1906. Merchant Shipping. PART V.- LANEOUS. brought to 77.-(1) The master of every ship which carries any cattlemen to any Return as to port in the United Kingdom from any port out of the United Kingdom cattlemen shall furnish to such person and in such manner as the Secretary of State the United directs a return giving such particulars with respect to any cattlemen so Kingdom. carried as may be required for the time being by order of the Secretary of State, and every such cattleman shall furnish the master of the ship with any information required by him for the purpose of the return. (2) If the master of a ship fails to make the return required by this section, or makes a false return, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, and if any cattleman refuses to give information required by the master for the purpose of the return under this section, or gives any false information for the purpose, he shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment with hard labour for a term not exceeding three months. (3) For the purpose of this section the expression "cattleman means any person who is engaged or employed to attend during the voyage of the ship on any cattle carried therein as cargo. the Board 78. (1) The Board of Trade may, if they think fit, and upon such Dispensing conditions (if any) as they think fit to impose, exempt any ship from any powers of specified requirement contained in, or prescribed in pursuance of, the of Trade. Merchant Shipping Acts,* or dispense with the observance of any such requirement in the case of any ship, if they are satisfied that that requirement has been substantially complied with in the case of that ship, or that compliance with the requirement is unnecessary in the circumstances of the case, and that the action taken or provision made as respects the subject-matter of the requirement in the case of the ship is as effective as, or more effective than, actual compliance with the require ment. (2) The Board of Trade shall annually lay before both Houses of Parliament a special report stating the cases in which they have exercised their powers under this section during the preceding year, and the grounds upon which they have acted in each case. advisory 79.-(1) The Board of Trade may, if they think fit, appoint com- Power to mittees for the purpose of advising them when considering the making appoint or alteration of any rules, regulations, or scales for the purpose of the committees. Merchant Shipping Acts, consisting of such persons as they may appoint representing the interests principally affected, or having special knowledge of the subject-matter. * (2) There shall be paid to the members of any such committee, out of moneys provided by Parliament, such travelling and other allowances as the Board of Trade fix with the consent of the Treasury. (3) Committees may be appointed under this section to advise the Board of Trade specially as regards any special rules, regulations, or scales, or generally as regards any class or classes of rules, regulations, or scales which the Board may assign to them. register Merchant 80.—(1) His Majesty may by Order in Council make regulations with Power to respect to the manner in which Government ships may be registered as Government British ships for the purpose of the Merchant Shipping Acts,* and those ships Acts, subject to any exceptions and modifications which may be made by under the Order in Council, either generally or as respects any special class of Shipping Government ships, shall apply to Government ships registered in accordance with those regulations as if they were registered in manner provided by those Acts. (2.) Nothing in this Act shall affect the powers of the Legislature of any British possession to regulate any Government ships under the control of the Government of that possession. * 57 & 58 Vict. c. 60 and amending Acts, supra. Acts. PART V. MISCELLANEOUS. Application of certain sections of principal Act to Scotland. Amendment of procedure in Scotland. (3) In this section the expression "Government ships" means ships not forming part of His Majesty's Navy which belong to His Majesty, or are held by any person on behalf of or for the benefit of the Crown, and for that reason cannot be registered under the principal Act. 81.-(1) Sections four hundred and thirteen to four hundred and sixteen of the principal Act (which relate to certificates of skippers and second hands on trawlers) shall apply to fishing boats being trawlers of twenty-five tons tonnage and upwards going to sea from any port of Scotland in like manner as they apply to such fishing boats going to sea from any port of England or Ireland, except that in section four hundred and fifteen the date of the commencement of this Act shall be substituted for the dates mentioned in that section, and Part IV. of the principal Act shall be construed accordingly. (2) The sections aforesaid as hereby applied to Scotland shall, notwithstanding anything contained in Part IV. of the principal Act, be deemed to be portions or provisions of Part IV. referred to in section three hundred and sixty-nine of the principal Act (conferring power on the Board of Trade to make exempting or extending orders), and that section (with the substitution of the Edinburgh Gazette for the London Gazette) and Part IV. shall be construed accordingly: Provided that any Order to be published in the Edinburgh Gazette under that section shall be subject to the consent of the Secretary for Scotland. 