The annexed scale of medicines and medical stores and instruments for merchant ships issued by the Board of Trade in pursuance of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, is intended for the use of ships sailing from the United Kingdom, and making voyages not exceeding five days from port to port.

M. S. A. 1894, s. 200.

EMERGENCY SCALE OF MEDICINES AND MEDICAL STORES ISSUED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE IN PURSUANCE OF THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1894.

All medicines indicated thus (*) to be marked with a Red Poison Label. All articles marked with two asterisks should, in addition to the Red Poison Label, be carried in green fluted bottles and labelled for external use only.

NOTE.- Ships making voyages of less than 24 hours from port to port have the option of carrying only the small Ambulance Hamper of the St. John's Ambulance Association, or its equivalent, in lieu of the above Scale.

RULES FOR INSPECTION OF PROVISIONS AND

WATER (a).

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, this 11th day of March, 1893.
Present:

The Right Honourable Anthony J. Mundella, M.P., &c.

In pursuance of the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1892, the Board of Trade do hereby make the annexed Rules, and do hereby direct that these Rules shall come into operation on the 1st day of June, 1893.

A. J. MUNDELLA,

President.

RULES FOR THE INSPECTION OF PROVISIONS AND WATER, UNDER THE

MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1892.

M. S. A. 1894,

s. 206.

of rules.

1. These rules apply to all ships trading or going from any port Application of the United Kingdom through the Suez Canal or round the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn.

2. The officer to conduct an inspection of ship's stores under Prescribed the Merchant Shipping Act, 1892, shall be any officer appointed by officer. the Board of Trade for this purpose.

3. All the different varieties of stores provided or carried in the What stores ship which are referred to in section 3 of the above-mentioned Act, to be as well as the supply of water, are subject to inspection.

inspected.

4. New stores shall be inspected before shipment whenever Where new practicable, or alongside the ship in which they are to be used; but, stores to be if necessary, they may be inspected on board the ship, or they may inspected. in certain cases be inspected in some place provided or approved by the Board of Trade for that purpose, as may be decided by the inspector acting under the instructions of the Board of Trade.

5. All surplus stores left over from a previous voyage are to be All surplus inspected, and the contents of all casks of wet provisions amongst stores to be such surplus stores are to be turned out. Such stores are to be inspected. inspected on board or alongside the ship, or in such other place as may be provided or approved by the Board of Trade for that purpose, as may be decided by the inspector acting under the instructions of the Board of Trade.

6. Stores carried in the ship in which they are to be used from Passed stores one port to another port in the United Kingdom, or sent from one sent to port to a ship at another port, which have passed the Board of another port. Trade inspector at the first port, as described in a form of advice (P.W. 8) signed by the inspector who examined them, need not be re-examined; provided always that the official wire and seal remain intact, and that the inspector is satisfied that the packages have not been tampered with.

(a) These rules continue in force as if made under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and references in them to the Merchant Shipping Acts are to be construed to refer to the corresponding enactments of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894. See M. S. A. 1894, s. 745.

M. S. A. 1894, s. 206.

Notice for inspection when ship is at the port.

Notice for inspection of stores sent coastwise.

List of stores

7. All notices for inspection of stores to take place at the port where the ship is lying must be made to the inspector of that port, or in such other manner as may from time to time be determined by the Board of Trade, by the owner or agent of the ship on the appropriate form (P.W. 1), which must be filled in and delivered to the inspector at least forty-eight hours prior to the time at which it is desired that the stores should be inspected.

8. Notice for inspection of stores intended to be used on any voyage mentioned in the Act, but which it is proposed to carry to some other port in the United Kingdom from which the vessel is to take her final departure, or stores intended to be sent to a ship at some other port in the United Kingdom, may be made by the firm supplying such stores direct to the inspector at the port where such stores may be. The notice must be given at least forty-eight hours previously on the form (P.W. 2) provided for the purpose.

9. Prior to the inspection, a complete list of all the stores must be to be supplied. supplied to the inspectors.

Time of inspection.

Master and officers to

give every facility for inspection. Conditions as to beef.

Conditions as to pork.

Conditions as to preserved meats and vegetables.

Vegetables in tins.

Flour to be milled from fully matured sound wheat. Requirements if shipped in barrels.

10. Stores will be inspected at any time during daylight after 10 a.m. up to 5 p.m.

If it is found on the arrival of the inspector that the stores are not ready at the time named in the official notice, the inspection must be deferred.

11. The shipowner, master, or officers of a ship shall give the inspector every facility for inspecting the stores and water on board of such ship, and shall, if required, have all the stores contained in casks brought on deck for inspection.

12. Beef shall consist only of briskets, flanks, and plates of fine heavy grade, freshly cured, free from taint, and thoroughly sweet, packed in good sound casks, re-capped, and re-pickled with pickle of full strength, all to the satisfaction of the inspector.

13. Pork shall be of assorted pieces in fair proportion of fine grade, freshly cured, free from taint, and thoroughly sweet, packed in good sound casks, re-capped, and re-pickled with pickle of full strength, all to the satisfaction of the inspector.

14. Preserved meats shall be of fine grade, but may be of any variety, and may be mixed with a fair proportion of vegetables, the whole to be properly preserved and packed in good strong tins, the tins being painted or otherwise protected from rust, all to the satisfaction of the inspector, who may open one or more of the tins of each kind should he deem it necessary.

15. Vegetables shall be fresh and sound, properly preserved, and in good strong tins, the tins being painted or otherwise protected from rust, all to the satisfaction of the inspector, who may open one or more of the tins of each kind should he deem it necessary.

16. Flour shall be of fine grade, milled from fully matured good sound wheat, containing a proper proportion of nutritious matter, to the satisfaction of the inspector.

If shipped in barrels, the barrels must be new, properly made from suitable seasoned wood, thoroughly tight, and lined with suitable paper. The ends of the barrels to be coated with hot lime. Where tanks are used for the storage of flour on board, they must be thoroughly cleansed, limed with fresh lime, and dried before being re-filled, all to the satisfaction of the inspector.