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1482 ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1879 .


Merchant Shipping.


of " The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, " and to the Acts amending the
same, in the same manner and to the same extent as British ships regis
tered under the said Acts are subject thereto, in the waters of this
Colony, or in trading therein or therefrom .

Duration of
Colonial 12. Any Colonial register granted under this section shall be in
register.
force and effect for one year from the date of such register, aud no
bid, sec.
io.] longer, and such register shall be renewable by endorsement on the
same, under the hand of the Governor , if he shall so think fit. Provided

always that whether the register is intended to be renewed or not such
register shall be delivered into the custody of the Colonial Secretary
five days before the expiration of the year for which it has been granted
or in the event of the registered ship being at sea then on her return to
the waters of the Colony, and that the owner, agent, or master of any

such ship neglecting to comply with the requirements of this provision
shall incur a penalty not exceeding $ 500 .

Consent to
13. No prosecution shall be instituted under this section unless
prosecution.
under the fiat of the Attorney General.

CHAPTER II.

REGULATIONS CONCERNING SAFETY.


Boats for Sea-going Ships.

Rules as to
boats and life 4. The following rules shall be observed with respect to boats , rafts
buoys. -
and life buoys, that is to say :
[ M. S. A. ,
1854, sec.
292.] (a. ) No decked British ship ( except ships used solely as steam
tugs ) shall proceed to sea from this Colony unless she
is provided, according to her tonnage, with boats duly
supplied with all requisites for use, and not being fewer
in number nor less in their cubic contents than the
boats the number and cubic contents of which are

[ M. S. A., specified in the table marked A in the schedule hereto
1873 , scc. 15.]
for the class to which such ship belongs : Provided

that the Governor may, at the request of the owner, or
master, authorise the reduction of the number and the
variation of the dimensions of such boats and also the
substitution of rafts or other appliances for saving life
for any such boats, 41 so nevertheless that the boats so