ยง456-10ย  Duties, by mercantile usage.ย 
It shall be a notary public's duty, when requested, to enter on record all
losses or damages sustained or apprehended, by sea or land, and also all
averages, and such other matters as, by mercantile usage, appertain to the
notary's office, and cause protest thereof to be made, duly and formally. [CC
1859, ยง1269; RL 1925, ยง3177; RL 1935, ยง5203; RL 1945, ยง7670; RL 1955, ยง168-10;
HRS ยง456-10; gen ch 1985]