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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND FEBRUARY, 1873.
Sending unseaworthy ship to sea, a misde-
meanor.
Repeal of certain sec- tions of 17 & 18 Vict.
pre-
If, upon such survey, such ship is found to be seaworthy, the expenses of the survey shall be paid to the Board of Trade by the person making the complaint, without judice to any right of suit or action against him by any person aggrieved by the com- plaint.
If, upon such survey, such ship is found to be unseaworthy, the expenses of the survey shall be paid to the Board of Trade by the owner of the ship.
Any shipowner who is dissatisfied with the decision of a surveyor under this section may appeal to any of the courts mentioned in this section having jurisdiction in the place where such ship was surveyed, and such court may, if they think fit, appoint one or more competent persons to survey such ship anew, and any surveyor so appointed shall have the powers of a surveyor appointed by the Board of Trade. Upon any such appeal the court may make such order as to the detention or discharge of the ship, as to the payment of any costs and damages which may have been occasioned by her detention, and as to the payment of the expenses of the original survey and of the survey anew, as to the court seems just.
The courts to which appeal may be made shall be-
In England, any court having jurisdiction under the County Court Admiralty
Jurisdiction, 1868:
In Ireland, any court having jurisdiction under the court of Admiralty (Ireland)
Act, 1867:
In Scotland, the court of the sheriff for the county.
11. Every person who, having authority as owner or otherwise to send a ship to sea sends her to sea in an unseaworthy state so as to endanger the life of any person belonging to or on board the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, unless he proves that he used all reasonable incans to make and keep the ship seaworthy, and was ignor- ant of such unseaworthiness, or that her going to sea in an unseaworthy state was, under the circumstances, reasonable and unavoidable, and for this purpose he may give A misdemeanor under this section evidence in the same manner as any other witness. shall not be punishable on summary conviction.
12. On and after the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and seven- c. 101. and 18 & 19 ty-two, the twenty-fifth and thirty-fourth sections of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854,
and the thirteenth section of the Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1855, be repealed.
Vict. c. Di.
shall
No. 27.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following List of Masters and Mates who have passed their Examinations before the Board of Examiners provided by Ordinance No. 17 of 1860, during the Year ending 31st December, 1872, is published for general information.
By Cominand,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th February, 1873.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
LIST of MASTERS and Mates who have passed Examinations, during the Year ending 31st December, 1872.
DATE.
No. of CERTI- FICATE.
NAME.
RANK.
DATE.
No. of CERTI- FICATE.
NAME.
RANK.
1872
1872
January
4
419
Robert Barrington,
Master.
June
13
435
William Ogston Milne Young,
10
420
Alexander Edward Parks,.
First Mate.
13
436
William N. Deville,..
11
12
421
Thomas Erickson,
21
437
Francis Brady...
"
February
3 422
William Wyles,
Second Matc.
27
438
David Dean O'Keefe,
14 423
Charles William Arinstrong,.
July
9
439
Aubrey Nelson,
72
20
424
Edward Brand,
March 16
425
Belmont Francis Hough,
20
426
John Francis Bernard Langelier,
Master. Second Mate. Master.
11
410
John Rushton................
46
411
41
August
23
442
David Martin,
30
427
Samuel A. Lord,
27
443
George West Nash,..
Apsil
2 428
Wilhelm Jahns,
First Mate.
4
429
John Banfield,
September 4 October
444
Francis Ashton,
15
445
Edwin Litherland Rutherford,
13
330
Frederick Hughes,
16
431
Johann Deutzan,.
Master. First Mate.
November
1
146
John Runcie,
4
447
Henrik Glose,
"
May
4 432
Edward William Place,
39
15
433
Richard William l'ideaux,
December
30
5
4:48
Duncan Mearns Kenway,
440
Richard Francis Cullen,......
Harry Thomas Wavell,
First Mate.
Master.
Second Mate.
Master.
First Mute.
Master.
First Mate. Master.
Second Mate.
First Mate.
+9
Master.
First Mate.
Master.
First Mate.
21
434
Charles William Paasch,
Master.
Harbour Department, Hongkong, 10th February, 1873..
II. G. THOMSETT, Harbour Master, fc.