(b.) SCOTLAND.

IRELAND.

APPENDIX XII.

ORDER IN COUNCIL AS TO PILOT SIGNALS.

AT the Court at Windsor, the 12th day of December, 1894. Present The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.

Whereas by the six hundred and fifteenth section of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, it is enacted that Her Majesty may by Order in Council make rules as to the signals to be used or displayed where the services of a pilot are required on any vessel, such signals being referred to in that Act as pilot signals:

And whereas by the thirty-seventh section of the Interpretation Act, 1889, it is (amongst other things) enacted, that where an Act passed after the commencement of that Act is not to come into operation immediately on the passing thereof, and confers powers to make any Order in Council, that power may be exercised at any time after the passing of the Act so far as may be necessary or expedient for the purpose of bringing the Act into operation at the date of the commencement thereof:

And whereas the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, does not come into operation until the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five:

And whereas it is necessary or expedient to make rules as to pilot signals to come into operation on the same day as the said Merchant Shipping Act, 1894:

And whereas the operation of the said rules immediately upon the commencement of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, is urgent:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers so

vested in Her as aforesaid, and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to approve as pilot signals the signals specified in the schedule annexed hereto, and doth order that such signals shall be used as pilot signals, on and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

C. L. PEEL.

SCHEDULE TO WHICH THE FOREGOING ORDER REFERS.

Signals to be made by Ships wanting a Pilot.

In the day-time.—The following signals, numbered 1 and 2, when used or displayed together or separately, shall be deemed to be signals for a pilot in the day-time, viz. :

(1.) To be hoisted at the fore, the Union Jack having round it a white border, one-fifth of the breadth of the flag; or,

(2.) The International Code pilotage signal indicated by P.T.

At night. The following signals, numbered 1 and 2, when used or displayed together or separately, shall be deemed to be signals for a pilot at night, viz. :

(1.) The pyrotechnic light commonly known as a blue light every fifteen minutes; or

(2.) A bright white light, flashed or shown at short or frequent intervals just above the bulwarks, for about a minute at a time.

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APPENDIX XIII.

ORDER IN COUNCIL AS TO APPRENTICES ON
FISHING BOATS.

AT the Court at Windsor, the 12th day of December, 1894.
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.

Present:

Whereas by section three hundred and ninety-three of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, it is (among other things) enacted that a boy under the age of sixteen years shall not be taken to sea for the purpose of serving in any capacity connected with the sea-fishing service, for a longer period than one day, unless he is bound by an indenture of apprenticeship or agreement made in conformity with Part IV. of the said Act.

And whereas by section three hundred and ninety-five of the same Act it is (among other things) enacted that indentures of apprenticeship to the sea-fishing service and agreements with boys under the age of sixteen years with respect to that service, shall be in such form and contain such covenants, provisions, stipulations, endorsements, and certificates as are prescribed by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Board of Trade, and any directions given in the forms so prescribed shall be complied with.

And whereas the Board of Trade have recommended that the said indentures of apprenticeship and agreements respectively shall be in forms set forth in the schedule hereto, and it is expedient to prescribe the same accordingly.

And whereas the operation of this Order immediately upon the commencement of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, is urgent.

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the power vested in Her by the said recited Act, on the recommendation of the Board of Trade, and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, doth hereby order and prescribe that on and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, the indentures of apprenticeship to the sea-fishing service and agreements with boys under the age of sixteen years, with respect to that service, shall be in the respective forms set forth in the schedule hereto, and shall contain the covenants, provisions, stipulations, endorsements, and certificates therein respectively mentioned.

C. L. PEEL.

eight sixty-fourth shares in (or skipper of) the fishing boat

of

(hereinafter called the master) of the other part, WITNESSETH that the master (which term shall include the executors, administrators, and assigns of the master if consistent with the context) and the apprentice hereby mutually covenant and agree to the terms, conditions, and stipulations set out in the body and upon the back of this indenture:

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1. The apprentice binds himself apprentice to the master for the term years from the date hereof, subject to a probationary period as hereinafter more particularly mentioned.

Registered at the port of

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(Signed)

2. During such time the apprentice will faithfully serve his master and obey his lawful commands and keep his secrets, and when requisite give to his master true accounts of his goods and money which may in any way come into the hands of the apprentice. The apprentice will not during the said term do any damage to his master, nor will he consent to any such damage being done by others, but will if possible prevent the same and give warning thereof, and will not embezzle, waste, or otherwise wrongfully deal with the goods of his master, nor frequent taverns or alehouses, nor absent himself from his master's service without leave.

3. The master will during the said term of apprenticeship use all proper means to teach the apprentice, or cause him to be taught, the business of a seaman and fisherman, and will provide the apprentice with sufficient meat, drink, lodging, washing, medicine, and medical and surgical assistance, sea-bedding, wearing apparel, and necessaries.

4. All wearing apparel provided by the master for the use of the apprentice shall during the said term remain the property of the master, the apprentice having full right to the use thereof at all times for his own sole use and wear, but he shall not acquire any right or title thereto for the purpose of selling, pledging, or otherwise disposing of such apparel, until the expiration of the apprenticeship, when such apparel shall become the apprentice's property. 5. The master shall not during the said term pay to the apprentice any money for the purpose of enabling him to obtain board and lodging for himself, but the master will provide the apprentice with suitable and sufficient board and lodging to the satisfaction of the superintendent. The superintendent referred to throughout this indenture shall mean the superintendent of a Mercantile Marine Office, who for the time being may have cognizance of the matter upon the application of either party, or upon his own initiative, or otherwise howsoever.

6. The master will pay to or on account of the apprentice the remuneration specified on the back of this indenture under the letter "A" at the times and in manner hereinafter or in such endorsement appearing.

All remuneration to which the apprentice shall become entitled, whether as spending money, perquisites, or share of salvage, shall (except as next hereinafter provided) be paid by the master to the superintendent, to be