THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE 11TH APRIL, 1891.
foreign ships.
4. Where the Board of Trade certify that the laws and regulations for the time Provision as to being in force in any foreign state with respect to overloading and improper loading are equally effective with the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts with respect thereto, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty by Order in Council to direct that, on proof of a ship of that state having complied with those laws and regulations, she shall not, when in à port of the United Kingdon, be liable to detention for non-compliance with the said provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts, nor shall there arise any liability to any penalty which would otherwise arise for non-compliance with those provisions.
Provided that this section shall not apply in the case of ships of any foreign country in which it appears to Her Majesty that corresponding provisions are not extended to British ships.
5. For the purposes of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1876, as amended by this Definition of Act, the expression "amidships" shall mean the middle of the length of the load amidships." water-line as measured from the fore side of the stem to the aft side of the stern-post.
6. This Act may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Act, 1890.
Short title.
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L.L. 13.
MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1890.
LOAD LINE.
REGULATIONS made by the BOARD OF TRADE under "THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1890” (53
Vict. c. 9.), to come into effect on and after the 9th December 1890.
Board of Trade,
August 1890.
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HENRY G. CALCRAFT,.
Secretary.
AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, WHITEHALL, This 23rd day of August 1890.
PRESENT:
The Right Honourable Sir MICHAEL E. HICKS BEACH,
Bart., M.P.
In pursuance of the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1890, the Board of Trade do hereby make the annexed regulations, and do hereby direct that these regulations shall come into effect on and after the 9th day of December 1890.
(Signed) M. E. HICKS BEACH,
The Merchant Shipping Acts, 1876 and 1890. REGULATIONS AS TO LOAD-LINE MARKS, CERTIFICATES,
OF WATER, AND FREEBOARD.
DRAUGHT
President.
1. The lines to be used in order to indicate the maximum load-line under different circumstances and at different seasons shall be nine inches in length and one inch in thickness, and the maximum load-line shall be the upper edge of each of such lines.
2. The said lines shall be horizontal lines marked on both sides of the ship, extending from and at right angles to a vertical line marked 21 inches forward of the centre of the disc. The maximum load-line in fresh water shall be marked abaft such vertical line, and the maximum load-lines in salt water shall be marked forward of such vertical line, as shown in the following diagrams.
FOR STEAMER.
Starboard Side.
FW
IS
E
Port Side.
S
W
WNA
Fore and of vessel.
IS
S
W
WNA
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