Date, Place, and Cause of leaving this Ship, or of Death. To be filled up by the Master. Registry of Indenture. cccxcvi PARTICULARS RELATING TO WAGES AND EFFECTS OF SEAMEN AND APPRENTICES DECEASED DURING THE VOYAGE. (Taken from the Official Log.) Note.-Particulars of the moneys due to each deceased seaman, and of his clothes and effects, and of deductions (if any), are to accompany this return in a separate Form W. & E. 1 (late KK.), which will be furnished by the superintendent. If any master fails to give a true account of these particulars, he will be liable to forfeit a sum not exceeding treble the value of the money and effects not accounted for, or to a penalty not exceeding 507. AGREEMENT No. 5 PARTICULARS OF ALL MARRIAGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED ON BOARD DURING THE VOYAGE. (Taken from the Official Log.) Note.-Section 282 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, requires the master of the ship to enter in his official log the particulars of every marriage that has taken place on board; and sections 273 and 274 require that a list of such marriages should be made out and delivered to a superintendent of a mercantile marine office in the United Kingdom. Christian and Surnames of both Parties. Ages. Widow, or Widower. State whether Single, Profession or Father's Christian and Surname. Occupation. Profession or Occupation 2 3 4 5 6 of Father. 7 CERTIFICATES OR INDORSEMENTS MADE BY CONSULS OR BY OFFICERS IN BRITISH POSSESSIONS ABROAD. [Continued in the Form of which this is a copy on pages 6 and 7.] 8 REGULATIONS FOR MAINTAINING DISCIPLINE, SANCTIONED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE IN PURSUANCE OF THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, s. 149. THESE regulations are distinct from and in addition to those contained in the act, These regulations are all numbered, and the numbers of such of them as are For the purpose of legally enforcing any of the following penalties, the same one of the crew; and a copy of such entry must be furnished, or the same must be read over, to the offender, before the ship reaches any port or departs from the port at which she is; and an entry that the same has been so furnished or read over, and of the reply, if any, of the offender, must be made and signed in the same manner as the entry of the offence. These entries must, upon discharge of the offender, be shown to the superintendent of a mercantile marine office before whom the offender is discharged; and if he is satisfied that the offence is proved, and that the entries have been properly made, the fine must be deducted from the offender's wages, and paid over to the superintendent. If, in consequence of subsequent good conduct, the master thinks fit to remit or reduce any fine upon any member of his crew which has been entered in the official log, and signifies the same to the superintendent, the fine shall be remitted or reduced accordingly. If wages are contracted for by the voyage or by share, the amount of the fines is to be ascertained in the manner in which the amount of forfeiture is ascertained in similar cases under sect. 252. OFFENCE. Amount of Fine or Punishment. Signature of Striking or assaulting any person on board or belonging to the ship (if not otherwise prosecuted) Do. Second and for each subsequent offence 4 Taking on board and keeping possession of any fire-arms, knuckle-duster, loaded cane, slung-shot, sword Five shillings. No. INSTRUCTIONS TO MASTERS. Agreements. 1. The Merchant Shipping Act requires the master of every ship, except ships 2. In order to enable the seamen to know the contents of the agreement, the 3. All alterations in any agreement (except additions in shipping substitutes) are 4. Fraudulently altering, or making any false entry in, or delivering a false 5. The crews of all British foreign-going ships must be engaged in the united kingdom in the presence of a superintendent of mercantile marine, who will read Engagement of Crews and Seamen in the United Kingdom. 7. Whenever a master of a ship is desirous of making use of the mercantile 8. In all cases the superintendent should have at least six hours' notice of the "Forms," No. 24-continued. Engagement of Crews and Seamen in the United Kingdom-continued. time at which the master and crew are to attend to sign the agreement. Before (a) Produce the certificates for himself, his mates, and his engineers (if any). (c) Produce the authority of his owners or their agents for his issuing allot- (d) Produce the apprentices destined for the voyage together with their 14. Upon the arrival of the ship at any foreign port where there is a British 15. The engagement or discharge of any seaman abroad must be made before the Return to the United Kingdom. 