TWENTIETH

SCHEDULE.

TWENTIETH
SCHEDULE.

Section 567.

for the time being, and of the incumbrances and certificates of mortgage or sale, if any, affecting the same, and the names and places of business of the owners and incumbrancers:

(b) the name and place of business or residence of the freighter (if any) of the said vessel, and the freight to be paid for the voyage on which she then is: (c) a general account of the quantity and nature of the cargo at the time the salvage services were rendered:

(d) the name and place of business or residence of the owner of the cargo and
of the consignee thereof:

(e) the values at which the master or person making the statement estimates
the vessel, cargo, and property, and the freight respectively, or if he thinks
fit, in lieu of the estimated value of the cargo, a copy of the vessel's
manifest:
(f) the amounts which the master thinks should be paid as salvage for the
services rendered:

(g) an accurate list of the property saved in cases where the vessel is not
saved:

(h) an account of the proceeds of the sale of the vessel, cargo, or property, in cases where the same or any of them are sold at the port where the statement is made:

(i) the number, capacities, and condition of the crew of the vessel at the time when the services were rendered; and

(k) any other circumstances he thinks relevant to the matters in question.

PART II. SALVAGE BOND.

[N.B.-Any of the Particulars not known, or not required, by reason of the Claim being only against the Cargo, &c., may be omitted.]

Whereas certain salvage services are alleged to have been rendered by the vessel [insert names of vessel and of commander], commander, to the merchant vessel [insert names of vessel and master], master, belonging to [name and place of business or residence of owner of vessel, freighted by [the same of the freighter), and to the cargo therein, consisting of [state very shortly the descriptions and quantities of the goods, and the names and addresses of their owners and consignees]:

And whereas the said vessel and cargo have been brought into the port of [insert name and situation of port], and a statement of the salvage claim has been sent to [insert the name of the consular officer or judge of the colonial court of admiralty or vice-admiralty court and of the office he fills], and he has fixed the amount to be inserted in this bond at the sum of [state the sum].

Now I, the said [master's name]. do hereby, in pursuance of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, bind the several owners for the time being of the said vessel and of the cargo therein and of the freight payable in respect of that cargo and their respective heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay among them such sum not exceeding the said sum of [state the sum fixed]. in such proportions and to such persons as [if the parties agree on any other court, substitute the name of it here.] the High Court in England shall adjudge to be payable as salvage for the services so alleged to have been rendered as aforesaid.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this [insert the date] day of

Signed, sealed, and delivered, by the said [master's name].

(L.S.) In the presence of [name of consular officer or judge of the colonial court of admiralty or vice-admiralty court, and of the office he fills.]

TWENTIETH SCHEDULE.

MAXIMUM FEES AND REMUNERATION OF RECEIVERS.

For every examination on oath instituted by a receiver with respect to any
vessel which may be or may have been in distress, a fee not exceeding
But so that in no case shall a larger fee than two pounds be charged
for examinations taken in respect of the same vessel and the same
occurrence, whatever may be the number of the deponents.
For every report required to be sent by the receiver to the secretary of
Lloyd's in London, the sum of

For wreck taken by the receiver into his custody, a percentage of five per
cent. upon the value thereof.

But so that in no case shall the whole amount of percentage so payable
exceed twenty pounds.

In cases where any services are rendered by a receiver, in respect of any
vessel in distress, not being wreck, or in respect of the cargo or other
articles belonging thereto, the following fees instead of a percentage;
that is to say,

If that vessel with her cargo equals or exceeds in value six hundred
pounds, the sum of two pounds for the first, and the sum of one
pound for every subsequent day during which the receiver is
employed on that service, but if that vessel with her cargo is less
in value than six hundred pounds, one moiety of the above-
mentioned sum.

£ s. d.

100

0 10 0

Section 582.

TWENTY-FIRST SCHEDULE.

OUTWARDS.

23 feet

8 feet. 9 feet. 10 feet. 11 feet. 12 feet. 13 feet. 14 feet. 15 feet. 16 feet. 17 feet. 18 feet. 19 feet. 20 feet. 21 feet.

Merchant Shipping.

031 5 31 10 0 1 14 6

320 3 69

Merchant Shipping. 57 & 58 VICT. c. 60, 1894.

For putting a Pilot on board, and for Pilotage of Ships to the Anchorage to the Downs.*

When the Pilot is put on board by a Boat from the Shore, One Seventh to the Pilot, and the remaining Six Sevenths to the Boat and Crew.

