Standgate Creek. Gravesend NOTE 1.-Foreign Ships are to pay 1-4th more than British Ships, except when privileged to enter the Ports of the United Kingdom upon paying the same duties of Tonnage as are paid by British Ships, in which cases such Ships are to pay the same Rates of Pilotage only as are payable by British Ships. NOTE 2.-For Half a Foot exceeding the above draughts of water, the medium price between the two limits. For intermediate distances a proportionate rate. For putting a Pilot on board, and for Pilotage of Ships to the Anchorage to the Downs.* From off Dungeness to off Folkestone; the Church bearing N.N.W. by Compass..... From off Folkestone to the South Foreland, the Lights in one.. From off the South Foreland to the Downs. In the River Thames above Gravesend. 600 Tons upwards. and For a Boat of a Class carrying an Anchor of above 4 cwt. with a corresponding tow line £2 2 Do. do. 2 cwt I I Do. do. under 2 cwt 550 Per trip for the whole distance from Gravesend to and in proportion for any part of that distance. each man's service in those boats, 8s. per tide. For removing a Ship from Moorings into a Dry or Wet Dock: For a Ship under 300 Tons 10 15 0 440 300 to 600 " " " 600 to 1,000, 200 330 " above 1,000,, * When the Pilot is put on board by a boat from the shore, 1-7th to the Pilot, and the remaining 6-7ths to the boat and crew. 006 II 1 II 220 MAIL SHIPS' ACT, 1891. An Act to enable Her Majesty in Council to carry into effect Conventions which may be made with foreign countries respecting ships engaged in Postal Service. Section 1. Where Her Majesty has made a Convention with a foreign state respecting the postal service, or respecting the privileges of mail ships, this Act may be applied by Order in Council, subject to any conditions, exceptions and qualifications. The order shall recite the terms of the Convention, which may be varied or revoked by subsequent Order in Council, but shall not continue in force for any longer period than Convention. All Orders in Council shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament, and to be notified in London Gazette. Section 2. Conveyance of letters by crew or passengers of mail ships, British or foreign, to which the Convention applies, is forbidden, other than letters contained in mail bags entrusted to the master by a postal officer of the United Kingdom or of any foreign state, or than the despatches sent by the Government either of the United Kingdom or of any foreign state. Contravention of this section by any person on board entails a penalty of £5. The master wilfully failing to secure observance of the section is liable to a fine of £5. Section 3. Regulation compelling owners of ships engaged in postal service to give security for the execution of postal contract where subsidized within the meaning of the Convention. High Court in England to fix nature and amount of security after hearing owner, and Board of Trade if they wish to be heard. Nature of security specified. Ships engaged in carrying mails under Convention to be deemed exempted mail ships and entitled to the exemption and privileges given by this Act. Notice of all applications respecting security to be given to Board of Trade. Where security deemed insufficient at any time Board of Trade may apply to High Court and require security to be made satisfactory, and in default ships to cease being exempted mail ships. Power of High Court to vary amount and nature of security, or dispose of same under certain rules. Section 4. Arrest and execution of process against any person on board exempted mail ships in the United Kingdom without warrant, subject only to certain prescribed provisions. Refusal by master to permit a search of the ship in accordance with this section entails a penalty of £500. Section 5. Exemption from seizure of exempted mail ship in Admiralty or other suits. Section 6. Application of Act to public ships of foreign states when employed as mail ships where a Convention exists. Section 7. Legal proceedings and mode of recovery of fines. Section 8. Application of Act to British possessions may be made by Order in Council for the purpose of a Convention with a foreign state, subject to certain provisions. Sections 9 and 10. Defines expressions used in Act, which may be cited as the Mail Ships' Act, 1891. Schedule of British possessions to which Act is applicable only upon the Government adhering to Convention. |