16. The crew of every British foreign-going ship discharged in the united king- 17. In all cases in which crews are to be discharged at the mercantile marine 18. Within forty-eight hours after the ship's arrival at her final port of destina- 19. The master is to give to every seaman (or leave with the superintendent on 20. Upon paying off or discharging any seaman, the master is bound under a 21. A statement of the conduct, character, and qualification of each member of 22. Upon payment of wages and settlement of disputes (if any) being effected, the officer before whom the men are discharged will require the crew to sign in his presence a release from all claims in respect of the voyage just finished. (See p. 3, cols. 19 and 20.) N.B.-This form must not be unstitched. No leaves may be taken out of it, and none may be added or substituted. Care should be taken at the Time of Engagement that a sufficiently large form is used. If more men are engaged during the voyage than the number for whom signatures are provided in this form, an additional form Eng. 1, should be obtained and used. (a) See "Forms," No. 22. No. 24A.-Account of Changes in the Crew of Foreign-going Ship before final departure from the United Kingdom. cccxcix Forwarded to the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, the day of Superintendent of Mercantile Marine at NOTICE.-Any change in the crew between the first engagement thereof and the final departure of the ship from the United Kingdom must, whenever practicable, be effected at a Mercantile Marine Office; and, in all cases, this account must be rendered to the superintendent under a penalty of five pounds for neglect. This Agreement is to be used only for voyages made on the coasts of the United Kingdom, or to the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, and Isle of Man, or to Eng. 6, late B. and D. SANCTIONED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE, May, 1874, in pursuance of 17 & 18 Vict. c. 104. places on the Continent of Europe between the River Elbe and Brest, inclusive. Any erasure, interlineation, or alteration in this Agreement will be void, unless attested by some superintendent of a mercantile marine office, officer of customs, consul, or vice-consul, to be made with the consent of the persons interested. Date of Termination of Half-Year. 187 No. EXECUTED IN EIGHT PAGES (a). No. 25.-Half-Yearly Agreement and Account of Voyages and Crew of a Ship engaged in the Home Trade only (6). (See M. S. Act, 1854, ss. 149, 273.) NOTICE. As this agreement is made for voyages in the home trade only, the crew need not be engaged before a superintendent of mercantile marine. On whatever On this agreement and account of crew being duly completed and deposited at a mercantile marine office, the superintendent will issue the Certificate C. C. (e), to The several persons whose names are hereto subscribed, and whose descriptions are contained on the are engaged as sailors, hereby agree to serve, in the several other side or sides, and of whom capacities expressed against their respective names, on board the said ship, which is to be employed 1 And the crew agree to conduct themselves in an orderly, faithful, honest and sober manner, and to be at all times diligent in their respective duties, and to be obedient to the lawful commands of the said master or of any person who shall lawfully succeed him, and of their superior officers, in everything relating to the said ship and the stores and cargo thereof, whether on board, in boats or on shore; in consideration of which services to be duly performed, the said master hereby agrees to pay to the said crew as wages the sums against their names respectively expressed, and to supply them with provisions according to the above scale: And it is hereby agreed, that any embezzlement or wilful or negligent destruction of any part of the ship's cargo or stores shall be made good to the owner out of the wages of the person guilty of the same: And if any person enters himself as qualified for a duty which he proves incompetent to perform, his wages shall be reduced in proportion to his incompetency; and it is also agreed that the regulations for maintaining discipline sanctioned by the Board of Trade, which are 2 are adopted by the parties hereto, and shall be considered to be printed herein and numbered And it is also agreed, that if any member of the crew considers himself to be aggrieved by any breach of the agreement or otherwise, he shall represent the same to the master or officer in charge of the ship in a quiet and orderly manner, who shall thereupon take such steps as the case may require: And it is also agreed, that 3 In witness whereof the said parties have subscribed their names on the other side or sides hereof on the days against their respective signatures mentioned. 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