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ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1879 . 1535 +


Merchant Shipping.

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2. The owner, or agent, or master of every British ship shall ,
before clearing his ship outwards from any port in the Colony, mark I
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the load line required by section 26 of the " Merchant Shipping

Act, 1876. "

3. The owner, agent or master shall also , upon so clearing her,
deliver to the Harbour Master a statement in writing of the distance in
feet and inches between the centre of the disc and the upper edge of each |

of the lines indicating the position of the ship's decks which is above
that centre. If default is made in delivering this statement in the case
of any such ship, the Harbour Master may refuse to clear the ship.


Grain Cargoes.

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41. No cargo of which more than one third consists of any kind of [39 and 40
Vic., Cap. 80.
grain, corn, rice, paddy, pulse , seeds , nuts , or nut kernels , hereinafter sec. 22. ]

referred to as grain cargo shall be carried on board any Colonial ship,
unless such grain cargo be contained in bags , sacks or barrels or secured
from shifting by boards, bulkheads or otherwise.

If the master or owner of any such Colonial ship or any agent of

such, who is charged with the loading of the ship or the sending her to
sea, knowingly allows any grain cargo or part of a grain cargo to be
shipped therein for carriage, he shall, for every such offence, incur a

penalty not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars to be recovered summarily
before a Stipendiary Magistrate.

The penalty provided by section 22 of the " Merchant Shipping
Act , 1876 ," for knowingly allowing any grain cargo or part of a grain

cargo to be shipped on any British ship contrary to the provisions of the
said section may likewise be recovered upon summary conviction before

any Stipendiary Magistrate.



General.



42. So much of the various provisions of the third part of the
" Merchant Shipping Act, 1854 , " and other Acts amending the same
not being inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance and now in
force in England , as relates to rights to wages and remedies for the