Note. In accordance with regulations made by the Board of Trade the disc and lines must be permanently marked by centre punch marks or cutting, and the particulars given in this certificate are to be entered in the official log. The certificate must also be framed and put up in some conspicuous part of the ship.

If and so soon as the class of the ship, if classed, is either changed or withdrawn, or if and so soon as any deterioration takes place in the structural condition of the ship, whether classed or unclassed, this certificate will be cancelled and must be delivered to the Board of Trade for that purpose, and the owner will then be entitled to apply either to the original load-line authority, or to any other load-line authority approved by the Board of Trade, for a new oertificate.

FORM L.L. 3.

CERTIFICATES of APPROVAL of the POSITION [Alteration of the Position] of the DISC on the Sailing Ship' ," Official No.

ance of the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1876 and 1890.

in pursu

[I,

an Officer of the Board of Trade] have approved,

on behalf of the Board of Trade, the position [or alteration of the position] of the disc on the

sailing ship

66

," Official No.

feet

hereby certify that the centre of such disc is placed at

below the

Act, 1876.

and inches

deck-line marked under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping

This certificate is to remain in force only so long as the vessel remains in her present class, if classed, and no deterioration has taken place in her present structural condition, whether classed or unclassed.

Note. In accordance with the regulations made by the Board of Trade the disc and lines must be permanently marked by centre punch marks or cutting, and the particulars given in this certificate are to be entered in the official log. This certificate must also be framed and put up in some conspicuous part of the ship.

If and so soon as the class of the ship, if classed, is either changed or withdrawn, or if and so soon as any deterioration takes place in the structual condition of the ship, whether classed or unclassed, this certificate will be cancelled, and must be delivered to the Board of Trade for that purpose, and the owner will then be entitled to apply either to the original load-line authority, or to any other load-line authority approved by the Board of Trade, for a new Certificate.

L.L. 3A.

"Official No.

CERTIFICATE of APPROVAL of the POSITION [Alteration of the Position] of the DISC on the Sailing Ship of the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1876 and 1890.

in pursuance

[I,

an officer of the Board of Trade] have approved,

on behalf of the Board of Trade, the position [or alteration of the position] of the disc on the and hereby certify that the centre of such disc is placed at

sailing ship

," Official No.

feet

feet

inches below

Maximum load-line in winter, North Atlantic, the centre of the disc.

Note. In accordance with the regulations made by the Board of Trade the disc and lines must be permanently marked by centre punch marks or cutting, and the particulars given in this certificate are to be entered in the official log. The certificate must also be framed and put up in some conspicuous part of the ship.

day of

From and after the said 18 this certificate will be cancelled and must be delivered to the Board of Trade for that purpose, and the owner will then be entitled to apply either to the original load-line authority, or to any other load-line authority approved by the Board of Trade, for a new certificate.

L.L. 3B.

CERTIFICATE of APPROVAL of the POSITION [Alteration of the Position] of the DISC on the Sailing Ship ," Official No. , in pursuance

of the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1876 and 1890.

The [

[

an officer of the Board of Trade] have approved, on behalf of the Board of Trade, the position [or alteration of the position] of the disc on the certify that the centre of such disc is placed at

, and hereby inches below deck-line marked under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act,

Note.-In accordance with the regulations made by the Board of Trade the disc and lines must be permanently marked by centre punch marks or cutting, and the particulars given in this certificate are to be entered in the official log. The certificate must also be framed and put up in some conspicuous part of the ship.

No. 5 (see §§ 114, 259).

A. SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS prescribed by the Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Grain) Act, 1880, (d) with respect to grain cargoes laden in the Mediterranean or Black Sea, or on the coast of North America.

3. [Obligation to take all necessary and reasonable precautions to prevent grain cargo from shifting: Penalty £300. See § 114, supra.]

