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APPENDIX B.-AGREEMENTS AND CHARTER PARTIES.
11. The Managers shall not incur any expense of docking or cleaning or repairing any vessel without the previous express approval of the Admiralty.
12. No vessel shall without the express sanction of the Admiralty be chartered or otherwise committed by the Managers at any one date for more than two voyages (exclusive of any voyage which may be current at the date in question) and the Admiralty may at any time withdraw any vessel from the British Coastwise Trade and from the management of the Managers by notice in writing to the Managers subject only to the completion of any voyages charters or other commitments already commenced or entered into by the Managers before the receipt of such notice. If any vessel shall be either lost or damaged to such an extent that the Admiralty shall decide not to employ her further in the British Coastwise Trade then such vessel is to be deemed withdrawn from the Agreement on the expiry of forty-two days from the date of the occurrence of such loss or damage whichever shall be the earlier date.
13. The Managers shall insure and keep insured the vessels against all Pro- tection and Indemnity and Employers' Liability and Workmen's Compensation risks and all premiums paid for such insurances shall be debited to the accounts mentioned in Clause 5 hereof. Save as aforesaid the Managers shall not effect any insurances whatever upon any of the vessels. The Admiralty shall not be bound to effect any insurances whatever upon any of the vessels but may effect any such insurances upon all or any of the vessels as they may from time to time in their absolute discretion consider expedient.
14. This Agreement shall be ipso facto determined by the signature of a Treaty of Peace between Great Britain and Germany and it may also be determined at any
time by either the Admiralty or the Managers giving not less than six weeks' previous notice in writing to the other.
15. Should this Agreement be determined by notice under Clause 14 hereof then so far as is reasonably practicable the Managers shall not after the receipt of such notice enter into any further commitments in connexion with the vessels or the business which will not in ordinary course run off within six weeks after such receipt.
16. After the determination of this Agreement the Managers shall wind up the business and complete the accounts thereof and if at the date of such determina- tion any commitments in connexion with any of the vessels shall remain outstanding then the Managers' fixed allowance at the rate of £50* per annum shall continue to be payable to them in respect of each such vessel until the expiry of thirty days after the completion of its last voyage or (if this Agreement shall be determined by the signature of a Treaty of Peace) until the expiry of forty-two days from the date of determination whichever period shall be the longer.
17. All notices to the Admiralty in connexion with this Agreement shall be addressed to the Organizing Secretary Admiralty Coasting Trade Office 9 Old Queen Street, London, S. W., or in such other manner as the Admiralty shall from time to time direct. All notices to the Managers in connexion with this Agreement shall be addressed to the Managers at 112 Fenchurch Street London E.C. Any notice sent by post shall be deemed to have been received in due course of post.
18. All powers authorities and discretions expressed to be hereby vested in the Admiralty shall be exercisable for and on behalf of the Admiralty by the Oversea Prize Disposal Committee or by such other person or persons as the Admiralty shall from time to time direct.
19. For the purposes of calculating any broken periods of time hereunder a year shall be taken to consist of 365 days.
20. Any difference whatsoever at any time arising between the Admiralty and the Managers (either during the currency or after the determination of this Agreement) shall be referred to the sole arbitration of William Walton of Don- nington Holt Newbury Esquire or if he be dead or unable or unwilling to act to a sole arbitrator to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Board of Trade. The arbitration shall be held in London and the arbitrator shall have power to obtain call for receive and act upon any such evidence or information (whether oral or documentary and whether legally admissible as evidence or not) as he may consider necessary or relevant and in conducting the arbitration and making his
* £40 per annum in the case of the Agreement with Messrs. J. Livingstone and Sous and £20 per annum in the case of the Agreements with Messrs. Lowery and Company and the Rose Line, Limited (except for the "Gebrader" while in use as a lighter, when nothing was payable under this clause).
APPENDIX B.-AGREEMENTS AND CHARTER PARTIES.
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award (which shall be final) he shall not be bound to follow the strict rules of procedure or evidence. Save as aforesaid the statutory provisions as to arbitration for the time being in force shall apply. Signed by Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick\ T. Hamilton, K.C.B., C.V.O., and the Right Honourable Sir Francis J. S. Hopwood, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., two of the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the presence of
CECIL PERHAM
Witness-
Admiralty
Civil Servant.
(6d. Stamp.)
F. T. HAMILTON. FRANCIS J. S. HOPWOOD.
(6d. Stamp.)
F. GOULDSTONE,
112 Fenchurch Street
Secretary.
For and on behalf of
Fisher Alimonda and Company,
Limited.
FRED T. FISHER
Director.
THE SCHEDULE,
C.S. No. 65
Conrad
6th April 1915.
66 Eduard
do.
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67 Emanuel
do.
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68 Heinrich
do.
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69 Katharina
do.
"
74 Tommi
do.
33
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Note.-Agreements in similar form to the above have been made as under :-
5th April 1915
71 Rothersand 17th June 1915
Messrs. Hannan, Sam- C.S. No. 75 Wilhelm
uel and Company, Limited, of Fowey
Date of Agreement. 5th April 1915
Managers. Messrs. James Living- C.S. No. 61 Adolf
Schedule.
6th April 1915
stone and Sons,
82 Alfred
do.
}}
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Limited, of Grange- mouth
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13
68 Angela
do.
64 Behrend
do.
"3
**
19
73 Theodor
6th April 1915
76 Mientje
do.
25
31
77 Tilly
do.
11
*
81 Katharina 19th April 1915
6th April 1915
27th April 1915
72 Senator
13
Dantziger 8th April 1915
78 Weser 14th May 1915
Company, of Hull
1915
"1
82 Altje 83 Freida
1st July 1915
do.
"
10th September The Rose Line, Limited,
1915
of Sunderland
C.S. No. 80 Hermann 15th Septem-
ber 1915
84 Lina
do.
+1
85 Drei
"
"
do.
7th April 1915 Mr. John Carter, of C.S. No. 70 Otto
Quay, Poole
24th July 1915 Messrs. Lowery
and C.S. No. 79 Fiducia 13th September
11
"
Geschwister
86 Gebruder 18th Septem-
ber 1915
SIR,
187
SIR,
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APPENDIX B.-AGREEMENTS AND CHARTER PARTIES.
No. 13 (a).
FORM OF AGREEMENT WITH MANAGERS OF VESSELS EMPLOYED IN OCEAN TRADE.
To the Secretary,
Admiralty, S.W.,
London.
1915.
I/WE agree to manage the above steamer (now at
for account and at the expense and risk of the Admiralty and under the direction and control of the Oversea Prize Disposal Committee; the intention of the Admiralty being to bring the steamer home to a United Kingdom port at as early a date as may be consistent with her obtaining remunerative employment from and/or any other port or ports to the United Kingdom.
My/Our engagement as manager is to commence as soon as I/we receive instruc- tions from the Admiralty, through the Oversea Prize Committee, and to continue until the completion of the homeward voyage, and my/our duties are to be those customarily devolving upon steamship managers, subject always to the instructions of the Admiralty, through the Oversea Prize Disposal Committee.
My/Our remuneration is to be
No. 13 (b).
I am,/We are,
Sir,
Your obedient servant,
REVISED FORM OF AGREEMENT WITH MANAGERS OF VESSELS EMPLOYED IN OCEAN TRADE.
To the Secretary,
Admiralty, S. W.,
London.
1915.
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