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"Forms," No. 45-continued.

of the ship when any other fees or dues are demanded. The penalty on failure of production is set forth in sect. 23 of the act. (3).—It is to be understood that this certificate of payment of dues, which is issued with the sole object of facilitating the shipowners' compliance with the provisions of sect. 23 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1876, is in no way to be regarded as a certificate that the ship is fit to carry any deck cargo whatever.

(4).—The question of unseaworthiness from over or improper loading may or may not arise in this case, but if it does arise, the Board of Trade and their surveyors will deal with the case upon its merits, and entirely unprejudiced by the existence of this certificate of payment of dues.

Notice 1.-This Form is to be shown to the customs officer in the United Kingdom who is last on board the ship on the commencement of the voyage referred to, so that he may compare the statement it contains with the actual amount of deck cargo on board. It will be the duty of that officer to report any discrepancy.

2.-This Form will also have to be produced to her Majesty's consular officer at the port of arrival abroad.

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1. That no timber, stores, or other goods have been carried during the voyage just ended in any uncovered space upon deck, or in any covered space not included in the contents forming the ship's registered tonnage as shown in column 3 above.

2. That no timber, stores, or other goods will be carried from the United Kingdom during the voyage about to be commenced in any uncovered space upon deck, or in any covered space not included in the ship's registered tonnage as shown in column 3 above.

Witness

NOTE.-Obliterate paragraph 1 or 2, as the case may be.

Superintendent.

Dated at

this

187 .

State whether owner, agent or master.

NOTE.-One of these forms is to be filled up and handed to the superintendent on the engagement and discharge of a crew when the Form Surveys 104, or the Form Surveys 104a, is not produced.

Surveys 106.

IV.

LOAD LINE OF COASTING VESSELS (4).

Statement in writing to be sent or delivered to the collector or other principal officer of Customs of the ship's port of registry, of the distance in feet and inches between the centre of the disc and the upper edge of each of the lines indicating the position of the ship's decks which is above that centre.

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To the Collector or Principal Officer of Customs at

I send or deliver to you the above statement in pursuance of sub-section 3 of section 27 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1876.

Dated this

Owner of the above ship.

NOTE 1.-This statement is to be delivered or sent in once in twelve months. 2. For omission the owner is liable to a penalty not exceeding 1007. 3.-It need not be sent in for ships under 80 tons employed solely in the coasting trade.

(a) See M. S. Act, 1876, s. 23

(b) See M. S. Act, 1876, s. 27.

No. 46. Certificate of Inspection of Lights and Fog Signals (a).

SURVEYS 69.

ISSUED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE, 1875,

IN PURSUANCE OF THE

MERCHANT SHIPPING
ACTS, 1854 to 1873.

Name of Ship.

CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION.

Note.-Any person who fraudulently alters or assists in fraudulently altering this Form, with the view of evading any of the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1862, or any condition in this Form, is liable on conviction to be punished by fine or imprisonment. A.-PARTICULARS OF SHIP.

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I hereby certify that the above particulars are correct and true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

this

day of

18

Dated at Inspector. N.B.-This certificate does not guarantee that efficient lights and signals will be carried or properly exhibited or displayed; or that lights will be displayed at all. It merely certifies that proper lanterns and signals, in accordance with the regulations, are on board, and are fitted at the time the certificate is given.

If other lanterns than the actual lanterns described above are carried, or if the lanterns carried are placed in any position or fitted in any manner other than the position and manner named above, this certificate becomes of no effect.

(a) See M. S. Act, 1862, s. 30, and M. S. Act, 1876, s. 14.

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No. 47. Quarantine Certificate (a).

Certificate of the quarantine officer appointed to examine the masters of all ships and vessels arrived from foreign parts, in order to ascertain whether they are, or are not, liable to the performance of quarantine.

These are to certify, that in pursuance of an Act of Parliament of the 6th year of his late Majesty George IV., and an order of his Majesty in Council, dated the 19th July, 1825 (4), I have examined master of a vessel called the lately arrived from

and that it appears by the answers of the said master to the questions I have put to him* that there are not any articles liable to quarantine on board the said vessel. And that it also appears that during the voyage no person has died or been ill of any contagious or infectious disease rendering the vessel liable to quarantine, and that the said vessel is not liable to quarantine.

