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Tonnage Measure- ment.
INTERNATIONAL PROVISIONS OF
force under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, have been adopted by His Imperial and Royal Majesty the Emperor the King of Austro-Hungary and are in force in the Austro-Hungarian dominions:
Her Majesty is hereby pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to direct that the ships of Austro-Hungary the certificates of Austro-Hungarian nationality and registry of which are dated on or after 1st September, 1871, shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in the said certificates of Austro-Hungarian nationality and registry.
ORDER IN COUNCIL [BELGIUM] 17TH OCTOBER, 1884. [Common form where a distinction is made between Sailing Ships and Steamships.]
AND WHEREAS it has been made to appear to Her Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of merchant ships now in force under The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, have been adopted by the Government of His Majesty the King of the Belgians, with the exception of a slight difference in the mode of estimating the allowance for engine-room, and such rules are now in force in that country, having come into operation on 1st January, 1884:
Her Majesty is hereby pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to direct as follows:-
1. As regards sailing ships, that merchant sailing ships belonging to Belgium, the measurement whereof on or after the said 1st January, 1884, shall have been ascertained and denoted in the certificates of registry, or other national papers of such sailing ships, testified by the dates thereof, shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in such certificates of registry, or other national papers, in the same manner, and to the same extent, and for the same purpose, in to and for which the tonnage denoted in the certificates of registry of British sailing ships is deemed to be the tonnage of such ships.
2. As regards steamships, that merchant ships belonging to Belgium which are propelled by steam or any other power requiring engine-room, the measurement whereof on or after the said 1st January, 1884, shall have been ascertained and denoted in the certificates of registry, or other national papers of such steamships, testified by the dates thereof, shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in such certificates of registry, or other national papers, in the same manner, and to the same extent and for the same purpose, in to and for which the tonnage denoted in the certificates of registry of British ships is deemed to be the tonnage of such ships, provided, nevertheless, that, if the owner or master of any such steamship desires the deduction for engine-room in such ship to