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ships have been made under various enactments (see sections 238 and 745 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894), with the dates of the Orders in Council applying the provisions of the section to the ships of those countries :—

Belgium Brazil

Colombia

Congo, Independent Free State of

Denmark

Ecuador

France

Greece

Honduras

Italy

Japan

Mexico

Morocco and Fez

Netherlands

Nicaragua

Norway

Paraguay

Peru

Roumania

Salvador

Siam

Spain

Sweden

Uruguay

Zanzibar

8th February, 1855. 17th November, 1888.

28th December, 1866.

10th August, 1888.

15th July, 1881.

24th September, 1886. 3rd July, 1854. 12th July, 1887. 26th September, 1901. 11th June, 1863. 3rd October, 1911.

28th May, 1889.

6th May, 1857.

9th March, 1854.

1st March, 1907.

18th August, 1852. 29th December, 1887 18th August, 1852. 29th February, 1908. 11th June, 1863. 10th November, 1866. 23rd January, 1860. 18th August, 1852. 24th September, 1886. 7th March, 1887.

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SECTION XIV.

RAILWAY WARRANTS.

General.

1. The Cheap Trains Act, 1883, allows the Police to travel on duty at a reduced rate of fare, and in order that advantage may be taken of the Act it is necessary for the Police to present a railway warrant or certificate to the railway booking office when applying for a railway ticket.

2. The railway companies are very anxious that for this purpose the Police should use warrants consecutively numbered and of a uniform pattern. It has therefore been arranged that the Stationery Office should supply such warrants in the form approved by the Companies at cost price. No other warrants should be used.

3. Warrants are supplied by the Stationery Office in two standard forms: form A (on blue paper) is intended for use when the bearer pays the fare at the time; form B (on buff paper) when the fare is not paid at the time, but is subsequently recovered by the railway company. Either form may be used when a warrant is issued for ordinary police purposes; but when a warrant is issued on behalf of the Admiralty, War Office or Air Ministry (see paragraphs 7-12 below), form B is alone suitable.

4. Whenever form B is used, the name and address of the authority from whom the railway companies are to recover the fare should be inserted in the space provided on the front of the form. When the warrant is used for ordinary police purposes, this will be the Chief Constable or other officer authorised to make the payment; for other cases, see paragraph 11 below,

5. In all cases the warrant must be exchanged at the railway booking office for a ticket.

6. Applications for supplies of railway warrants should be addressed to His Majesty's Stationery Office, Adastral House, Kingsway, London, W.C. 2. Warrants are supplied in books, each containing 50 forms- form A being ls. a book, 1s. 2d. by post; form B, 1s. a book, 1s. 2ąd. by post.

Naval, Military, and Air Force Cases.

7. Railway warrants (form B) may be issued by the Police on behalf of the Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry, for the following services (see back of warrant) :—

(a) To a police escort in charge of an absentee without leave or deserter or other service prisoner who is being conveyed by the Police to his ship or unit. In this case the warrant should cover both the prisoner (unless he has a valid ticket or pass) and the return journey of the police escort. Each should travel at three-fourths ordinary fare.

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