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To all to whom these presents shall come,

We, the undersigned officers of her Majesty Queen Victoria, in the port of

city or town of

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Whereas the vessel called the is about to sail from the on this day of in the year of our Lord and from and other places beyond the seas, with persons on board, including

said port of thence for

the said master.

Now, know ye that we, the said officers, do hereby make it known to all men, and pledge our faith thereunto, that at the time of granting these presents, no plague, epidemic cholera, nor any dangerous or contagious disorder exists in the above port or neighbourhood. In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our names and seal of office, on the day and year aforesaid.

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Former byelaws repealed.

Interpretation clause.

Wharf.

Carriage.

Ship.

Boat.

Boats to fly a

red flag.

Ships and

boats to lie singly.

Boats to pro. ceed without

delay.

Boats to be constructed

No. 49. Rules and Bye-Laws for the Regulation of the Carriage
of Explosive Substances on the River Thames and its
Tributaries, made under the Authority of the Explosives
Act, 1875 (a).

THE Conservators of the River Thames in exercise of the powers and
authority vested in them by "The Explosives Act, 1875," and of every
other authority them hereunto in anywise enabling, do order and direct
as follows (that is to say):-

These rules and bye-laws apply to the River Thames and such part of its tributaries within the jurisdiction of the Conservators as lie between Cricklade, in the county of Wilts, and Yanlet Creek, in the county of Kent.

The 43rd and 44th items of the bye-laws of the 5th day of February, 1872, shall, after these present bye-laws take effect, be and the same are hereby repealed.

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That in the following bye-laws the words and expressions hereinafter mentioned shall have the several meanings hereby assigned to them, as defined in The Explosives Act, 1875," and in the Order in Council of August 5th, 1875 (b), unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction.

The expression "wharf" includes any quay, landing-place, siding, or other place at which goods are landed, loaded, or unloaded.

The expression "carriage" includes any carriage, waggon, cart, truck, vehicle, or other means of conveying goods or passengers by land, in whatever manner the same be propelled.

The expression "ship" includes every description of vessel used in sea navigation, whether propelled by oars or otherwise.

The expression "boat" means every vessel, not a ship as above defined, which is used in navigation in any inland water or any harbour, whether propelled by oars or otherwise.

PART I.

General Regulations for Ships and Boats carrying classes of Explosives. 1. [Bye-law 1 is repealed by the bye-laws of November 19th, 1878 (c).] 2. Boats with explosive on board shall display a red flag not less than 2 feet square.

3. Ships with a greater quantity than 300 lbs. of explosive on board, and boats wholly or partly laden with explosive, shall lie singly, and be kept at least 50 yards apart, except when boats are alongside a ship or another boat for loading or unloading, but only one such boat shall be alongside of any ship on each side at the same time (d).

4. Boats with explosive on board are to prosecute their voyage without any delay, except such delay as may be unavoidable in consequence of tide or weather.

5. The boats employed in the conveyance of explosive may be constructed of wood in the ordinary manner, with the following exceptions:6. All exposed iron or steel in the hold to be covered with sheet lead, or in some other manner to be approved of by the inspecting officer apNo iron to be pointed by the Conservators.

and fitted as follows:

exposed.

Double bulk-
heads.

Close deck.
Fire-places.

How to be painted. Licensing.

7. Double bulk-heads without openings in them are to be placed at each end of the hold where the explosive is stowed.

8. The boats to have a close deck.

9. The fire-place to be placed not less than 6 inches from the bulk-head of the hold, which bulk-head at the back of the fire-place is to be lined or covered with a double sheet of lead, and the cabin floor is likewise to be lined with lead.

10. The boats are to be painted outside with a red stripe along the gunwale not less than 18 inches broad.

11. No boat shall be employed in the conveyance of explosive on the River Thames except such as has been licensed by the Conservators, and any license granted under these bye-laws may be cancelled or suspended by the Conservators if the boat holding such license shall, from any cause, become unfit for the conveyance of explosive.

(a) See 38 Vict. c. 17, ss. 34-39.
(b) This order is set out at length,
post, "Orders in Council," p. 25.