4. Where a British ship laden with a grain cargo at any port in the Precautions Mediterranean or Black Sea is bound to ports outside the Straits of against shiftGibraltar, or where a British ship is laden with a grain cargo on the coast of North America, the following precautions to prevent the grain cargo from shifting shall be adopted: that is to say,

ing of grain
cargo laden
in port in
Mediterranean
or Black Sea,

or on coast

(a) There shall not be carried between the decks, or if the ship has more than two decks, between the main and upper decks, any grain in bulk, except of North such as may be necessary for feeding the cargo in the hold, and is carried in America. properly constructed feeders.(e)

(b) Where grain (except such as may be carried in properly constructed feeders) is carried in bulk in any hold or compartment, and proper provision for filling up the same by feeders is not made, not less than one-fourth of the grain carried in the hold or compartment (as the case may be) shall be in bags supported on suitable platforms laid upon the grain in bulk: Provided that this regulation with respect to bags shall not apply

(i) To oats, or cotton seed; nor

(ii) To a ship which is a sailing ship of less than four hundred tons registered tonnage, and is not engaged in the Atlantic trade;

nor

(iii) To a ship laden at a port in the Mediterranean or Black Sea, if the ship is divided into compartments which are formed by substantial transverse partitions, and are fitted with longitudinal bulkheads, or such shifting boards as hereafter in this section mentioned, and if the ship does not carry more than one-fourth of · the grain cargo, and not more than one thousand five hundred quarters, in any one compartment, bin, or division, and provided that each division of the lower hold is fitted with properly constructed feeders from the between decks; nor

(iv) To a ship in which the grain cargo does not exceed one-half of the whole cargo of the ship, and the rest of the cargo consists of cotton, wool, flax, barrels, or sacks of flour, or other suitable cargo so stowed as to prevent the grain in any compartment, bin, or division from shifting.

(c) Where grain is carried in the hold, or between the decks, whether in bags or bulk, the hold or the space between the decks shall be divided by a longitudinal bulkhead or by sufficient shifting boards which extend from deck to deck, or from the deck to the keelson, and are properly secured, and if the grain is in bulk are fitted grain-tight with proper fillings between the beams.(e)

(d) In loading, the grain shall be properly stowed, trimmed, and secured. (e) See The Rothbury, 13 P. D. 672.

(d) 43 & 44 Vict. c. 43.

Exemption

from precautions specified in this Act for ships laden in Mediterranean or Black Sea,

or on coast of North America. Notice by master of kind and quantity of grain cargo.

Penalty for false statement in notice.

In the event of the contravention of this section in the case of any ship, reasonable precautions to prevent the grain cargo of that ship from shifting shall be deemed not to have been taken, and the owner and master of the ship, and any agent charged with loading her or sending her to sea, shall be liable accordingly to a penalty under this Act.

Provided that nothing in this section shall exempt a person from any liability, civil or criminal, to which he would otherwise be subject, for failing to adopt any reasonable precautions which, although not mentioned in this section, are reasonably required to prevent grain cargo from shifting.

5. The precautions required by this Act to be adopted by ships laden with a grain cargo at a port in the Mediterranean or Black Sea, or on the coast of North America, shall not apply to ships loaded in accordance with regulations for the time being approved by the Board of Trade;(ƒ) nor to any ship constructed and loaded in accordance with any plan approved by the Board of Trade.

6. Before a British ship laden with grain cargo at any port in the Mediterranean or Black Sea, bound to ports outside the Straits of Gibraltar, or laden with grain cargo on the coast of North America, leaves her final port of loading, or within forty-eight hours after leaving such port, the master shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the British consular officer, or, if it is in her Majesty's dominions, to the principal officer of Customs at that port, a notice stating

(1) The draught of water and clearside, as defined by section five of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1871, and section four of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1873, of the said ship, after the loading of her cargo has been completed at the said last port of loading ;

(2) And also stating the following particulars in respect to the grain cargo: namely,

(a) The kind of grain, and the quantity thereof, which quantity may be stated in cubic feet, or in quarters, or bushels, or in tons weight; and (b) The mode in which the grain cargo is stowed; and

(c) The precautions taken against shifting.

