No. 8 A. Steamer.

DECLARATION OF OWNERSHIP ON BEHALF OF A BODY
CORPORATE (a).

Official Number of Ship———.

in

General Description of Ship.

Date of Registry—, 186-.

Port of Registry. How Propelled.

"Foreign."

"Time and place Length from the forepart of stem under the bowsprit to

"of build are un

"known to the "declarant."

Here insert

such of the de

scriptions as are

applicable.

"An Act of

"Parliament
"of the United

"Kingdom"

[cite the year of the reign in which the Act was passed, its chapter and

title.] "The
"said company

"is subject to
"the laws of the

and has its

the aftside of the head of the sternpost Main breadth to outside plank

Depth in hold from tonnage deck to ceiling at midships

"Principal place Combined power (estimated horse-power)}

"of business at

Number of engines

Number of horses-power

I, the undersigned in the county of

of the

company,

is

declare as follows:-The said company was incorporated by virtue of
The above general description of the ship is correct.
whose certificate of competency or service is No.
master of the said ship. The said company is entitled to be registered
as owner of
shares in the said ship. To the best of my know-
ledge 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 what-
ever, either legal or beneficial, in the said ship. And I make this solemn
declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true.

Made and subscribed the

"ture of "above-named

"cite the year in

day of

in the presence of

, 18, by the

[which the Act or ordinance was passed, its chapter and title.] "The said company is subject to the laws of "the and has its principal place of business at "Or, the Act 7 & 8 Vict. c. 110," from the "day of being the date of the certificate of complete registration. The said company is subject to the and has its principal place of business at

"laws of the

If in the presence of a registrar he will add to his signature "registrar of the port of

"

If in the presence of a magistrate his description should be added, as, for example, "justice of the peace "acting in and for " [naming the county, city, borough, &c., as case may be.]

(a) See Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, s. 39.

I, the undersigned, registrar of the port of

hereby certify that

is the master of

the ship, the description of which is prefixed to this my certificate, has
been duly surveyed, and that the above description is true; that
whose certificate of competency or service is No.
the said ship; and that the name residence, and description of the
and number of sixty-fourth shares held by

owner

as follows:

Name, Residence, and Occupation of the Owner.

Number of Sixty-fourth Shares.

Dated at hundred and

the

day of

are

one thousand eight

Registrar.

N.B.-Indorsements of changes of owners and masters must be made directed by the instructions to registrars, and will follow here :—

(a) See Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, s. 42.

as

Notice.-A certificate of registry granted under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, is not a document of title. It does not necessarily con

tain notice of all

changes of ownership, and in no case does

it contain an

official record

of any mortgages

affecting the ship.

Number, Date, and Port of previous Registry, (if any)

Names, residence, and description of the owners, and number of sixty-fourth shares held by each owner

Dated,

Registrar,

N.B.-To be addressed in an envelope to the Chief Registrar of

Shipping, Custom House, London.

References to Transactions.

Changes of Masters.

Form No. 20.

COPY TRANSACTIONS SUBSEQUENT TO REGISTRY, FOR TRANSMISSON TO CHIEF REGISTRAR OF SHIPPING.

N.B.-To be addressed in an envelope to the Chief Registrar of Shipping, Custom House, London.

(a)

by

in consideration of the sum of

paid to (b)
the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, transfer

shares in the ship above particularly described, and in her boats, guns,
ammunition, small arms, and appurtenances, to the said

Further (c)

the said
and (e)

heirs covenant

have herein-before

for (d) with the said assigns, that (f) power to transfer in manner aforesaid the premises expressed to be transferred, and that the same are free from incumbrances (g)

In witness whereof

and affixed

hundred and

seal this

ha hereunto subscribed
day of

Executed by the above-named
in the presence of

• See Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, s. 55.

name

One thousand eight