s. 206. 17. Biscuits to be thoroughly baked and dried, and made of fully M. S. A. 1891, matured wheat flour, containing a proper proportion of nutritious matter. Where tanks are used for the storage of biscuits on board, Biscuits to be they must be thoroughly cleansed, limed with fresh lime, and dried made of fully before being re-filled, all to the satisfaction of the inspector. matured on board. 18. An inspector may at any time proceed on board a ship to wheat flour. ascertain whether the stores or water have been duly inspected, and Stores sent if he finds any stores or water on board the ship which have not been so inspected, he shall insist on inspecting the same, and if they are of a quality unfit for the use of the crew of such ship, he shall detain the ship under the provisions of the Act until such defects are remedied to his satisfaction. 19. The water left in the ship's tanks from the former voyage Water tanks must all be completely emptied, and the tanks must be thoroughly to be cleansed cleansed and re-filled with good fresh water. before fresh water 20. All stores found by the inspector to be deficient in quality supplied. shall be landed. Stores defi 21. The inspector at the final port of departure in the United cient in Kingdom, if, after examination of the stores and water, he is satis- quality to fied that he has seen all the stores intended for the particular be landed. voyage, and that they are of a quality fit for the use of the crew, or Certificate of in the case of stores previously inspected at some other port, in inspection. accordance with Rule 6, if satisfied that the requirements of that rule have been complied with, shall grant a certificate in the prescribed form (P.W. 4), but this certificate shall not be granted except at the final port of departure in the United Kingdom. 1 ILLEGAL BOARDING OF SHIPS OF FOREIGN STATES. M.S. A. 1894, Austria-Hungary (a). At the Court at Balmoral, the 17th day of October, 1884 (b). Present: The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas by section 5 of the Merchant Seamen (Payment of Wages and Rating) Act, 1880, it is provided that where a ship is about to arrive, is arriving, or has arrived at the end of her voyage, every person not being in Her Majesty's service, or not being duly authorised by law for the purpose, who (a) goes on board the ship without the permission of the master before the seamen lawfully leave the ship at the end of their engagement or are discharged (whichever last happens), or (a) All Orders in Council made before 1894 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. (b) This order was gazetted 24th October, 1884. 8. 219. M. S. A. 1894, 8. 219. (b) being on board the ship remains there after being warned to leave by the master, or by a police officer, or by any officer of the Board of Trade or of the Customs, shall for every such offence be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, or, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months; and the master of the ship or any officer of the Board of Trade may take him into custody and deliver him up forthwith to a constable to be taken before a Court or magistrate capable of taking cognizance of the offence and dealt with according to law: And whereas by section 6 of the said Act it is further provided that whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty— (1) that the government of any foreign country has provided that unauthorised persons going on board of British ships which are about to arrive, or have arrived within its territorial jurisdiction, shall be subject to provisions similar to the provisions contained in the last preceding section as applicable to persons going on board British ships at the end of their voyages; and (2) that the government of such foreign country is desirous that the provisions of the said section shall apply to unauthorised persons going on board of ships belonging to such foreign country within the limits of British territorial jurisdiction, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council, declare that the provisions of the said last preceding section shall apply to the ships of such country; and thereupon, so long as the Order remains in force, those provisions shall apply and have effect as if the ships of such country were British ships arriving, about to arrive, or which had arrived at the end of their voyage. And whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty (1) that the Government of Austria-Hungary has provided Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the power vested in C. L. PEEL. Belgium (a). At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the Present: The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas ... then as in the first two recitals to the Order in Council relating to Austria-Hungary at pp. 585, 586 above, to... end of their voyage. And whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty That the Government of Belgium has provided as aforesaid, Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the power vested in Her by the said recited Act, and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to declare that the provisions of the said recited fifth section of the Merchant Seamen (Payment of Wages and Rating) Act, 1880, shall apply to Belgian ships. C. L. PEEL. M. S. A. 1894, s. 219. Denmark (a). At the Court at Balmoral, the 15th day of September, 1887 (c). Present: The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas . then as in the first two recitals to the Order relating to Austria-Hungary, at pp. 585, 586 above, to . . . end of their voyage. And whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty- (a) See note (a) to Austria-Hungary, ante, p. 585. M. S. A. 1894, s. 219. Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the power vested in Her by the said recited Act, and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to declare that the provisions of the said firstrecited section shall apply to Danish ships. C. L. PEEL. Germany (a). At the Court at Windsor, the 30th day of November, 1882 (b). Present: The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas then as in the first two recitals to the Order relating to Austria-Hungary, at pp. 585, 586 above, to end of their voyage. And whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty that the Government of Germany has provided as aforesaid, and is desirous that the provisions of the said fifth section shall apply to unauthorised persons going on board of German ships within the limits of British territorial jurisdiction: Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the power vested in Her by the said recited Act, and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to declare that the provisions of the said recited fifth section of the Merchant Seamen (Payment of Wages and Rating) Act, 1880, shall apply to German ships. C. L. PEEL. Italy (a). At the Court at Windsor, the 2nd day of March, 1881 (c). Present: The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas ... then as in the first two recitals to the Order relating to Austria-Hungary, at pp. 585, 586 above, to . . . end of their voyage. And whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty- (2) that the said government is desirous that the provisions of (a) See note (a) to Austria-Hungary, ante, p. 585. (e) This Order was gazetted 4th March, 1881. persons going on board of Italian ships within the limits M. S. A. 1891, of British territorial jurisdiction. Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the power vested in Her by the said recited Act, and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to declare that the provisions of the said first-recited section shall apply to Italian ships. C. L. PEEL. 8. 219. Sweden and Norway (a). At the Court at Balmoral, the 25th day of October, 1881 (b). Present: The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas ... then as in the first two recitals to the Order relating to Austria-Hungary, at pp. 585, 586 above, to . . . end of their voyage. And whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty that the Government of Sweden and Norway has provided as aforesaid, and is desirous that the provisions of the said fifth section shall apply to unauthorised persons going on board of Swedish and Norwegian ships within the limits of British territorial jurisdiction: Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the power vested in Her by the said recited Act, and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to declare that the provisions of the said recited fifth section of the Merchant Seamen (Payment of Wages and Rating) Act, 1880, shall apply to Swedish and Norwegian ships. C. L. PEEL. United States (a). At the Court at Windsor, the 22nd day of May, 1883 (c). Present: The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas ... then as in the first two recitals to the Order relating to Austria-Hungary, at pp. 585, 586 above, to . . . end of their voyage. And whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty that the Government of the United States of America has provided as aforesaid, and is desirous that the provisions of the said fifth section shall apply to unauthorised persons going on board of American ships within the limits of British territorial jurisdiction. Now, therefore, Her Majesty by virtue of the power vested in Her by the said recited Act, and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to declare that the provisions of the said recited fifth section of the Merchant Seamen (Payment of Wages and Rating) Act, 1880, shall apply to American ships. C. L. PEEL. (a) See note (a) to Austria-Hungary, ante, p. 585. |