The master shall also deliver a similar notice to the principal collector or other proper officer of Customs in the United Kingdom, together with the report required to be made by the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876, on the arrival of the ship in the United Kingdom.

Every such notice shall be sent to the Board of Trade as soon as practicable by the officer receiving the same.

If the master fails to deliver any notice required by this section, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds: Provided always, that the Board of Trade may, by notice published in the London Gazette, or in such other way as it may deem expedient, exempt ships laden at any particular port or any class of such ships from the provisions of this

section.

7. Any master of a ship who, in any notice required by this Act wilfully makes any false statement, or wilfully omits any material particular, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds.

8. [Board of Trade officer to have power of an inspector under Merchant Shipping Act, 1854 (g) and power to inspect any grain cargo, and the mode in which the same is stowed.]

9. [Offences under this Act may be prosecuted, and penalties recovered, summarily, in like manner as offences and penalties under the principal Act and the Acts amending the same. (h)]

(f) See The Substituted Regulations, infra. (g) See § 46, note (y), supra. (h) See Chap. XI., supra.

10. For the purposes of this Act

The expression "grain " means any corn, rice, paddy, pulse, seeds, nuts, or nut kernels.

The expression "ship laden with a grain cargo" means a ship carrying a cargo of which the portion consisting of grain is more than one-third of the registered tonnage of the ship, and such third shall be computed, where the grain is reckoned in measures of capacity, at the rate of one hundred cubic feet for each ton of registered tonnage, and where the grain is reckoned in measures of weight, at the rate of two tons weight for each ton of registered tonnage.

B.-OFFICIAL NOTICES with regard to RULES AND REGULATIONS conditionally approved under sec. 5 of the foregoing Act (therein called "the said Act"). The recitals and formal parts are omitted.

COAST OF NORTH AMERICA.

The precautions required by the said Act to be adopted by ships laden Official notice with a grain cargo shall not apply to ships laden at a port on the coast of No. 1. North America, in accordance with the regulations numbered 1 to 4, of which (Nov. 1890. the titles and dates are set forth in the first schedule hereto, so far as those regulations relate to the stowage of grain cargoes; and in accordance with the additional regulations set forth in the second schedule appended hereto, in the case of Rules 1 to 4 of the first schedule.

FIRST SCHEDULE.(i)

1. Rules of the Board of Underwriters of New York.

2. Rules of New Orleans Board of Underwriters approved and adopted by them on the 5th April, 1881, and signed by George Mather, Secretary.

3. Rules and Regulations of the Marine Surveyors at San Francisco for ships carrying grain in bags, dated 20th December, 1877, and signed by Amos Noyes, Chairman, and C. Davidson, Secretary.

4. Acts and rules relating to the loading of grain in ships at the ports of Montreal and Quebec. Rules and bye-laws of the office of the Port Warden, harbour of Montreal, signed D. R. Kerr, Port Warden, 1879, Montreal; John Dick, Port Warden, 1871, June, Quebec.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

N.B.-In all cases in which the regulations as to the stowage of grain cargo set forth in the first schedule above do not contain the express provisions contained in this second schedule, then such of the following regulations, if any, as are not included in the regulations set forth in first schedule must also be complied with. If such of these regulations as may not be included in the regulations set forth in the first schedule are not also complied with, the precautions required by the Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Grain) Act, 1880, must be taken.

1. That shifting boards must extend to the keelson.

2. That there shall not be carried between the decks, or, if the ship has more than two decks, between the main and upper decks, any grain in bulk, except such as may be necessary for feeding the cargo in the hold, and is carried in properly constructed feeders.

(i) Copies of a pamphlet containing the rules and regulations included in this schedule can be obtained through any bookseller or chartseller; or of T. D. Potter, 31, Poultry, London; or E. Stanford, 55, Charing Cross, S.W. They are also published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, in the collection of official notices (Nos. 1 to 9), but are too long for insertion here.