At the Court at Balmoral, the 20th day of November, 1873: Present, The Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council. WHEREAS by the 11th section of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1872," it is enacted that-[Here follows a recital of the section in question]. per And whereas the Trinity House of Deptford Strond, being a pilotage authority within the meaning of the said recited act, desire to obtain authority to grant from time to time special licences qualifying the sons to whom such licences are granted to act as pilots for any part of the sea or channels beyond the limits of any pilotage authority, subject to the provisions of the said act in that behalf, and to the regulations set forth in the schedule hereto annexed, and they have accordingly submitted the regulations in the said schedule for the consent of her Majesty in Council: And whereas it has been made to appear to her Majesty that, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, the said regulations are reasonable and proper: Now, therefore, her Majesty, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, is pleased hereby to authorize the Trinity House of Deptford Strond to grant special licences qualifying the persons to whom they are granted to act as pilots for any part of the sea or channels beyond the limits of any pilotage authority, subject, however, to the provisions of the said recited act, to the regulations set forth in the schedule hereunto annexed, and to the following conditions, viz. : (a) That there shall be no limitation as to the number of the persons to be licensed under the said regulations. (b) That it shall be lawful for her Majesty, and with the advice aforesaid, from time to time by Order in Council, to amend, alter or revoke the present Order. Schedule referred to in the foregoing Order. REGULATIONS. I. All persons applying to the Trinity House for licences as pilots for any part of the sea or channels beyond the limits of any pilotage authority, shall produce such certificates as shall be deemed satisfactory by the Trinity House previously to examination on the following points, viz.: (a.) Their qualifications by previous service; (b.) Their previous good conduct and habits of sobriety; (c.) That they are in good health, and not afflicted with any bodily complaint or infirmity, rendering them unfit properly to perform the duties of a pilot, which last certificate shall be under the hand of a duly authorized medical practitioner. II. Any person being able to prove to the satisfaction of the Trinity House that he has obtained a practical knowledge of seamanship by service at sea, for a period of not less than five years shall, subject to such examination as the Trinity House shall think fit, be deemed eligible to be specially licensed to act as a pilot for any part of the sea or channels beyond the limits of any pilotage authority, subject to the following terms and conditions: (a.) That the special licence to be granted to any such person shall only Pilotage- of Deptford Strond (Special Licences). Pilotage At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 17th day of May, 1867: Present, The Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council. WHEREAS by the 333rd section of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854,” it is enacted that, subject to the provisions contained in the fifth part of that act, it shall be lawful for every pilotage authority by bye-law, made with the consent of her Majesty in Council, from time to time, to do all or any of the things therein mentioned within its districts, and amongst (Bridgewater other things-[Here follows a recital of the 6th sub-section of the section in of Deptford Strond Outport District). question]. And whereas the corporation of Trinity House, of Deptford Strond (being a pilotage authority within the meaning of the said act), has, and exercises under the act 8 & 9 Vict. c. 89, power to license pilots for the port of Bridgewater and its navigation, which district includes a portion of the Bristol Channel: And whereas the mayor, burgesses, and commonalty of the city of Bristol, under the act 47 Geo. 3, c. xxxiii., and the pilotage board of the port of Cardiff, the pilotage board of the port of Newport, and the pilotage board of the port of Gloucester, under the act 24 & 25 Vict. c. ccxxxvi. (the said several bodies being respectively pilotage authorities within the meaning of the said "Merchant Shipping Act, 1854") have also power to license pilots for the Bristol Channel, including the portion thereof within the said district of the said corporation of Trinity House: And whereas the above-mentioned pilotage authorities have agreed and proposed that for the purpose of facilitating navigation, the limits of the said district, within which the said corporation of Trinity House has and exercises the power of licensing pilots for the port of Bridgewater and its navigation, should be altered and