82. The principal Act in its application to Scotland, is amended as follows: (1)* (2) The provisions of section six hundred and eighty of the principal Act shall apply to Scotland. (3)† (4)‡ 83.S PART VI. SUPPLE MENTAL. Construction to Merchant Shipping PART VI. 84.-(1) In this Act the expression "principal Act" means the of references Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,|| and the expression "Merchant Shipping Acts" means the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1900, ** and this Act. (2) Any reference in this Act to any provision of the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1900,** which has been amended by any subsequent Act or is amended by this Act, shall be construed as a reference to the provision as so amended. 57 & 58 Vict. c. 60. Repeal. Short title and commencement. 85. The enactments mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule. 86. (1) This Act may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Act, 1906, and shall be construed as one with the principal Act, and the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1900,** and this Act may be cited together as the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1906. (2) This Act shall, save as otherwise expressly provided, come into operation on the first day of June nineteen hundred and seven. * Subsection (1) amended section 237 of the Principal Act, supra, in its application to Scotland. Subsection (3) amended section 702 of the Principal Act, supra, in its application to Scotland. Subsection (4) amended section 703 of the Principal Act, supra, in its application to Scotland. § Section 83 amended section 744 of the Principal Act, supra. 57 & 58 Vict. c. 60, supra. ** 57 & 58 Vict. c. 60 and amending Acts, supra. FIRST SCHEDULE. Merchant Shipping. CONDITIONS AND EXCEPTIONS IN APPLYING SCALE. 6 Edw. 7 c. 48, 1. The issue of provisions for which a total weekly, and no daily, amount is (a) in a ship of less than one thousand tons gross registered tonnage: or but where soft bread is not issued, an equivalent amount of biscuit shall be issued 3. An equal quantity of fish, up to an amount not exceeding three-quarters of a pound in any one week, may be substituted for preserved meat under the above scale. The fish issued, whether under the scale or as a substitute, must be fresh fish. dried fish, or canned salmon or canned herrings. 4. Within the tropics, a pound and a half of preserved meat or three pounds of fresh meat may be substituted for two pounds of salt pork. 5. Fresh potatoes must be issued for at least the first eight weeks of the voyage in the case of every ship leaving a port within the home trade limits at any time between the last day of September and the first day of May, and at any other time when they can be procured at a reasonable cost. When fresh potatoes are not so issued, an equal amount of yams, or vegetables preserved in tins, or an equivalent amount of dried or compressed potatoes or dried or compressed. vegetables in the proportion of one pound to six pounds of fresh potatoes, must be issued in their place. 6. Fresh vegetables, or vegetables preserved in tins, may at any time be substituted for dried or compressed vegetables in the proportion of half a pound of fresh vegetables, or vegetables preserved in tins, to one ounce of dried or compressed vegetables. 7. A mixture of coffee and chicory containing not less than seventy-five per cent. of coffee may at any time be substituted for coffee in the proportion of five ounces of the mixture to four ounces of coffee. 8. The dried fruit issued under the above scale must be raisins, sultanas, currants, figs, or prunes. 9. The onions to be issued under the above scale must be fresh onions when in season: and, when fresh onions are not in season, an equal amount of onions or vegetables preserved in tins, or an equivalent amount of dried or compressed onions or vegetables in the proportion of one ounce to half a pound of fresh onions must be issued. 10. In port (a) soft bread shall be issued in lieu of biscuit; and (b) when procurable at a reasonable cost, a pound and a half of fresh meat and half a pound of fresh vegetables shall be issued daily, and, when fresh meat and fresh vegetables are so issued, salt and preserved meat and dried or compressed vegetables need not be issued. 11. The stokehold hands are to receive sufficient oatmeal and one quart of water extra daily while under steam. SUBSTITUTES AND EQUIVALENTS-NOT TO BE USED WITHOUT REASONABLE CAUSE. 61 & 62 Vict. c. 14. 61 & 62 Vict. c. 44. Short Title. The Merchant Shipping The Merchant Shipping Subsection (2) of section forty-eight, para- 66 In subsection (2) of section two hundred In section two hundred and sixty-seven the 66 Paragraph (3) of section two hundred and Section two hundred and ninety-one. Paragraph (i) of section three hundred and Section four hundred and fifty-one as from In section four hundred and sixty-two, the The Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Section one, from "provided" to the end of The Merchant Shipping Section four. SECOND SCHEDULE. Section 85. |