No. 5 A. Steamer.

Resident or non-resident } Natural-born subjects.

Joint owners or transferrees.

First.-Each of us, the several persons above mentioned, and whose names are hereunto subscribed, declare as follows:-I am a natural-born

(a) Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, ss. 38, 56.

whose

British subject, my name, description, and place of birth as above given are true. I have never taken the oath of allegiance to any foreign state. The above general description of the ship is correct. certificate of competency or service is No. said ship.

is the master of the

Secondly. We, the said several persons above mentioned, respectively declare as follows:-We are entitled to be registered as joint owners of shares in the said ship. To the best of our knowledge and belief, no person or body of persons other than such persons or bodies of persons as are by the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, qualified to be owners of British ships is entitled, as owner, to any interest whatever, either legal or beneficial, in the said ship; and we, so far as relates to ourselves and each of us, make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true.

No. 6 A. Steamer.

Joint Owner or Natural-born Subject.

Transferree

DECLARATION BY A JOINT OWNER OR TRANSFERREE (a).

have never taken the oath of allegiance to any foreign state. The above
general description of the ship is correct.
whose certificate of
competency or service is No.
is the master of the said ship. I
am entitled to be registered, together with the several other persons
whose names are hereunder written, as joint owner of
shares in

the said ship. To the best of my knowledge and belief, no person or body of persons other than such persons or bodies of persons as are by the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, qualified to be owners of British ships is entitled, as owner, to any interest whatever, either legal or beneficial, in the said ship.

horses-power I

Feet.

Tenths.

No. of Tons.

Feet.

Tenths.

To the best of || knowledge and belief, no person or body of persons other than such persons or bodies of persons as are by the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, qualified to be owners of British ships is entitled, as owner, to any interest whatever, either legal or beneficial, in the said ship. And make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing

the same to be true.

Made and subscribed the above-named

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If foreign, insert

"Foreign."

"Built at

[naming the
place and

country] "on
"the day of

18 ."

or,

if foreign, and time and place of build unknown, insert

"Foreign." "Time and "place of build "are unknown "to the decla"rant."

or,
if a condemned
ship, insert

"condemned by
"the court of"
[naming the
court] "on the
day

"

To be filled up according to the circumstances of the case, taking care to embody all the requisites of the Act.

"My," or "our."

$"I," or "we."

¶ If in the

presence of a re-
gistrar he will
add to his sig-
nature "Regis-
"trar of the
"port of
If in the pre-

"

sence of a magistrate his description should be added, as, for example, "Jus

"tice of the

peace acting in and for " [naming the county, city, borough, &c., as the case may be.]

(a) See Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, s. 88.