Tonnage And whereas it has been made to appear to her Majesty that it is Measurement desirable to alter the said Order in Council so far as the same applies of -Denmark relates to the mode of estimating the allowance for engine room in Danish (No. 2). steamships:

Her Majesty is hereby pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to direct as regards Danish steamships that if the owner or master of any merchant ship belonging to the said kingdom of Denmark, and measured after the said 1st day of October, 1878, which is propelled by steam, or any other power requiring engine room, desires the allowance for engine room in his ship to be estimated under the rules for engine-room measurement and allowance applicable to British ships, instead of under the Danish rule, the engine-room shall be measured and the allowance calculated according to the British rules.

At the Court at Windsor, the 5th day of May, 1873: Present, The Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council. Tonnage WHEREAS by "The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862," it is Measurement enacted that "whenever," &c. -France.

And whereas it has been made to appear to her Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of merchant ships now in force under "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," have been adopted by the President of the French Republic, and are in force in the French dominions:

Her Majesty is hereby pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to direct that the ships of France, the certificates of French nationality and registry of which are dated on or after the 1st day of June, 1873, shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in the said certificates of French nationality and registry.

At the Court at Windsor, the 26th day of June, 1873: Present, The Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council. WHEREAS by "The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862," it is Measurement enacted, that "whenever," &c. - Germany.

Tonnage

And whereas it has been made to appear to her Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of merchant ships now in force under "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," have been adopted by the Government of his Majesty the German Emperor, with the exception of a slight difference in the mode of estimating the allowance for engine ràom, and such rules are now in force in that country, having come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1873:

Her Majesty is hereby pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to direct as follows:

1. As regards sailing ships: that merchant sailing ships of the said German Empire, the measurement whereof, after the said 1st day of January, 1873, has been ascertained and denoted in the registers and other national papers of such sailing ships, testified by the date thereof, shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in such registers and other national papers in the same manner, and to the same extent, and for the same purpose in, to, and for which the tonnagé denoted in the certificate of registry of British sailing ships is deemed to be the tonnage of such ships.

2. As regards steamships: that merchant ships belonging to the said German Empire which are propelled by steam, or any other power requiring engine room, the measurement whereof shall, after the said 1st day of January, 1873, have been ascertained and denoted in the registers and other national papers of such steamships, testified by the dates thereof, shall be deemed to be of the ton

nage denoted in such registers or other national papers in the same manner, and Tonnage to the same extent, and for the same purpose in, to, and for which the tonnage Measurement denoted in the certificate of registry of British ships is deemed to be the tonnage -Germany. of such ships, provided nevertheless that if the owner or master of any such German steamship desires the deduction for engine room in his ships to be estimated under the rules for engine room measurement and deduction applicable to British ships instead of under the German rule, the engine room shall be measured and the deduction calculated according to the British rules.

At the Court at Balmoral, the 30th day of September, 1873: Present, The Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council. WHEREAS by "The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862," it is enacted that "whenever," &c.:

And whereas it has been made to appear to her Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of merchant ships now in force under "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," have been adopted by the government of his Majesty the King of Italy, and such rules are now in force in that country, having come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1873:

Her Majesty is hereby pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to direct as follows:

[The remainder of this Order is, mutatis mutandis, the same as the corresponding portion of the Order relating to German ships, supra, p. 106.]

Tonnage Measurement

-Italy.

At the Court at Balmoral, the 26th day of October, 1875:
Present,-The Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council.
WHEREAS by "The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862," it is
enacted that "whenever," &c.:

And whereas it has been made to appear to her Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of merchant ships now in force under "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," have been adopted by the government of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, with the exception of a difference in the mode in certain steamers of estimating the allowance for engine-room, and such rules are now in force in that country, having come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1876:

Her Majesty is hereby pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to direct as follows:

[The remainder of this Order is, mutatis mutandis, the same as the corresponding portion of the Order relating to German ships, supra, p. 106.]

Tonnage Measurement

-Nether

lands.

At the Court at Windsor, the 17th day of May, 1876:

--

Present, The Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council. Tonnage WHEREAS by "The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862," it is Measurement enacted that "whenever," &c.:

-Norway.

