(60.) Gunpowder. When government powder or combustibles are shipped for conveyance, a magazine or place of security, if necessary, will be built by, and at the expense of the Crown, and, in freight ships the owners will be paid freight on its external measurement, and not on the tonnage of the powder or combustibles in it. The materials to be the property of the government, and to be delivered to the officer to whom the powder, &c., is consigned. A magazine will not, however, be required for the following quantities, viz. : III. IV. Powder and ammunition (stowed in one case), 20 feet Nor will a magazine be required when only 20 feet of combustibles are shipped in the same vessel with only 20 feet of the Articles as Nos. I. to III. The above small quantities may be stowed in a place of security approved by the surveying officers, and may, subject to the regulations of the conservators of the Thames, and of the dock companies, be shipped in any part of the river Thames, the brokers being, however, required to give at least two days' written notice to the Principal-Superintendent of Stores at Woolwich, of the intended date of sailing, and place at which the articles should be put on board. (61.) When government powder, ammunition, or combustibles, for which a magazine is required in compliance with Articles 60, are to be shipped in the Thames, the owners are to give at least two days' written notice, after the construction of the magazine, to the Principal-Superintendent of Stores at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, of the date on which she will be ready at Galleon's Reach, or at Gravesend, to receive those articles. Sailing vessels whose draught of water does exceed 18 feet, are to proceed to, and to make fast at, a red mooring buoy, which has been placed there. Other sailing vessels. and all steam vessels, are to proceed to, and make fast at, the moorings laid down on the southern side of Gravesend Reach. A steamer towing another vessel must cast off, and leave the ship for a distance of not less than 300 yards during the shipment of powder, &c., and the hatches of the lighters will on no account be raised until the tug has proceeded to that distance, nor until all lights and all fires on board the ship have been extinguished. Before powder, &c., will be shipped on board steam vessels, the furnace fires must be properly banked up, and all lights extinguished. The shipments will be made. under the personal directions of the officers of the War Office, who will deliver the key of the magazine scuttle to the master of the vessel. (88.) When any quantity of powder, ammunition, or combustibles, exceeding those specified in Article 60, is shipped, on private account, under the conditions in Article 8, it must be packed as follows:-Powder in barrels, or other casks, bound with copper or wood hoops; ammunition, such as cartridges, in barrels or other casks, similarly bound, or in boxes or cases fastened with copper nails or brass screws; other combustibles, in boxes or cases, similarly fastened. These stores must be properly secured by the owners, and at their own expense, in a magazine lined with wood, fastened with copper nails, and provided with a copper padlock, &c., for the door. But should only the small quantities above referred to be shipped, they must be packed in suitable cases, fastened as above, and be properly stowed. This regulation, however, is not applicable to vessels in which conveyance may be engaged for only a small quantity of government stores (not exceeding 20 tons weight or measurement), unless such quantity may comprise government powder, ammunition, or combustibles, in excess of the above-mentioned small quantities. No stores are to be placed in the magazine of any hired ship with powder or combustibles. 1292. The following scale of rates for the total weight and measurement of the Baggage of Officers and Regiments, is to be strictly adhered to. The first column shows the limit of weight; the second shows the extent of measurement of baggage when packed. Deputy Assistant Adjutant or Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General Military Secretary, when a Field Officer or at the head of his department Military Secretary (not being a Field Officer) or Assistant General and other Staff Officers, Cavalry Officers, and Mounted Officers of Infantry, when proceeding by water, are to be allowed specially to embark, besides the above, the equipment for each horse required to be kept by them in the execution of their public duties, and foraged at the public expense, in the following proportion, viz.: For one horse 10 cubic feet. For the second and every other horse in addition 5 ditto. * According to relative rank, with an addition for Medical Officers of one cwt. (or five cubic feet) for professional books, &c. + Combatant Officers of Cavalry are allowed two cwt. (or ten cubic feet) in addition to the above quantities, for spare saddlery. The quantity for Paymasters, Adjutants, and Quartermasters, as above, are exclusive of six cwt. (or 30 cubic feet) for the two former, and ten cwt. (or 50 cubic feet) for the latter, if belonging to Cavalry or Infantry, and six cwt. (or 30 cubic feet) if belonging to the Royal Artillery or Royal Engineers, allowed for books and stores in their immediate charge, when such books and stores actually accompany them. |