selected, when certificate involved at Formal Investigation, conduce to beneficial result of Formal Investigation, 50 MERCHANT SHIPPING ACTS, administration of, by Board of Trade, 27 application of, to Inquiries held by Wreck Commissioner, 46, 61 MERCHANT SHIPPING (CARRIAGE OF GRAIN) ACT, 1880, 285 Official Notices issued by the Board of Trade approving regula- lists of offences against, with penalties and punishments, 367 MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE, investigation to be re-heard, 64, 184 MISCONDUCT defined, 140 of master and officers, Inquiries committed to Local Marine Boards under Merchant Shipping Acts, Inquiry by Courts of Inquiry, 132 Inquiry by Naval Courts, 11, 169 of master and officers subject of constant enquiry and punish- MISDEMEANOUR, master failing to render assistance, &c., in case of collision, 62, 97 MISSING SHIPS, evidence by affidavit at Formal Investigation as to, 116 Formal Investigation when ordered as to, 44 Inquiries extended to, as result of recommendation of Royal Commission of 1873, 26 measures taken by Board of Trade to ascertain, 33 memorandum as to, 29 Preliminary Inquiries or Formal Investigations may be held to be reported to Board of Trade, 32 MITIGATION OF PUNISHMENT in regard to cancellation or suspension of Certificate, 9, 60, MONTREAL, rules approved for loading grain cargoes at, 307, 314 NATAL, Ordinance relating to Wreck Inquiries, 478 NATIONAL CHARACTER OF SHIPS depending on domicile of owner, 77 evidence of nationality, 78 question of, complicated by Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, 79 NATURALIZED BRITISH SUBJECTS owners of British ships, 76 NAUTICAL ASSESSORS. See ASSESSORS. NAUTICAL ASTRONOMY, a subject of voluntary examination in 1839, 381 standard of qualification in, recommended by Committee of 1836, 3 NAVAL COURTS, account of wages of seamen discharged by, to be sent to Board administration of oaths by, 159, 167, 593 (n) affirmation by witnesses, form of, when made by, 593 Board of Trade may re-issue certificates, cancelled or sus. Board of Trade Report to be made to, 160 cancellation of certificates by. See CERTIFICATES. circumstances in which summoned, 165 collisions, failure of duty in case of, may be investigated د, by, 163 ground for suspending or cancelling colonial Certificates subject to jurisdiction of, 169 compensation, orders for payment of, 170 complaint of master, mate, or seaman, to, 158, 161 to be investigated by, 159 form of, 587 conduct of Investigation by, so as to give person charged oppor- NAVAL COURTS-continued. contents of Report of. See Report. conviction of master or member of crew for an offence, form costs of imprisonment may be ordered to be paid out of wages, 160 proceedings or Investigation. See Jurisdiction and cross-examination of witnesses before, 175 decision by, with respect to cancelling or suspending certificates as to superseding master, to be endorsed on ship's defence by person charged before, 159, 172, 175 delivery of certificates cancelled or suspended by, 163 discharge of seamen by, 159 disputes as to wages may be decided by, 160 double character of Court, viz.: for hearing and punishment of documents, production of before, 159, 167 examination of witnesses before, 175 expert advice to, 165 forfeiture of wages may be ordered by, 159 forms for use by. (See FORMS.) functions of, 159 grounds for suspending or cancelling certificates by, 168 160 sentence and place of, to be confirmed by senior Consular Officer, 162, 168 informalities in proceedings at, 377 investigation of complaints or cause of shipwreck, 158 NAVAL COURTS-continued. jurisdiction and powers of-continued. costs, payment of, 170 recovery of, 171 decision with respect to cancelling or suspending documents, production of, 167 drunkenness of master or officers, 169 failure of duty in case of collision, 163, 166 imprisonment, sentence of, must be confirmed, incompetency or misconduct of master and officers, investigation by, 169 limited to British ships, 166 oaths, to administer, 167 orders, effect of, in subsequent legal pro- Report to Board of Trade. See REPORT. seamen's wages, recovery of, 171 to supersede masters, 159, 168, 169 to discharge a seaman, 159 to forfeit wages, 159 to decide disputes as to wages, 160 to direct costs of imprisonment of a seaman to send home offenders for trial, 160 to order payment of costs of proceeding or in- to try master or crew for offences against the to cancel or suspend certificates, 162 to order survey of ships, 163 to summon witnesses, 167 notice or summons to a party, form of, 588 oaths, administration of by, 159, 167, 593 (n) forms of, 593 obstruction of investigations by, 161, 179 offences against Merchant Shipping Acts, with penalties and offenders may be sent home for trial by, 160 official log, orders to be entered in, 160, 179 officer in command of H.M. ship to summon, 158 Royal Navy to be member of, if possible, 159 order of, as to costs, 160 parties, attendance of, at, 159, 174 to proceedings before, 174 NAVAL COURTS-continued. person charged to have opportunity of defence, 159, 174 preliminary proceedings, 173 proceedings in Court, 174, 177 Report of Board of Trade. See Report. production of documents to, 159, 167 recommendation as to grant of lower grade certificates, 178 report to Board of Trade by, 160, 171 rules, statutory, as to cancellation or suspension of certificates seaman, discharge of, by, 159 sentence of imprisonment by, to be confirmed, 162 signature of Report by, 161, 171 statement of proceedings to be reported to Board of Trade, 160 statutory provisions relating to, 158 summons convening Court, form of, 586 summoning of, by officer in command of Her Majesty's ship, 158, 173 Her Majesty's Consul, 158 on complaint by master, mate or seaman of in the interest of the owner of a British ship, 158 in case of wreck, abandonment or loss of supersession of master by, 159, 168, 169 survey of ship may be ordered by, 163 suspension of certificates by. See CERTIFICATES. wages, costs of imprisonment may be ordered to be paid out of, 160 |