ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1879 . 1515
Merchant Shipping.
CHAPTER X.
DISTRESSED SEAMEN .
23. All expenses which shall be incurred under the provisions of
men belong
" The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854 ," in the relief of distressed British ing to vessels
registered in
seamen who at the time of such relief being granted shall have last served this Colony.
[Ordinance 5
in a British ship registered in this Colony, and all expenses incurred in of 1869, sec.
1.]
the United Kingdom in the relief and returning to this Colony all dis
tressed seamen who last served in such a ship, shall be borne by the
revenue of this Colony .
2. It shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to time, to order Governor may
order pay
the payment, out of any monies forming part of, or arising from , the ment of ex
penses incur
general revenue of the Colony, of all expenses which may be incurred in red in the
Colony for
the Colony for the relief of such British seamen as aforesaid , under the relief of such
seamen out of
provisions of the said Act or of any regulations in that behalf which may monies form
ing part of
be made, from time to time , by the Governor in Council. general
revenue.
[Ordinance 5
of 1869, s. 2. ]
3. It shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to time, to order Governor
may order
the re-payment out of any such monies as aforesaid , of all sums which re-payment
of expenses
shall have been expended under the provisions of the said Act by the incurred
elsewherethan
Imperial Government, or by the " Shipwrecked Mariners' Society " or by in the Colony
in respect of
the Government of any adjacent British Colony, or by any British such relief.
out of such
Consul, Vice- Consul, or Consular Agent in any neighbouring foreign monies as
aforesaid.
country, in and about the relief of such British seamen as aforesaid , and [Ordinance
such sums shall be refunded in such manner as the Governor shall think 5 of 1869.
sec. 3. ]
fit , or as Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies for
the time being may direct .
PART II.
REGULATION AND CONTROL OF THE WATERS OF THE COLONY
AND OF VESSELS NAVIGATING THE SAME .
CHAPTER I.
REGULATIONS.
Duties of Master.
24. Every master of a merchant ship shall hoist her national Ships to hoist
their num
colours and number on entering the waters of the Colony ; and shall bers .
[Ordinance
keep such number flying until the ship shall have been reported at the of 1862
Harbour Master's office . sec. 3. ] ,