MERCHANT SHIPPING.
No. 10 of 1899.
995
9.-Life-belts.
An approved life-belt shall mean a belt which does not require to be inflated before use and which is capable of floating in the water for at least 24 hours with 15 lbs. of iron suspended from it.
10.-Life-buoys.
An approved life-buoy shall mean either :-
(a) a life-buoy built of solid cork and fitted with life-lines and loops securely seized to the life-buoy and capable of floating in the water for at least 24 hours with 32 lbs. of iron suspended from it; or
(b) a strong life-buoy of any other approved pattern and material provided that it is capable of floating in the water for at least 24 hours with 32 lbs. of iron suspended from it, and provided also that it is not stuffed with rushes, cork shavings, or loose granulated cork, or other loose material, and does not require inflation before use.
11.-Position of life-belts and life-buoys.
All life-belts and life-buoys shall be so placed as to be readily accessible to the persons on board and so that their position may be known to those for whom they are intended.
Table B.
REGISTRY FEES.
[s. 43 (3).]
Effecting an Imperial Register and granting a certificate thereof :-
under 50 tons,...................... $10.00
50 tons to 100 tons,...................... 15.00
100 tons to 200 tons,...................... 20.00
for every additional 100 tons or fraction of 100 tons,.... 5.00
Copy from Register Book,.......... 10.00
For every declaration made in any of the forms specified in Part II of the First Schedule to the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,... 4.00
Indorsing a memorandum of change of master upon certificate of Imperial Registry,...... 2.00
Indorsing a memorandum of change of ownership upon certificate of Imperial Registry,....... 4.00
Certificate of sale or mortgage, 4.00
Recording the mortgage of a ship, or shares in a ship,... 10.00
Recording the transfer of a mortgage of a ship, or shares in a ship, 10.00
Recording the discharge of a mortgage of a ship, or shares in a ship, 10.00
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.