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to him Her Majesty's commission to act as a justice of the peace within the limits within which he is empowered to act in harbour matters, shall during the continuance of such assignment and of his tenure of the office of harbour master, execute within such limits the duties of a justice of the peace, notwithstanding he may not be qualified by estate to be a justice of the peace for a county, and shall have within such limits the same power and jurisdiction as a stipendiary magistrate has by Act of parliament when sitting at a police court or other place appointed in that behalf.

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THE PRINCIPAL MATTERS.

ABANDONMENT

of goods thrown overboard does not divest the property in them; goods
may be claimed by owner, subject to salvage notwithstanding, 518.
of ship or goods to insurers, 12.

of seamen abroad, provisions against, 169.

of goods for freight, 379.

ABATEMENT of freight, 203.

plea of, by part owners, 86.

ABSENCE,

of mariner from the ship without leave, forfeiture for, 155, 1xxxiv.
when it amounts to desertion, 154-5.

when not, 154-5.

occasioned by restraint of foreign powers,499, 500.-See Master-Wages.
ACCEPTANCE of goods under bill of lading, 265, 373.—See Bill of Lading--
Freight.

ACCIDENTS to steam vessels to be reported to Board of Trade, cvi.

safety and prevention of, xcvii.

ACCOMMODATION, what, to be provided for seaman, Ixxxi.

ACCOUNTS.-See Part-owners.

of voyage between part-owners, 85.
settled by a majority of part-owners, 85.
of crews, 308, xi. xcii.

contents of, 170, xcii.

for passengers, ccxlvi.

transmission of, to shipping master, 170.
ACIDS.-See Lime Juice.

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freight pro rata, 385, 407.
salvage, 558.

ACTS of God, what they are, 337.

ship-owner not liable for, 304, 337.

ADJUSTMENT of general average, 550.-See Average.
ADMIRALS not to interfere with wreck, cxxxi.

ADMIRALTY COURT.-See Bottomry-Salvage-Maritime Lien-Prize.
exclusive jurisdiction of, in prize cases, 23.

act to improve and extend its jurisdiction, cccvii.

dean of arches to sit for judge of Court of Admiralty in certain cases, cccvii.
advocates, surrogates, and proctors of Court of Arches, to be admitted
in Court of Admiralty, cccviii.

whenever a vessel shall be arrested, &c., court to have jurisdiction over
claims of mortgagees, cccviii.

court to decide questions of title, &c., cccviii.

appeals may be made to the Court of Admiralty on distribution, ceeviii.
the court in certain cases may adjudicate, &c., cccix.

evidence may be taken viva voce in open court, ceeix.

before a commissioner, cccix.

attendance of witnesses and production of papers, may be compelled by
subpoena, cccix.

provisions of 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 42, extended to Court of Admiralty, eccix.
power to direct issues, cccx.

costs of issues and commissions to be in the discretion of the court, cccx.
power to direct new trials, cccx.

granting or refusing new trial, &c., cccx.

bills of exceptions to be allowed on trials of issues, cccx.

record of the issue to be transmitted to the Court of Admiralty, ceex.

appeal to Privy Council, cccx.

certified notes of evidence taken may be admitted on appeal, cccxi.

power for judge of Admiralty to make rules of court, cccxi.

protection of the judge of the Court of Admiralty; ceesi.

gaolers to receive prisoners committed by the Court of Admiralty, or by
Admiralty coroners, cccxi.

prisoners in contempt may be discharged, cccxi.

jurisdiction to try questions concerning booty of war, ceexi.

of Courts of Law and Equity not taken away, cccxii.

its jurisdiction as to disputes between part-owners, 73.
suits for repairs of ships, 116-119, 137–141.

jurisdiction in cases of mortgage, 78.

of necessaries supplied to foreign ships, 123.
payments for, out of proceeds in registry, 122, 123.
salvage, 558.

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of the Cinque Ports, 173, 587.

ADMISSION by part-owner on subject of conjoint ownership, not binding

on co-owner, 80.

ADULT, "statute," within Passenger Act, who, ccxli.

ADVANCE NOTES, 496.

ADVANCE OF WAGES.-See Allotment-Wages.

AFFREIGHTMENT, contract of.-See Charter-Party-Bill of Lading.
AGREEMENT.-See Seamen, engagement of.

for transfer of property in British ships, must be in writing, 1, 59.
for purchase of a ship, 2.

for building a ship, 3.

AGREEMENT-continued.

for payment of purchase-money by instalments, 3.

when property passes under, 3, 4.

forms of.-See Appendix.

AIR, supply of, in passenger ships, ccxlvii.

ALLIES, salvage on the capture of the property of, 592.

ALLOTMENTS OF WAGES, 496, lxii.—See Wages.

stipulations for, to be inserted in agreements with seamen, 496, lxii.
ALLOTMENT NOTES, 496.