extended, so as to include within it such parts of the Bristol Channel at present not included within it as lie on the south-east side of and are comprised within an imaginary straight line drawn from Anchor Head, in the county of Somerset, on the east, to Watchet, in the same county, on the west: And whereas the above-mentioned pilotage authorities have, with the view of effecting such proposed alteration and extension of district, made and submitted to her Majesty a bye-law, which is set forth in the schedule hereunto annexed; and whereas it has been made to appear to her Majesty that such bye-law is reasonable and proper: Now, therefore, her Majesty, by virtue of the powers vested in her by the said "Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," and all other powers vested in and belonging to her in that behalf, and by and with the advice of her Privy Council, is pleased to approve and doth hereby give her assent to the said bye-law. Schedule referred to in the foregoing Order. The limits of the district within which the corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond are authorized to license pilots for the port of Bridgewater aforesaid, and its navigation, shall be altered and extended; and such district shall include all such parts of the Bristol Channel and adjacent rivers and creeks at present not included in such district, as lie on the south-east side of and are comprised within an imaginary straight line drawn from Anchor Head, in the county of Somerset, on the east, to Watchet, in the same county, on the west; and the said corporation of Trinity House shall and may exercise and enjoy all such powers, rights, and privileges within the limits of the said extended district as they have heretofore exercised and enjoyed, and now exercise and enjoy, within the limits of their original district for the port of Bridgewater aforesaid, and its navigation; such powers, rights, and privileges, nevertheless, so far as relates to the addition made to the said original district by this bye-law, being concurrent with and not in exclusion of the powers, rights, and privileges heretofore exercised and enjoyed and now exercised and enjoyed by the above-named pilotage authorities (other than the said corporation of Trinity House) within the said addition to the said original district. ORDER IN COUNCIL relating to the Exemption of Vessels from compulsory Pilotage in the Hull Trinity House Pilotage District. Pilotage At the Court at Balmoral the 20th day of November, 1873: Present, The Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council. WHEREAS by the 333rd section of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," it is enacted, that, subject to the provisions contained in the fifth part of the act, it shall be lawful for every pilotage authority by bye-law, with the consent of her Majesty in Council, from time to time, to do within its district all or any of the things specified in that behalf in that section, (Exemptions). among which things are-[Here follows a recital of the 4th and 8th subsections of the section in question]. And whereas the corporation of the Guild or Brotherhood of Masters and Pilots, seamen of the Trinity House in Kingston-upon-Hull, hereinafter called the Hull Trinity House, have, in exercise of the powers vested in them by that act, made and submitted for the consent of her Majesty certain bye-laws and regulations which have been approved by Order in Council, dated the 11th day of January, 1859, one of which bye-laws--[Here follows a recital of one of the above-mentioned bye-laws, fixing the rute of pilotage to be paid by steam vessels, and vessels towed by steam vessels, under the direction of the pilots, as therein mentioned]. And whereas the said Hull Trinity House have submitted to the approval of her Majesty the repeal of the above recited bye-law, and a substitution of a new bye-law, a copy of which is set forth in the schedule hereto annexed, and is numbered (1): And whereas ships not exceeding the burthen of sixty tons are now by law exempt from pilotage between the port of Goole and Hull Roads, and vice versa, and the said Hull Trinity House have submitted for the approval of her Majesty that it is expedient that such exemption should be extended in manner hereinafter appearing in a new bye-law, a copy of which is set forth in the schedule hereto annexed, and is numbered (2). And whereas it has been made to appear to her Majesty that the said new bye-laws are reasonable and proper: Now therefore her Majesty by and with the advice of her Privy Council is pleased to approve and doth hereby approve of and signify her consent -firstly, to the repeal of the above-recited bye-law, and the substitution of the new bye-law set forth in the schedule hereunto annexed and numbered (1), and secondly, to the bye-law set forth in the schedule hereunto annexed and numbered (2). Schedule referred to in the foregoing Order. [Here follows the new bye-law referred