59 & 60 VICT. c. 12, 1896. Merchant Shipping. 60 & 61 VICT. c. 59, 1897.

THE DERELICT VESSELS (REPORT) ACT, 1896. An Act for the better reporting of Floating Derelicts.*

BE

59 & 60 Vict. c. 12.

[2ND JULY, 1896.] THE DERELICT

E it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1. This Act may be cited as the Derelict Vessels (Report) Act, 1896.

VESSELS (REPORT)

ACT, 1896.

Short title.

derelict vessels to be

Lloyd's

2. Every master or other person for the time being in command of Notice of any British ship, who shall become aware of the existence on the high seas of any floating derelict vessel, shall notify the same to the Lloyd's given by agent at his next place of call or arrival, and shall, together with such masters to notification, furnish to the Lloyd's agent all such information as he may agents. possess as to the supposed locality or identity of such derelict vessel, and the date when and place where the same may have been observed by or reported to him, and the Lloyd's agent shall forthwith on receipt of such notification and information transmit the same to the secretary of Lloyd's in London.

And if any such master fails to make such a report he shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

3. If there shall be no Lloyd's agent at the next place of call or Letters to be arrival, then and in such case the notification shall be made and the sent to Lloyd's information furnished by such master or other person as aforesaid, to the secretary of Lloyd's, London.

in default of agents.

by Lloyd's.

4. Any information received by the society of Lloyd's as aforesaid, Information to in pursuance of this Act, shall be published by the society forthwith in be published the same manner and to the same extent as its reports of shipping casualties, and the society shall also forthwith communicate such information to the Board of Trade.

An Act to amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, with 60 & 61 Vict. respect to the Power of Detention for undermanning.

[6TH AUGUST, 1897.]

E it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the

Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1.t

2. This Act may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Act, 1897.

* This Act is inserted here, following the chronological order, but is not one of the Acts included in the collective title, the "Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1907." Printed as amended by the Statute Law Revision Act, 1908.

Section 1 amended sections 459 and 462 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60), supra.

c. 59. MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT,

1897.

Short title.

61 & 62 VICT. c. 14, 1898. Merchant Shipping.

61 & 62 VICT. C. 44,

60 & 61 Vict. An Act to remove certain Exemptions from Compulsory

c. 61.

MERCHANT

SHIPPING (EXEMPTION

FROM

PILOTAGE)
ACT, 1897.

c. 14.

Pilotage.*

61 & 62 Vict. An Act to amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, with respect to the liability of Shipowners.

THE

MERCHANT
SHIPPING

(LIABILITY OF
SHIPOWNERS)
ACT, 1898.

Extension of

limitation of liability in certain cases

[25TH JULY, 1898.]

E it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1. Sections five hundred and two to five hundred and nine inclusive of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,† shall extend and apply to the Of lain Cafe, owners, builders, or other parties interested in any ship built at any port or place in Her Majesty's dominions, from and including the launching of such ship until the registration thereof under section two of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894.†‡

injury, or damage.

Measurement

for tonnage for the

purposes of this Act.

Definition.

Short title.

2.8

3. For the purposes of this Act the tonnage of a ship shall be ascertained as provided by section five hundred and three, subsection two (b) and (c) of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,† with regard to foreign ships.

4. For the purposes of this Act "ship" shall include every description of vessel used or intended to be used in navigation not propelled by oars and whether completed or in course of completion or construction.

5. This Act may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners) Act, 1898.

c. 44.

THE

61 & 62 Vict. An Act to Amend the Law with regard to the provision for the payment of certain Expenses under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and with regard to the Levying of Light Dues.

MERCHANT

SHIPPING

(MERCANTILE MARINE

FUND) ACT,

1898.

[12TH AUGUST, 1898.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

This Act is inapplicable to Queensland, but amendment of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60), s. 603, is noted in that Act, supra.

57 & 58 Vict. c. 60, supra.

Words "Provided always that such owners, builders, or other parties interested as aforesaid shall not benefit under this section for a period beyond three months after the launching of such ship" repealed by section 85 of the amending Act of 1906 (6 Edw. 7 c. 48), infra.

§ Section 2 repealed so much of section 508 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60), supra, as is inconsistent with the provisions of section 1 of this Act.

Printed as amended by the Statute Law Revision Act, 1908.