AMERICA, LAW OF,

as to the condemnation of prize in a neutral port, or the port of an
ally, 21.

sale of ship by master, 6-20.

ownership, pro tempore, 37, 258.

registry of ships, 48.

lien of material men for repairs of foreign and domestic ships, by
laws of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Louisiana, 122.
transfer of property in goods by endorsement of bill of lading, 298.
seaworthiness, 304.

acceptance of goods under bill of lading, when evidence of con-
tract to pay the freight expressed in it, 376.

general average, 525-533.

deck cargo, 542.

when ship voluntarily stranded and lost, 524.

Factors' Acts in, 441.

as to salvage, general principles of, 585.

dissolution of contracts.

by embargo, 457-8.

blockade of port of departure, 457.

ship's articles, 468.

destination, 458.

proportional claim for wages, where voyage divided by various

ports of delivery, 488.

claim of seamen for wages in cases of shipwreck, 491.

ANCHOR.-See Salvage General-Salvage in the Cinque Ports—and Marine

Stores.

ship to be seaworthy must be provided with proper, 302.

liability for injuries done by sunken, of person to whom it belongs, 617.
ship striking against, without a buoy, 617.

to be marked by manufacturers, cxli.
APPAREL OF SHIP, whether part of it, 4.
APPENDIX OF FORMS.-See Table of Contents.
APPRENTICESHIPS, to the sea service, lv.

shipping masters to assist in binding apprentices, and may receive
fees, lv.

indentures of boys bound apprentices to sea service by guardians or
overseers, to be witnessed by two justices, lvi.

indentures of apprenticeship to be exempt from stamp duty and
recorded, lvi.

rules to govern apprenticeships of paupers in Great Britain and Ireland
respectively, lvi.

APPRENTICES and their indentures to be brought before shipping master
before each voyage in a foreign-going ship, lvii.

APPROPRIATION of ships in course of building by payment of instal-
ments of agreed price, 3. See Appendix of Forms, cccxc.
APPURTENANCES, include guns of a privateer, 5.

fittings of a packet, 5.

things necessary to working ship, 5.

fishing stores and whalers' chronometers, 354.

ARREST of ship by Admiralty, 73, 137.

in suit for collision of foreign ship occasioning damage, 601.
ASSAULT AND BATTERY on board ship, 147.

ASSIGNEES of bankrupt or insolvent part-owner, rights of, 80.

ASSIGNMENT,

of bill of lading, 432.-See Bill of Lading.

by a factor as a pledge, 411.

Factors' Acts, 441.

of wages by seamen, 496.

AUTHORITY of master over crew, 146.

AVERAGE,

over passengers, 185.

customary or petty, includes towage, beaconage, and other small
charges due by usage, 361.

they are generally with primage commuted for a per centage on
the freight, 361.

AVERAGE, GENERAL, 521.

Contents of Chap. 1, Part 6.

(Ss.) 1. Of the Lex Rhodia de Jactu, and the regulations of foreign
ordinances respecting jettison, 521.

2. Of the losses for which contribution by general average shall be
made, 527.

3. Of ship's expenses in port of refuge, 530.

4. Of goods sold for the necessities of ship and cargo, 538.

5. Of expenses in wages and maintenance of crew during the
detention of a ship by order of a sovereign power, 539.

6. Of expenses in wages and maintenance of crew while the ship
is waiting for convoy, 540.

7. Of the expense of healing mariners wounded in defence of the
ship, 541.

8. Of loss by collision, 541.

9. Of the jettison of goods stowed on the deck of the ship, 542.

10. Remarks, 548.

11. What articles to contribute, 519.

12. Of the mode of contribution, 550.

13. How settled and recovered in case of dispute, 551.

definition of, 521.

origin of, 521.

ancient practice of, 522.

must be founded in voluntary sacrifice for the benefit of all, 523.

not for common sea risks, or expenses incident to the adventure, 529.
or incurred for defence against, or escape from, an enemy, 529.

or within the shipowner's contract to keep his vessel "tight, staunch
and strong" during the voyage, 533.

unless rendered necessary by a sacrifice for the benefit of all, 533.
forms previous to jettison prescribed by foreign ordinances, 526.
practice and laws respecting deck cargo in this and other maritime
states, 542.

previous deliberation, 526, 537.

case of goods thrown overboard, 523.

stowed upon the deck, 542.

of ship damaged by the jettison of them, 528.

put into lighters, 527.

delivered to pirates, 527.

of goods ransomed, 527.

injured by the shot of cannon, 529, 541.

unladen and warehoused, 524.

of ship and its furniture, guns, boats, tackle, goods of shipovner.
528.

for expense of repairing ship when, 528.

wages, &c., of crew during embargo, 539.

waiting for convoy, 540.

repair of ship, 529.

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