made at the time and in the manner hereby directed, the Master shall for each such offence incur the specific penalty herein mentioned in respect thereof, or where there is no such specific penalty a penalty not exceeding five pounds :

(2) Every person who makes or procures to be made or assists in making any entry in any Official Log Book, in respect of any occurrence happening previously to the arrival of the Ship at her final port of discharge, more than twenty-four hours after such arrival, shall, for each such offence incur a penalty not exceeding thirty pounds:

(3) Every person who willfully destroys or mutilates or renders illegible any entry in any Official Log Book, or who wilfully makes or procures to be made or assists in making any false or fraudulent entry or omission in any such Log Book, shall for each such offence be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

7. All entries made in any Official Log Book as hereinbefore directed shall be received in evidence in any proceeding in any Court of Justice, subject to all just exceptions.

8. Whenever any seaman who has been lawfully engaged or any apprentice to the sea service commits any of the following offences he shall be liable to be punished summarily as follows: (that is to say)

(1) For desertion he shall be liable to imprisonment for

any period not exceeding twelve weeks, with or without hard labour, and also to forfeit all or any part of the clothes and effects he leaves on board, and all or any part of the wages or emoluments which he has then earned, and also, if such desertion take place abroad, at the discretion of the Court, to forfeit all or any part of the wages or emoluments he may earn in any other ship in which he may be employed until his next return to the United Kingdom and to satisfy any excess of wages paid by the Master or Owner of the ship from which he deserts to any substitute engaged in his place at a higher rate of wages than the rate stipulated to be paid to him:

(2) For neglecting or refusing, without reasonable cause, to join his Ship, or to proceed to sea in his Ship, or for absence without leave at any time within twenty-four hours of the ship's sailing from any port either at the commencement or during the progress of any voyage, or for absence at any time without leave and without sufficient reason from his Ship or from his duty not amounting to desertion or not treated as such by the Master, he shall be liable to imprisonment for any period not exceeding ten weeks, with or without hard labour, and also, at the discretion of the Court, to forfeit out of his wages a sum not exceeding the amount of two days' pay, and in addition, for every twenty-four hours of absence, either a sum not exceeding six days' pay, or any expenses which have been properly incurred in hiring a substitute:

(3) For quitting the Ship without leave after her arrival at her port of delivery and before she is placed in security, he shall be liable to forfeit out of his wages a sum not exceeding one months' pay:

4) For wilful disobedience to any lawful command he shall be liable to imprisonment for any period not exceeding four weeks, with or without hard labour, and also, at the discretion of the Court, to forfeit out of his wages a sum not exceeding two days' pay:

(5) For continued wilful disobedience to lawful commands, or continued wilful neglect of duty, he shall be liable to imprisonment for any period not exceeding twelve weeks, with or without hard labour, and also at the discretion of the Court, to forfeit for every twenty four hours' continuance of such disobedience or neglect either a sum not exceeding six days' pay, or any expenses which have been properly incurred in hiring a substitute :

(6) For assaulting any Master or Mate he shall be liable to imprisonment for any period not exceeding twelve weeks, with or without hard labour :

(7) For combining with any other or others of the crew, to disobey lawful commands, or to neglect duty, or to impede the navigation of the Ship or the progress of the voyage, he shall be liable to imprisonment for any period not exceeding twelve weeks with or without hard labour :

(8) For wilfully damaging the Ship, or embezzling or wilfully damaging any of her stores or cargo, he shall be liable to forfeit out of his wages a sum equal in amount to the loss thereby sustained, and also, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for any period not exceeding twelve weeks, with or without hard labour.

(9) For any act of smuggling of which he is convicted, and whereby loss or damage is occasioned to the Master or Owner, he shall be liable to pay to such Master or Owners such a sum as is sufficient to reimburse the Master or Owner for such loss or damage; and the whole or a proportionate part of his wages may be retained in satisfaction or on account of such liability, without prejudice to any further remedy.