And whereas it has been made to appear to her Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of merchant ships now in force under "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," have been adopted by the royal Norwegian government, with the exception of a slight difference in estimating the allowance for engine-room, and such rules are now in force in the kingdom of Norway, having come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1876:

Her Majesty is hereby pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to direct as follows:

[The remainder of this Order is, mutatis mutandis, the same as the corresponding portion of the Order relating to German ships, supra, p. 106.]

At the Court at Windsor, the 17th day of March, 1875 (a): Present, The Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council. Tonnage WHEREAS by "The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862," it is Measurement enacted that "whenever," &c.: -Spain.

And whereas it has been made to appear to her Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of merchant ships now in force, under "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," have been adopted by the government of his Majesty the King of Spain, with the exception of a difference in the mode in certain steamers of estimating the allowance for engine-room, and such rules are now in force in that country, having come into operation on the 2nd day of December, 1874:

Her Majesty is hereby pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to direct as follows:

[The remainder of this Order is, mutatis mutandis, the same as the corresponding portion of the Order relating to German ships, supra, p. 106.]

At the Court at Windsor, the 17th day of March, 1875: Present, The Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council. Tonnage WHEREAS by "The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862," it is Measurement enacted that "whenever," &c.: -Sweden.

And whereas it has been made to appear to her Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement of merchant ships now in force, under "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," have been adopted in Sweden by the government of his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, and are to come into force in Sweden on the 1st day of April, 1875:

Her Majesty is hereby pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to direct that the ships of Sweden, the certificates of Swedish nationality and registry, or the certificates of measurement of which are dated on or after the 1st day of April, 1875, shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in the said certificates of Swedish nationality and registry, or certificates of measurement.

(a) The operation of this Order was suspended till the 1st of January, 1876, by an Order in Council of the 5th of August, 1875.

ORDERS IN COUNCIL.

At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 30th day of July, 1868:

Present,―The Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council:

WHEREAS it is enacted by "The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862," that whenever, &c. :

And whereas it has been made to appear to her Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of merchant ships now in force under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, have been adopted by the government of the United States of America, with the exception that no deduction from the gross tonnage of such ships specified in the registers or other national papers thereof, is made for crew space in sailing vessels, and for crew space and engine-room in steam vessels, and such rules are now in force in that country, having come into operation on the 1st January, 1865.

Her Majesty (in pursuance and exercise of the powers herein before mentioned) is hereby pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to direct that the merchant ships of the said United States of America, the measurement whereof shall, after the said 1st of Jauuary, 1865, have been ascertained and denoted in the registers and other national papers of such ships, testified by the dates thereof, shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in such registers or other national papers in the same manner, and to the same extent, and for the same purpose in, to, and for which the tonnage denoted in the certificate of registry of British ships is deemed to be the tonnage of such ships, after making therefrom the same deductions in respect of crew space and engine-room as would, if such ships were British, be made from their gross tonnage under the laws relating to British ships.

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Tonnage Measurement -United States.

At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 14th day of August,

1879:

Present,-The Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council: WHEREAS by "The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862," it is enacted that whenever, &c. :—

And whereas it has been made to appear to her Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of merchant ships now in force under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, have been adopted by the government of his Majesty the King of Greece, with the exception of a difference in the mode in certain steamers of estimating the allowance for engine room, and such rules are now in force in that country, having come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1878, her Majesty is hereby pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to direct as follows:

[The remainder of this Order is mutatis mutandis the same as the corresponding portion of the Order relating to German ships, supra, p. 106.]

Tonnage Measurement --Greece.

APPDX.

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Extent of Limits of District, Port or Place.

Reign, Year and Chapter of Acts,
and date of Orders in Council regulating
Pilotage.

Whether the Pilotage is Voluntary or Compulsory except for Exempted Ships.

CHANNEL The seas between Dungeness and the Isle of M. S. Act 1854, ss. 368-376, 380-Voluntary (?), except for home trade ships
Wight. (M. S. Act, 1854, s. 370)

1. M

N.

ma. 354. 370.