"Forms," No. 43-continued. (Page 9-continued.) NOTE.-In pursuance of the power invested in the Board of Trade under the provisions of section 37 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1874 (a), the Board the form provided therein. of Trade directs that the return of all births and deaths which occur on board any British merchant vessel shall be recorded in the official log book in Upon the arrival of the ship at any port or place out of the United Kingdom, a copy of the record must be delivered to the principal consular officer, the shipping master, or collector of customs, for the transmission of a return of the entry to the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen. On arrival at the port of destination in the United Kingdom, the official log book must be deposited with the Superintendent of Mercantile Marine, to be forwarded in due course to the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen. ccccxlvi APPENDIX. NOTE. In pursuance of the power invested in the Board of Trade under the provisions of sect. 37 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1874 (a), the Board of Trade directs that the return of all births and deaths which occur on board any British merchant vessel shall be recorded in the official log book in the form provided therein. Upon the arrival of the ship at any port or place out of the United Kingdom, a copy of the record must be delivered to the principal consular officer, the shipping master, or collector of customs, for the transmission of a return of the entry to the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen. On arrival at the port of destination in the United Kingdom, the official log book must be deposited with the Superintendent of Mercantile Marine, to be forwarded in due course to the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen. 10 Date of Christian Name and DEATHS OTHER THAN THOSE OF THE CREW. "Forms," No. 43-continued. Page 10-continued. NOTE.-In pursuance of the power invested in the Board of Trade under the provisions of sect. 37 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1874, the Board of Trade directs that the return of all births and deaths which occur on board any British merchant vessel shall be recorded in the official log book in the form provided therein. Upon the arrival of the ship at any port or place out of the United Kingdom, a copy of the record must be delivered to the principal consular officer, the shipping master, or collector of customs, for the transmission of a return of the entry to the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen. On arrival at the port of destination in the United Kingdom, the official log book must be deposited with the Superintendent of Mercantile Marine, to be forwarded in due course to the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen. ccccxlvii [This Table is continued on pages 13, 14, 15 and 16.] An entry should be made as soon after the occurrence as possible (see par. 3 of Directions (a)), and no blank spaces should be left between the various entries, which should be made in the order of the occurrence. N.B.-Every entry in this log book required by the Act must be signed by the master and by the mate or some other of the crew; and every entry of illness, injury or death must also be signed by the surgeon or medical practitioner on board (if any); and every entry of wages due to, or of the sale of the effects of, any seaman or apprentice who has died must be signed by the master and by the mate and some other member of the crew; and every entry of wages due to any seaman who enters her Majesty's service must be signed by the master and by the seaman or by the officer authorized to receive the seaman into such service. (a) See M. S. Act, 1854, s. 281. No. 44.-Scales of Proofs showing the Tensile Strains to which Anchors and Chain Cables are subjected before being received for the Use of Her Majesty's Navy; and Notice of January, 1875, issued by the Board of Trade under the provisions of the Chain Cables and Anchors Act, 1874, s. 6 (a). I. Scale of Proofs showing the Tensile Strain to which Anchors are subjected before being received for the use of Her Majesty's Naval service. Test of Anchors in Tons, proportioned to their weight in Cwts. Note. The strain is applied on the arm or on the palm at a spot, which, measured from the extremity of the bill, is one third of the distance between it and the centre of the crown. (a) See 37 & 38 Vict. c. 51, s. 6. "Forms" No. 44-continued. FORMS. II. ccccxlix Scale of Proofs showing the Tensile Strain to which Chain Cables are subjected before being received for the use of Her Majesty's Naval Service. ⚫ The tensile strain is applied to each of the 8 lengths separately, and not to the whole length of 100 fathoms at one time; and each length is to be provided with a shackle and shackle bolt to be tested as part of the chain. III. Notice issued by the Board of Trade under the Chain Cables and Anchors Act, 1874. The Board of Trade hereby approve of the tests named in the Schedule to an Order in Council of the 12th of May, 1874 (a), as tests equal or superior to the tests required by the Act of the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth years of her present Majesty, chapter one hundred and one. This approval is given under section six of the Chain Cables and Anchors Act, 1874, and the tests in the said [schedule] thereof are therefore the tests to be applied under the Chain Cables and Anchors Acts, 1864 to 1874. Given under my hand at the Board of Trade, this first day of January, 1875. THOMAS GRAY, one of the Assistant Secretaries to the said Board. (a) This order is printed at length, post, "Orders in Council," p. 12. No. 45.-Forms issued by the Board of Trade in relation to the Measurement of Deck Cargo Spaces and the Marking of a Load Line, under the provisions of the M. S. Act, 1876. CERTIFICATE OF DECK CARGO TONNAGE.-Foreign-going Ship Inwards (a). Merchant Shipping Act, 1876. NOTE. This memorandum, made by an officer of customs on boarding the ship on her arrival, or as soon thereafter as possible, is to be produced by the master of the ship when dues are demanded, and when paying off his crew at the Mercantile Marine Office. Name of Ship and Official Number, and Port Sail or Steam, of Registry. Owners. Where from. Register tonnage on certificate of registry I hereby certify, that on the day of tons. tons. 187, I inspected this ship as to the space occupied by deck cargo on this voyage, and find the register tonnage of such space in accordance with the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1876, to be as above, namely, tons, and I have entered a note of the fact in the official log. Dated at this day of 18 Officer of customs appointed to measure such space. NOTE 1.-This document, when complete, is to be delivered to the master, who is to produce it, with the certificate of registry of the ship, when any dues chargeable on the tonnage of the ship are demanded. The penalty on failure of its production is set forth in Section 23 of the Act. 2.-It is also to be produced to the superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office when the crew are paid off (¿). II. Surveys 104 a. DECLARATION AND CERTIFICATE. Port of TONNAGE OF SPACE OCCUPIED BY DECK CARGO.-Foreign-going Outwards (a). Merchant Shipping Act, 1876. NOTE. This declaration is to be filled in by the owner, agent, or master of the ship carrying deck cargo, when payment of light dues is tendered to a collector of customs on an out I hereby declare that the ship named in Column 1 above, and bound to the place or places named in Column 4 above will have deck cargo on board, and that the space occupied by the said deck cargo will not exceed cubic feet in contents, which at 100 cubic feet to the register ton gives register tons as the space about to be occupied by deck cargo. On the faith of my intention, as stated in this solemn declaration, I ask you to receive payment of light dues on the amount of tons named, viz. register tons of deck cargo space. This is to certify that the person above-named has paid light dues on the amount of deck cargo space above stated. NOTE (1). The above declaration and certificate are accepted by the Board of Trade for the outward voyage above stated in lieu of a certificate of measurement issued under the 23rd section of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1876. (2). This document when completed is to be delivered to the master, owner, or agent, with the receipt for light dues. He is to produce it with the certificate of registry (a) See M. S. Act, 1876, s. 23. (b) A fee of 10s. was at first charged for the measurement of deck spaces in the case of an inward-bound ship, but such fee is no longer taken. |