Savings.

43 & 44

tion of section thirty-eight of the Interpretation Act, 1889 (a), with regard to the effect of repeals.

(3.) The tonnage of every ship not measured or remeasured in accordance with the Merchant Shipping Tonnage Act, 1889 (b), shall be estimated for all purposes as if any deduction prohibited by the Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Act, 1889, had not been made, and the particulars relating to the ship's tonnage in the registry book and in her certificate of registry shall be corrected accordingly (c).

746.-(1.) Nothing in this Act shall affect the Chinese Passengers Act, 1855 (d).

(2.) Any local Act which repeals or affects any provisions of the Acts repealed by this Act shall have the same effect on the corresponding provisions of this Act as it had on the said provisions repealed by this Act.

(3.) Nothing in this Act shall affect the rating of any Vict. c. 16, seaman who was rated and served as A.B. before the second day of August one thousand eight hundred and eighty (e).

8. 7.

Short

title.

Com

mence

ment.

Short Title and Commencement.

747. This Act may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894.

748. This Act shall come into operation on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninetyfive.

(a) 52 & 53 Vict. c. 63, § 38. See quires the rectification at once. Appendix.

(b) 52 & 53 Vict. c. 43.

(e) The Act of 1889 prohibited certain deductions from gross tonnage; and gave shipowners five years to have their tonnage rectified. This five years expired on August 26, 1894, and therefore the section re

(d) This refers to § 126, which originally was the first part of a section, which this completed. By the irony of" consolidation," the two parts of the section now find themselves 620 sections apart. (e) 18 & 19 Vict. c. 104.

LIST OF SCHEDULES.

SCHEDULE

I.

Part I.-Forms of Bill of Sale, Mortgage, and Transfer of
Mortgage

PAGE

........ 554

Part II.-List of Documents in Part I. of Act, the Forms of
which are to be prescribed by Commissioners of Customs
with consent of Board of Trade

557

...............

II. Tonnage Regulations

558

III. Maximum Fees to be paid for Measurement of Merchant

Ships...........

563

IV. Maximum Fees to be paid by Applicants for Examination for
Certificates

563

V. Regulations as to Anti-Scorbutics

563

VI. Regulations as to Accommodation on board Ship, for Crew... 565 VII. Constitution of Local Marine Boards.......... VIII. Particulars of Births and Deaths at Sea, to be registered by Master

566

570

IX. Maximum Fees for Passenger Steamer's Certificate, and
Survey of Emigrant Ship

.........

X. Regulations as to Number of Passengers on Emigrant Ships... XI. Regulations as to Accommodation for Steerage Passengers XII. Scale of Water and Provisions on Emigrant Ships. XIII. Conditions for Carriage of Animals on Emigrant Ships XIV. Forms under Part III. of Act, Passenger and Emigrant Ships XV. Number of Boats to be carried by Fishing Boats XVI. Maximum Fees for Inspection of Lights and Fog Signals...... 586 XVII. Constitution of Committee on Life-saving Appliances

Regulations as to Stowage of Grain Cargo

587

.........

XVIII

587

XIX. Statements and Bond in case of Salvage by Her Majesty's

Ships

588

XX. Maximum Fees and Remuneration of Receivers of Wreck..... 591 XXI. Maximum Rates of Pilotage

592

XXII. Statutes repealed

594

576

577

586

sanctioned

by the [The forms in this Part of the Schedule are subject to altera

Board of

Trade.

§§ 24, 31, 37, 65.

tion from time to time by the Commissioners of Customs, with the consent of the Board of Trade (a).]

FORM A.-BILL OF SALE (b).

PARTICULARS OF DISPLACEMENT.

Total to quarter the depth from weather deck | Ditto per inch immersion at same depth at side amidships to bottom of keel tons.

PARTICULARS OF ENGINES (if any).

tons.

GROSS TONNAGE.

Under tonnage deck

PARTICULARS OF TONNAGE.

Closed-in spaces above the tonnage

deck, if any:

Space or spaces between deck

Poop

Forecastle

Roundhouse

Other closed-in spaces, spaces for machinery, light and air, if any

No. of
Tons.

DEDUCTIONS ALLOWED.
On account of space required for
propelling power

On account of spaces occupied by
seamen or apprentices, and ap-
propriated to their use, and
certified under the regulations
scheduled to this Act. These
spaces are the following, viz.:

On account of space used exclusively
for accommodation of master, for
the working of the helm, the capstan
and the anchor gear, or for keeping
the charts, signals, and other instru-
ments of navigation, and boatswain's
stores, and for space occupied by
donkey engine and boiler, and in
case of sailing ships for space used
for storage of sails.
Cubic metres.

No. of
tons.

in consideration of the sum of

paid to (1)

by

, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, transfer
shares in the ship above particularly described,

and in her boats, guns, ammunition, small arms, and appurten

ances, to the said Further (©)

with the said

have power to transfer in manner aforesaid the premises

herein-before expressed to be transferred, and that the same are

(8) If there be any free from incumbrances (*) subsisting mortgage, In witness whereof or outstanding certifi

cate of mortgage, add, name and affixed

"save as appears by

ha hereunto subscribed seal this

"the registry of the one thousand eight hundred and

"said ship."

NOTE. - A purchaser of a registered British vessel does not obtain a complete title until the bill of sale has been recorded at the port of registry of the ship; and neglect of this precaution may entail serious consequences.

Executed by the above-named in the presence of

day of

FORM B.-MORTGAGE (C).

[Insert description of ship and particulars as in Bill of Sale.] (i.) TO SECURE PRINCIPAL SUM AND INTEREST.

in considera

by

and (d)

heirs, covenant

firstly, That (a)

or

heirs, executors, or administrators, will pay to the said

the said sum of

interest thereon at the rate of

day of

per cent. per annum on the next; and secondly, that if the said principal sum is not paid on the said day, (") or (1) heirs, executors, or administrators, will, during such time as (Insert the day the same or any part thereof remains unpaid, pay to the said fixed for payment of interest on the whole or such part thereof

any prior as may for the time being remain unpaid, at the rate of "save as appears by per cent. per annum, by equal half-yearly payments on the "the registry of the (')

"said ship."

day of

and

in

day of every year; and for better securing to the said the repayment in manner aforesaid of the said principal sum and interest, (") hereby mortgage to the said shares, of which ()

the owner

in the ship above particularly described, and in her boats, guns, ammunition, small arms, and appurtenances.

and (d)
and

Lastly, () for (c)

with the said

heirs, covenant assigns that (")

ha power to mortgage in manner aforesaid the aboveNOTE.-The prompt mentioned shares, and that the same are free from incum