to in the Order as numbered (1).] (2.) The exemption from pilotage between the port of Goole and Hull Roads, and vice versa, which has heretofore existed, of ships not exceeding the burthen of 60 tons shall be extended to ships not exceeding 150 tons register, and also to ships not exceeding 10 feet draught of water. *For the Dates of other Orders in Council relating to Pilotage, see General Table of Pilotage Authorities in England, infra. Trinity House of Hull ORDERS IN COUNCIL relating to Quarantine. [*** Only the more material portions of each Order are set out at length.] At the Court at Windsor, the 19th day of July, 1825 (a): Present, The King's most excellent Majesty in Council. Quarantine WHEREAS by an act passed in the last session of parliament, intituled (Vessels "An Act to repeal the several Laws relating to the Performance of from the Quarantine, and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof," it is, amongst Mediterother things, enacted that—[Here follows a recital of the 6 Geo. 4, c. 78, 8. 2.] ranean and And whereas, after reciting that certain sorts of goods and merchandize the West are more especially liable to retain infection, and may be brought from places infected to other countries, and from thence imported into the United Kingdom or the islands aforesaid; it is likewise enacted that[Here follows a recital of the 6 Geo. 4, c. 78, s. 5.] Barbary). His Majesty, under the authority of the said above recited act, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, doth hereby adjudge and declare it probable that the plague or some other infectious disease or distemper highly dangerous to the health of his Majesty's subjects may be brought into the United Kingdom, or the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man by vessels coming from the Mediterranean, or from the West Barbary on the Atlantic Ocean, with or without clean bills of health, and also by the importation into the United Kingdom or the islands aforesaid; of certain goods, wares, and merchandizes hereinafter enumerated, being the growth, produce or manufacture of Turkey, or of any place in Africa within the Streights of Gibraltar, or in the West Barbary on the Atlantic Ocean, from any port or place in Europe without the Streights, or on the continent of America, at which there is not a regular establishment for the performance of quarantine, which shall have been declared sufficient for that purpose by any Order of his Majesty in Council, notified by proclamation or published in the London Gazette, and his Majesty is therefore pleased, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered: 1. That all vessels as well his Majesty's ships of war as all others (not having the plague or such other infectious disease or distemper as aforesaid actually on board,) coming from the Mediterranean or from the West Barbary on the Atlantic Ocean with clean bills of health, and all vessels, and boats receiving any person or persons, goods, &c., or any other articles whatever, from or out of any such vessel, before such vessel shall have performed, and shall be duly discharged from quarantine, whether such person or persons, goods, &c., or other articles as aforesaid, shall have come or been brought in such vessel, or such person or persons shall have gone, or articles have been put, on board the same either before or after the arrival of such vessel, and whether such vessel was or was not bound to any port or place in the United Kingdom or the islands aforesaid, shall, together with all persons (as well pilots as others), goods, wares, and merchandize and other articles as aforesaid on board thereof, perform such quarantine for such time, in such manner and at such places as are hereinafter directed. And all commanders, masters and other persons on board any such vessel or boat so liable to quarantine as aforesaid, and all persons who shall have any intercourse or communication with them or any of them, shall forthwith repair to such lazaret vessel, or place as is herein appointed, or shall hereafter be appointed in that behalf by any Order of his Majesty in Council as aforesaid, or of the lords and others of the Privy Council, or any two or more of them, for the performance of quarantine, and shall there perform quarantine accordingly, under and subject to all the pains, penalties, &c., to which any such commander, master or person is or may be by law subject for any refusal or neglect to repair to such lazaret vessel, or place as aforesaid, or for any escape or attempt to escape therefrom, or for any other breach or disobedience of the provisions, &c. of the said hereinbefore recited act, or of this Order, or of any Order which may hereafter be made as aforesaid. 2. And it is hereby further ordered, that .. [Here follow provisions providing that all such vessels, persons and articles as those mentioned above in paragraph 1, (a) Gazetted August 10th, 1825. shall, if arriving from the Mediterranean or the West Barbary on the Atlantic Ocean, with clean bills of health, perform quarantine at certain specified places, according to the respective ports to which such vessels may be bound] (b). 