(c) See "Forms," No. 49A. (d) For an addition to this bye-law, see "Forms," No. 49a.

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12. The name of the owner, and of the boat, and the registered number Name and of the boat, are to be painted on the stern of the boat in letters or figures number of not less than 3 inches long and broad in proportion.

boat to be

stern. Grant and

13. No license shall be given or renewed until the inspecting officer painted on appointed by the Conservators has certified to them in writing that the requirements of the Explosives Act, 1875, and of these bye-laws have renewals of been complied with.

14. The charge for each license or renewal of license to be £1. 15. Licenses are to be renewed on the 1st January of each year. 16. [Bye-law 16 is repealed by the bye-laws of November 19th, 1878 (a)]. 17. No passengers are to be carried on board the boats when they are wholly or partly laden with explosive.

18. No explosive is to be loaded or unloaded either into or from boats except between the hours of sunrise and sunset, provided that this prohibition shall not apply in any case in which such work can be carried on without any artificial light, or by means of artificial lights constructed and disposed in manner approved in writing by an officer appointed by the Conservators.

19. After the boats are loaded they are not to lie alongside the ships, wharves, or other places where they have been loaded, but shall proceed on their voyage without delay.

licenses.

Passengers not to be conveyed when boats

are loaded. Between sunrise and sunset.

boats are to When loaded, move away.

Maximum quantity to be

20. Boats shall not carry more than 50,000 lbs. each of explosive. 21. Boats employed in the conveyance of explosive are to be carefully carried. examined by the person in charge of them before loading, to ascertain that there is nothing in them likely to endanger the safety of the cargo, or in contravention of these bye-laws.

22. The hold, gangways, or decks are to be carefully cleaned and swept immediately before and after loading and unloading. 23. The floor of the hold is to be covered with cloths or soft material, on which the barrels or other packages are to be laid. 24. The gangways and decks are to have hides or cloths laid down on which the barrels are to be rolled when loading or unloading. 25. A cushion stuffed with white oakum covered with leather shall be used for landing all gunpowder barrels or cases upon, either in the hold or upon the wharves.

Boats to be examined. Cleaned and swept.

Floor to be

covered with

cloths.

Gangways and

decks. Cushions to be used for landing powder barrels on.

Spilt explosive.

26. If any explosive shall escape from the package in which it is contained, or be spilt, it is to be carefully swept up and thrown overboard. 27. The hatches when closed are to be covered with tarpaulins securely battened, and are only to be opened when necessary for loading or unload- Hatches to be ing the cargo, or for any absolutely necessary purpose.

28. Every boat with explosive on board is to be in the charge of, and constantly attended by, at least one person; and such person shall not have the charge of more than one such boat, excepting skiffs not exceeding 25 feet in length which are decked, and whose hatches are securely locked, and which have no accommodation for a person to be constantly on board, which skiffs may be left at the appointed barge anchorages in Erith Reach, at Greenhithe, and Higham Bight, provided the person in charge remains in the immediate vicinity.

covered.
Boat in charge

of one person.

be extin

29. An hour before any explosive exceeding 1,000 lbs. in quantity is Ship's fires taken on board or discharged from any ship, all fires and lights shall be and lights to extinguished, except engine-room fires, which must be previously carefully banked up, and no smoking shall be allowed on board during the time of guished. loading or unloading, provided that this rule shall not prevent the employ- Smoking disment of an artificial light, or ship's signal lights, constructed and disposed in such manner as shall not tend to cause danger of fire or explosion.

allowed.

30. During the time any ship is taking on board or discharging any An officer to explosive, and until the completion of the receipt, delivery, and stowage be in charge. thereof, there shall be present some officer of such ship especially charged with the supervision of such receipt and discharge.

steamer when the fires are

31. No explosive exceeding the quantity above specified shall be loaded Not to ship exor unloaded while the ship is attached to, or alongside of, any steam plosive whilst vessel or steam-tug, unless the engine-room fires of such steam vessel or alongside a steam-tug have previously been carefully banked up, and all other fires or lights have been previously extinguished, provided that this rule shall not prevent the employment of an artificial light, or ship's signal lights, (a) See "Forms," No. 49A.

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