9. Upon the commission of any of the offences enumerated in the last preceding section, an entry thereof shall be made in the Official Log Book, and shall be signed by the Master, and also by the Mate or one of the crew; and the offender, if still in the Ship, shall, before the next subsequent arrival of the Ship at any port, or if she is at the time in port before her departure therefrom, either be furnished with a copy of such entry or have the same read over distinctly and audibly to him, and may thereupon make such reply thereto as he thinks fit; and a statement that a copy of the said entry has been so furnished, or that the same has been so read over as aforesaid, and the reply (if any) made by the offender, shall likewise be entered and signed in manner aforesaid; and in any subsequent legal proceeding the entries herein before required shall, if practicable, be produced or proved, and in default of such production or proof the Court hearing the case may, at its discretion, refuse to receive evidence of the offence.

10. If any seaman commits any act of misconduct for which, under the stipulations in his Agreement he has subjected himself to a fine, and if it is intended to enforce such fine, an entry thereof shall be made in the Official Log Book, and a copy of such entry shall be furnished or the same shall be read over to the offender, and an entry of such reading over, and of the reply (if any) by the offender, shall be made in the same manner.

11. All orders made by any Naval Court shall, whenever practicable, be entered in the Official Log Book of the Ship to which the parties to the proceedings before it belong, and shall be signed by the President of the Court.

12. Whenever a survey of provisions or water is made by the direction of any Naval or Consular Officer, or of any Shipping Master or Chief Officer of Customs, a statement of the result of the examination shall be entered in the Official Log Book.

13. In the case of Foreign-going Ships, the Master shall within forty-eight hours after the Ship's arrival at her final port of destination in the United Kingdom, or upon the discharge of the crew, whichever first happens, deliver to the Shipping Master before whom the crew is discharged the Official Log Book of the voyage; and the Master or Owner of every Home Trade Ship (not exclusively employed in trading between ports on the coasts of the United Kingdom) shall, within twenty-one days after the Thirtieth Day of June and the Thirty-first day of December in every year, transmit or deliver to some Shipping Master in the United Kingdom the Official Log Book for the preceding half year; and every Master or Owner who refuses or neglects to deliver his Official Log Book as required, shall incur a penalty not exceeding five pounds, besides subjecting his vessel to detention, by stopping her clearance.

14. If any Ship ceases by reason of transfer of Ownership or change of employment to fall within the definition of a Foreign-going or of a Home Trade Ship, the Master or

Owner shall, if such Ship is then in the United Kingdom, within one month, and if she is elsewhere, within six months, deliver or transmit to the Shipping Master at the port to which the Ship belonged the Official Log Book (if any) duly made out to the time at which she ceased to be a Foreigngoing or Home Trade Ship, and in default for each offence he shall incur a penalty not exceeding ten pounds; and if any ship is lost or abandoned, the Master or Owner shall, if practicable and as soon as possible, deliver or transmit to the Shipping Master at the port to which the ship belonged the Official Log Book (if any) duly made out to the time of such loss or abandonment, and in default for each offence he shall incur a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

15. The Master, Owner, or any of the crew of any British Ship, if called upon, shall produce the Official Log Book to any Officer of the Board of Trade, or any Commissioned Officer of any of Her Majesty's Ships on full pay, or any British Consular Officer, or the Registrar General of Seamen and his Assistant, or any Chief Officer of Customs in any place in Her Majesty's dominions, or any Shipping Master, in cases where any such Officer or person has reason to suspect that the provisions of the Act or the Laws for the time being relating to Merchant Seamen and to Navigation have not been complied with; and any such Officer or person may takes copies of Official Log Books or Documents, or of any part thereof, and may summon the Master to appear and give any explanation concerning his ship or her crew, or the Official Log Books or Documents.

16. If during the progress of a voyage the Master is superseded or for any other reason quits the ship and is succeeded in the command by some other person, he shall deliver to his successor the various documents relating to the navigation of the Ship and to the crew thereof which are in his custody, and shall in default incur a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds; and such successor shall immediately on assuming the command of the Ship enter in the Official Log a list of the documents so delivered to him.

Homeward bound ships are now expected to report outward bound ships which they may speak or signal.