TABLE OF THE To be DEMANDED and RECEIVED by PILOTS licensed by the Corporation of Trinity House of cap. 125, 16 & 17 Victoriæ, cap. 129, and 17 & 18 Victoriæ, cap. 104, for Piloting For taking a vessel into or out of Ramsgate, Margate, Dover, or Sandwich Harbours, 5s. per foot of the vessel's For vessels exceeding 23 feet an increase in the rates for each foot or part of a foot, in the same proportion as The several rates and prices specified above are subject to a reduction of one-fourth part, in respect of vessels or towed by a steam vessel for a part only of the distance for which any such rate or price may be payable, the distance so propelled or towed. Inward-bound vessels discharging a pilot at Thames Haven, to pay him 10s. for travelling expenses. RATES OF PILOTAGE. Deptford Strond, or acting as such under the authority of the Acts of Parliament 6 Geo. IV., Ships and Vessels within the limits in the said Table mentioned. 9 14 0 10 11 0 12 5 0 13 19 0 15 18 0 17 16 0 18 19 0 21 3 0 7 20 7 14 0 8 8 0 9 0 0 9 6 0 10 7 0 11 12 900 9 15 0 10 1 0 10 18 0 12 12 0 14 6 0 16 9 0 18 11 0 19 13 0 21 17 0 9 7 0 10 2 0 10 8 0 11 5 0 13 3 0 15 1 0 17 4 0 19 6 0 20 12 0 23 00 propelled by steam, and vessels towed by steam vessels, provided that if any such vessel shall be propelled by steam, reduction of one-fourth shall be made on such part only of the said rate or price as shall be proportionate to the A pilot taking charge of a foreign vessel, on board of which there may not be any individual qualified to interpret his orders, shall be authorised to employ a person to assist him as leadsman or interpreter; provided it be distinctly understood that the necessity for the employment of such person shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Corporation of Trinity House, in which case only the following rates shall be chargeable in addition to the regular pilotage, viz. : For the whole run from Sea to Gravesend . ditto . £2 10 0 . 100 The additional rate, for intermediate portions of a foot, in the draft to be regulated as follows, viz. : For removing a ship or vessel from moorings into a dry or wet dock, (o) or from one part of the river situated above Greenwich to another part of the river so situated; or for mooring or unmooring a vessel with two anchors; or for putting a vessel alongside a pier or wharf and remaining while cattle or merchandise are being discharged or taken on board; or for mooring vessels laden with petroleum in accordance with the harbour regulations; or for attendance while adjusting compasses, the following charge may be made in addition to the pilotage, viz. : No. 13 (see § 612). Dietary Scale C. For Voyages exceeding eighty-four days for sailing vessels, of fifty days for steamers: With such power of substitution in the above articles as is given in the thirty-seventh section of the Passengers Act, 1855. For Children between One and Four Years of Age, in addition to Halfrations of the above-named Articles : Given under our hands this twenty-sixth day of April One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. Emigration Commission, 8, Park Street, Westminster. (Signed) T. W. C. MURDOCH, C. ALEXR. WOOD, Emigration Commissioners, No. 14 (see § 619). A.-Order in Council of the 9th Aug. 1866. At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 9th day of August, 1866. From and after the 20th instant, and so long as this order shall continue in force, every passenger ship, carrying more than 50 passengers on any voyage to which the said Act extends, shall, whatever be the duration of the voyage, and subject to the provisions of the 42nd section of the said Act, carry a duly qualified medical practitioner, who shall be rated on the ship's articles. To prevent all doubts in the construction of this Order in Council, it is hereby further ordered, that the terms "passenger," and "passenger ship," shall have the same significations as are assigned to them respectively in the said "Passengers Act, 1855," (p) and unless inconsistent with the context words of one number shall import both numbers. B.-Order in Council of the 3rd Feb. 1863. At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 3rd day of February,1863. Whereas, it is expedient to make provision for preserving order in private passenger ships conveying to the colony of Victoria, in Australia, as many as ten unprotected female passengers. 1. In the construction, and for the purposes of this Order in Council, the term "unprotected female passengers," shall signify every female passenger between the ages of twelve and thirty-five, proceeding to the colony of Victoria, by virtue of a passenger warrant issued by the Government of that colony, who, if married, shall not be accompanied by her husband, or if unmarried, shall not be accompanied by her father or stepfather, or by a married brother with his wife, or a married sister with her husband, or by an unmarried brother over the age of twenty-five; the terms Passengers," "Passenger Ship," and "Master," shall have the same significations as are assigned to them respectively in the said "Passengers Act, 1855,” (≈) and words used in the plural number shall import the singular number also and the converse, unless inconsistent with the context. 2. All unprotected female passengers shall, during the voyage, be berthed, in open berths, in a compartment in the aftermost part of the upper passenger deck of the ship, effectually divided off by substantial bulkheads from the other portions of such deck; and no single men, or men without their wives, shall be berthed next to the bulkhead dividing off such compartment. 3. The children under twelve years of age of married female passengers unaccompanied by their husbands, shall be berthed with their mothers. 4. There shall be an entrance to such compartment from the upper deck or poop, exclusively appropriated to the use of such female passengers. 5. There shall be carried on board a matron, to be appointed by the owner or master of the ship, and to be charged with the maintenance of discipline among such female passengers as aforesaid. 6. No unprotected female passenger shall on any account be allowed to act, or shall act as servant or attendant on the surgeon, master, or any of the officers of the ship, or on any male cabin passenger. 7. All intercourse between unprotected female passengers and any of the officers or crew of the ship, or between such females and any of the male passengers (except brothers or brothers-in-law, and in case of unprotected married women, their children) is hereby strictly prohibited. 8. The master of the ship, before sailing, shall, with the approval of the (p) See § 600. |