" beyond the following limits, that is to say the coasts of the United " " rr " " " Application of Act to Ships propelled by Electricity and to certain Fishing Vessels.-Sections 743, 744. Act applies to ships propelled by electricity. Ships engaged in the whale, seal, walrus, or Newfoundland fisheries are deemed foreign-going ships for purposes of Act, with the exception of ships engaged in Newfoundland cod fisheries which belong to ports in Canada or Newfoundland, and to ships engaged in whale fisheries off coast of Scotland, and registered at ports in Scotland. See Section 83, Merchant Shipping Act, 1906. Repeal and Savings.-Section 745. Acts mentioned in Twentysecond Schedule repealed to extent specified. Provisions and exceptions defined. Ships not measured or re-measured under Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Act, 1889, to be estimated as if any deduction prohibited by that Act had not been made. Chinese Passenger Act, 1855, not affected by this Act.-Section 746. Savings for local Acts. Rating of seamen who are rated and served as A.B. before August 2, 1880, not affected by this Act. Short Title and Commencement.-Sections 747, 748. Act to be cited as the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894. Came into operation, January 1, 1895. SCHEDULES. FIRST SCHEDULE.-Forms. PART I.-Form A, Bill of Sale. Form B, Mortgage. Form C, Transfer of Mortgage. PART II.-Documents of which the forms are to be prescribed by the Commissioners of Customs and sanctioned by the Board of Trade, re certificate of surveyor, declarations re ownerships, transfer registry, mortgage and sale. Second ScheDULE.-Rules for Measurement of Tonnage. RULE I.— For ships to be registered and other ships of which the hold is clear. Tables of method and computation. RULE II.-For ships not requiring registry with cargo on board and ships which cannot be measured under Rule I. Method of computation. RULE III.-Measurement of 1 SHIPPING WORLD allowance for engine-room space in steamships. Method of ascertaining. RULE IV.-Open ships, how measured. THIRD SCHEDULE.—Table of Maximum Fees to be Paid for the Measurement of Merchant Ships. FOURTH SCHEDULE.-Table of Maximum Fees to be paid by Applicants for Examination. Certificate as master, £2; certificate as mate, £1; certificate as 1st class engineer, £2; certificate as 2nd class engineer, £1. FIFTH SCHEDULE.-Regulations to be observed with respect to antiscorbutics. Furnishing and serving out anti-scorbutics. SIXTH SCHEDULE.-Regulations to be observed with respect to accommodation on board ships. Maximum fees for inspection. SEVENTH SCHEDULE.-Constitution of Local Marine Boards. Establishment of Local Marine Boards. Election of members. Owners of foreign-going or home trade passenger ships have one vote for every 250 tons of shipping. Maximum number of votes to be ten for any one person. Voting powers of joint owners. List of voters to be kept by collector of Customs, and revised every three years. Person's entitled to vote are only entitled to election. Board of Trade may appoint nominees on Board. Registry and votes of electors. Application to corporations for voting purposes. EIGHTH SCHEDULE.-Particulars to be Registered by Master of a Ship concerning a Birth at Sea. NINTH SCHEDULE.-PART I.-Maximum Fees to be Paid for Passenger Steamer's Certificate. For passenger steamers not exceeding 100 tons, £4; exceeding 100, and not exceeding 300 tons, £6; exceeding 300, and not exceeding 600 tons, £8; and for every additional 300 tons above 600, an additional £2. PART II.-Emigrant Ships. For an ordinary survey of the ships and of her equipments, accommodation, stores, light, ventilation, sanitary arrangements, and medical stores, £10; for a special survey, £15. TENTH SCHEDULE.-Number of Persons carried on Emigrant Ships.Repealed by Merchant Shipping Act, 1906. ELEVENTH SCHEDULE.-Accommodation for Steerage Passengers.— Repealed by Merchant Shipping Act, 1906. TWELFTH SCHEDULE.-Water and Provisions. Repealed by Merchant Shipping Act, 1906. THIRTEENTH SCHEDULE.Horses and Cattle in Emigrant, Ships. Repealed by Merchant Shipping Act, 1906. FOURTEENTH SCHEDULE.-Forms under Part 111. (Passenger and Emigrant Ships). Repealed by Merchant Shipping Act, 1906. FIFTEENTH SCHEDULE.-Tabular Form of Number and Dimensions of Boats for Fishing Boats entered in the Fishing Boat Register. SIXTEENTH SCHEDULE.