D. 1899.]
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
[No. 10,
459
57 & 58 Vict. c. 60.
tered in this Colony, and all expenses incurred in the United Kingdom in relieving and returning to this Colony all distressed seamen last served in such a ship, shall be borne by the revenue of this Colony.
It shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time to order payment, out of any moneys forming part of or arising from the general revenue of the Colony, of all expenses which may be incurred by the Colony for the relief of such seamen as aforesaid, under the provisions of the said Act or of any regulations in that behalf which may from time to time be made by the Governor-in-Council.
It shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time to order re-payment, out of any such moneys as aforesaid, of all sums which have been expended under the provisions of the said Act by the Imperial Government, or by "The Shipwrecked Mariners' Society," or by the government of any British colony, or by any British Consular Officer in any neighbouring foreign country, in and about the relief of such seamen as aforesaid, and such sums shall be refunded in such manner as the Governor may think fit or as a Secretary of State for the time being may direct.
Provisions, Health, and Accommodation.
8.(1.) The owner, agent, or master of every British or Colonial ship navigating between this Colony and any place out of the same shall cause to be kept on board such ship a supply of medicines and medical stores, in accordance with the scale appropriate to such ship as laid down in the published scales of medicines and medical stores issued by the Board of Trade, and a copy of the book or books issued by the said Board containing instructions for dispensing the same, and also a sufficient quantity of anti-scorbutics, to be served out to the crew, of proper quality and in accordance with the requirements of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, or any Act hereafter amending the same.
(2) The owner, agent, or master of any such ship who wilfully refuses or neglects to provide and keep on board such medicines, medical stores, books of instructions, and anti-scorbutics as are by this section required shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on summary conviction before a Stipendiary Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars.
(3) It shall be the duty of the Health Officer of the Port to inspect the medicines, medical stores, and anti-scorbutics of any Colonial ship navigating between this Colony and any place out of the same and, if such articles are deficient in quantity or quality or are placed in improper vessels, he shall give notice to the master of the ship and to the Harbour Master; and the Harbour Master shall, before...
1894, s. 202.