechianum): wood used in dyeing to make black, gray, violet, blue, and crimson, and for the preparation of compounds
• Cochineal (Cocciniglia ovvero Dactylopius coccus): insect from which the red/carmine pigment used as a dye was derived
• Coloquintida or colocinto (Citrullus colocinthis): herbaceous, medicinal plant
• Galbanum (Ferula gommosa): resinous perennial plant. The gummy resin of the plant was called galbanum. Galbanum was used for its medicinal properties
• Galls: malformations/growths on leaves, trunks, and plant roots. Galls are rich in tannin, which was used to produce inks and dyes
• Gambello (hair): mohair yarn
• Granone (Zea mays): corn
• Orpimento (arsenic sulfide): used in the East for tanning hides
• Sarsaparilla (Smilax aspera): medicinal plant. Use of the root
• Scamonea or scamogna (Convolvulus scammonia): herbaceous plant. The roots were used as a purgative
• Segoviana (wool): light blond wool, particularly prized
• Susame: sesame
• Tombac or tombacco: red-yellow brass, resulting from an alloy of zinc and copper
• Zafferanone or zaffranone (Carthamus Tinctorius): used as a pigment in dyeing