-Maximum Fees for Inspection of Lights and Fog-signals. For each visit made on application, or where lights or fittings found defective, 10s. Aggregate fees, whatever the number of visits, shall not exceed £1. SEVENTEENTH SCHEDULE.-Life-saving Appliances. Constitution of the Committee.-(1) Three shipowners selected by Council of Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom. (2) One shipowner selected by the Shipowners' Associations of Glasgow, and one shipowner selected by the Liverpool Steam Ship Owners' Association and the Liverpool Shipowners' Association conjointly. (3) Two shipbuilders selected by the Council of the Institution of Naval Architects. (4) Three persons-practically acquainted with the navigation of vessels, selected by the shipmasters' societies recognized by the Board of Trade for this purpose. (5) Three persons being, or having been able-bodied seamen, selected by seamen's societies recognized by the Board of Trade for this purpose. (6) Two persons selected conjointly by the Committee of Lloyd's, the Committee of Lloyd's Register Society, and the Committee of the Institute of London Underwriters. EIGHTEENTH Eighteenth SCHEDULE.-Precautions as to Grain Cargo. General obligation to prevent cargo shifting. Precautions against shifting of grain. Carriage between decks prevented except for quantity for feeding cargo in the hold. Exemption where feeders are provided. Where grain carried in bulk without feeders one-fourth to be in bags laid upon grain in bulk. Oats or cotton seed not included in this pro vision, nor sailing ships of less than 400 reg. tons not engaged in Atlantic trade, nor ships laden in Mediterranean or Black Seas provided with compartments in holds and with longitudinal bulkheads or shifting boards, nor ships in which grain does not exceed one-half of whole cargo, and the rest cotton, wool, flax, or flour, or other suitable cargo properly stowed. General provisions for proper bulkheads or shifting boards and safe stowage. NINETEENTH SCHEDULE.—Part I. Statements in the case of Salvage by Her Majesty's ships. Certain particulars to be stated by the salvor and by master or other person in charge of vessel, cargo or property salved. Part II. Salvage bond. TWENTIETH SCHEDULE.-Maximum Fees and Remuneration of Receivers of Wreck. TWENTY-FIRST SCHEDULE.-Maximum Rates of Pilotage to be demanded and Received by Qualified Pilots for Piloting Ships within the limits mentioned therein. Repealed by Pilotage Act, 1913, 9 V. MEDICAL SCALE 1.-FOR NORTH ATLANTIC EMIGRANT SHIPS The annexed scale of medicines and medical stores and instruments for North Atlantic emigrant ships clearing under Part III. of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, was issued, as now revised, in January, 1912. This scale is intended for North Atlantic emigrant ships only, where the voyage computed according to the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 and 1906, does not exceed 26 days. The medicines to be prepared, plainly labelled in Latin and English names according to the British Pharmacopoeia, and the official dose for an adult given in the Pharmacopoeia to be stated on the label. All bottles to be stoppered, and all medicines indicated thus to be marked with a red poison label. The proportion of all poisons should be stated on the labels. The weights and measures of the British Pharmacopoeia to be used. All articles marked with two asterisks should, in addition to the red poison label, be carried in green fluted bottles and labelled for external use only. All articles marked with one or two asterisks should be stored separately from other articles in the scale. *For every additional 500 passengers and crew or proportion thereof an addition of to per cent, should be made to the quantities in this column, 8 Picric acid 4 tis (in Chalk's bottle) Liquor calcis caps. 12 18 24 36 **Liquor epispasticus 2 I I 234 2 I I I **Liquor hydrargyri per chloridi 4 Liquor hydrogenii per 16 oxidi (vol. x.) 4 **Liquor plumbi subace tatis fortis † For every additional 500 passengers and crew or proportion thereof an addition of 10 per cent, should be made to the quantities in this column. §All pills to be coated with gelatine. ||Directions for making the liquor to be on the bottle. ti dr. to the oz. of white or yellow wax should be incorporated in all ointments. §Maximum of 2 tubes for any number of passengers and grew. E |