ALL THE STATUTES, ORDERS IN COUNCIL AND FORMS
OF PRACTICAL UTILITY.

BY

FREDERIC PHILIP MAUDE SUPPLIED

AND

FOR THE

SERVICE

PUBLIC

CHARLES EDWARD POLLOY

ESQUIRES, OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

FOURTH EDITION

BY

THE HON. BARON POLLOCK,

ONE OF THE JUDGES OF HER MAJESTY'S HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE,
AND

GAINSFORD BRUCE,

OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, ESQ.,

Her Majesty's Solicitor-General for the County Palatine of Durham,
and Recorder of Bradford.

Vol. II.

CONTAINING

All the Statutes, Orders in Council, Rules and Forms of Practical
Utility relating to Merchant Shipping, and Tables of the
Pilotage Authorities in the United Kingdom.

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CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

APPENDIX.

STATUTES.

**The Contents of the Acts, the titles of which are placed within

An Act for the Amendment of the Law respecting Pilots and

Pilotage, and also for the better Preservation of Floating

Lights, Buoys and Beacons

3 & 4 VICT. C. 65.

1840

An Act to improve the Practice and extend the Jurisdiction of the

High Court of Admiralty of England....

PAGE

V

ccxiii

1851

14 & 15 VICT. C. 102.

An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Merchant Seamen's

Fund, and to provide for winding up the said Fund, and for

the better Management thereof in the meantime

xvii

An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts relating to Merchant

Shipping

xxiii

....

17 & 18 VICT. c. 120.

An Act to repeal certain Acts and parts of Acts relating to

Merchant Shipping, and to continue certain provisions in the

said Acts

clxv

1855

18 & 19 VICT. C. 91.

An Act to facilitate the Erection and Maintenance of Colonial

Lighthouses, and otherwise to amend the Merchant Shipping

Act, 1854

18 & 19 VICT. C. 111.

PAGE

clxxii

An Act to amend the Law relating to Bills of Lading.....

clxxvi

18 & 19 VICT. C. 119.

An Act to amend the Law relating to the Carriage of Passengers

by Sea

clxxvii

1856

19 & 20 VICT. c. 41.

An Act to make further Provision for the Establishment of Savings

Banks for Seamen

ссхі

19 & 20 VICT. c. 97 (ss. 8, 16, 17).

An Act to amend the Laws of England and Ireland affecting Trade

and Commerce

ccxiii

24 VICT. C. 10.

1861

An Act to extend the Jurisdiction and to improve the Practice of

the High Court of Admiralty. (The sections of the 3 & 4 Vict.

c. 5, which relate to Admiralty Jurisdiction, will be found in a

note to this Act)

24 & 25 VICT. c. 47.

ccxiii

An Act to facilitate the Construction and Improvement of Har-

bours by authorizing Loans to Harbour Authorities; to

abolish Passing Tolls; and for other Purposes.

ccxvi

1862

25 & 26 VICT. c. 63.

An Act to amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, the Merchant

Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1855, and the Customs Con-

solidation Act, 1853

26 VICT. C. 24.

1863

ccxvii

An Act to facilitate the Appointment of Vice-Admirals and of

Officers in Vice-Admiralty Courts in her Majesty's Possessions

abroad, and to confirm the past Proceedings, to extend the

Jurisdiction, and to amend the Practice of those Courts...... ccxxxix

An Act for regulating the Proving and Sale of Chain Cables and

Anchors.....

cclvii

An Act for the Abolition of certain Exemptions from Local Dues

on Shipping and on Goods carried in Ships

cclxv

30 & 31 VICT. c. 23.

An Act to grant and alter certain Duties of Customs and Inland

Revenue and for other purposes relating thereto

cclxvi

30 & 31 VICT. c. 45.

An Act to extend and amend the Vice Admiralty Courts Act,

1863

cclxxii

[30 & 31 VICT. c. 114.

An Act to extend the Jurisdiction, alter and amend the Procedure

......

and Practice, and to regulate the Establishment of the Court

of Admiralty in Ireland]

cclxxiv

30 & 31 VICT. c. 124.

An Act to amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854

cclxxiv

1868

31 & 32 VICT. c. 45.

An Act to carry into effect a Convention between her Majesty and

the Emperor of the French concerning the Fisheries in the

Seas adjoining the British Islands and France, and to amend

the Laws relating to British Sea Fisheries

31 & 32 VICT. c. 71.

cclxxix

An Act for conferring Admiralty Jurisdiction on the County

Courts

ccxcvii

31 & 32 VICT. c. 86.

An Act to enable Assignees of Marine Policies to sue thereon

in their own Names

ccciii

31 & 32 VICT. c. 129.

An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Registration of Ships in

British Possessions

ccciv

1869

32 VICT. C. 11.

An Act for amending the Law relating to the Coasting Trade and

Merchant Shipping in British Possessions

An Act to amend the County Courts (Admiralty Jurisdiction) Act,

1868, and to give Jurisdiction in certain Maritime Causes...

cccvi