3. And it is hereby further ordered that all goods, wares or merchandizes imported in any such vessels as aforesaid shall be opened and aired at the several places herein before respectively appointed for the performance of quarantine by such vessels respectively, in the manner and for the time hereinafter directed. 4. And it is hereby further ordered that all vessels not having the plague or such other infectious disease or distemper as aforesaid actually on board (except any ship of war, transport or other vessel in the actual service of government, under the command of a commissioned officer of his Majesty's navy), arriving in the United Kingdom and coming from the Mediterranean or from the West Barbary on the Atlantic Ocean, which shall not be furnished with clean bills of health, shall perform quarantine either in Standgate Creek or Milford Haven, and nowhere else..... (6). And all ships of war, transports and other vessels in the actual service of government, under the command of commissioned officers of his Majesty's navy, coming from any of the said places, and not being furnished with clean bills of health, shall perform quarantine at the Motherbank, in a separate and distinct place, to be appointed and marked out with yellow buoys for that purpose, in the centre of which place a floating lazaret shall be stationed, with a yellow flag constantly flying at the mast-head. . . [All vessels receiving persons, goods, &c. from the vessels mentioned in this paragraph to perform the like quarantine at Standgate Creek, Milford Haven, or the Motherbank respectively (b). No persons, vessels or boats not in the quarantine service to go within the limits marked out at the Motherbank as the quarantine ground for vessels having foul bills of health, except by permission or in case of necessity.] 5. Vessels coming from ports in Europe without the Straits of Gibraltar, or on the continent of America, where there is no regular quarantine establishment (see par. 1), and having on board certain enumerated goods of the growth or manufacture of Turkey or places in Africa within the Straits of Gibraltar, or in the West Barbary on the Atlantic, to perform the like quarantine, together with all persons (including pilots) and articles on board, as vessels coming from the Mediterranean with clean bills of health (par. 1). 6. Vessels with clean bills of health liable to quarantine having passed their regular quarantine port from ignorance of the master or stress of weather, &c., may be permitted to perform quarantine at some other quarantine port. 7. No vessel liable to quarantine not bound to the United Kingdom or Channel Islands or Isle of Man to touch at or enter ports or places in the United Kingdom, &c., except for orders or by reason of stress of weather or damage, when such vessel is to conform to the quarantine regulations, or be compelled to proceed to sea. 8. And it is hereby further ordered that where any vessel shall attempt to enter into any port or place in the United Kingdom or the islands aforesaid, whether any such port or place shall have been appointed for the performance of quarantine or not, the superintendent of quarantine or his assistant (if there shall be any superintendent or assistant at such port or place), or if not, the principal officer of his Majesty's customs at such port or place, or such officers of the customs as shall be authorized by the commissioners of customs, or any four or more of them to act in their behalf, shall go off to such vessel, and shall at a convenient distance from such ship or vessel, keeping to windward, demand of the commander, master or other person having charge of such vessel answers to the following preliminary questions: .. [Here follow certain specified preliminary questions to be put by the quarantine officer for the purpose of ascertaining whether the vessel is liable to quarantine, &c.] And such commander, master or other person having charge of such vessel shall, upon such demand, give a true answer to such questions in writing or otherwise, and upon oath or not upon oath, as he shall be required by such superintendent or his assistant, or principal officer or other officer of the customs authorized as aforesaid, under such pains and penalties as are inflicted by the said herein before recited act. [Vessels appearing by the answers given to the preliminary questions to be liable to quarantine, to be compelled to repair to the proper quarantine port.] (b) So much of this order as relates to the appointment of specified places at which quarantine is to be performed by merchant vessels within the United Kingdom seems to be obsolete. The only quarantine establishment now maintained in England is at the Quarantine (Vessels from the Mediterranean and the West Barbary). |