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(5.) The Names of any Members of the Crew who have
been maimed or hurt, with the Times, Places, Causes,
and Circumstances thereof:

(6.) The Wages due to any of the Crew who have died, at
the Times of their respective Deaths:

(7.) The Clothes and other Effects belonging to any of the
Crew who have died, with a Statement of the Munner
in which they have been dealt with, and the Money for
which any of them have been sold:

(8.) The Name, Age, and Sex of every Person, not being
one of the Crew, who dies on board, with the Date and
the Cause thereof:

(9.) Every Birth which happens on board, with the Date
thereof, the Sex of the Infant, and the Names of the
Parents:

(10.) Every Marriage which takes place on board, with
the Date thereof, and the Names and Ages of the
Parties.

Registration
and Returns
respecting
Seamen.

Ships to be

Arrival.

CCLXXIV. In the Case of Foreign-going Ships, the Master Lists for shall, within Forty-eight Hours after the Ship's Arrival at her Foreign-going final Port of Destination in the United Kingdom, or upon the delivered to Discharge of the Crew, whichever first happens, deliver to the Shipping Shipping Master before whom the Crew is discharged such lester on List as herein-before requited, and if he fails so to do shall for every Default incur a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds; and such Shipping Master shall thereupon give to the Master a Certificate of such Delivery; and no Officer of Customs shall clear Inwards any Foreign-going Ship without the Production of such Certificate, and any such Officer may detain any such Ship until the same is produced.

Home Trade

CCLXXV. The Master or Owner of every Home Trade Ship Lists to be shall, within Twenty-one Days after the Thirtieth day of June delivered by and the Thirty-first Day of December in every Year, transmit or ships halfdeliver to soine Shipping Master in the United Kingdom such yearly. List as herein-before required for the preceding Half Year, and shall in default incur a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds; and such Shipping Master shall give to the Master or Owner a Certificate of such Transmission or Delivery; and no Officer of Customs shall grant a Clearance or Transire for any Home Trade Ship without the Production of such Certificate, and any such Oflicer may detain any such Ship until the same is produced.

CCLXXVI.

Registration and Returns respecting Seamen.

Lists to be

sent home in

case of Transfer of Ship and in case of

Loss.

Shipping Masters and other Officers to transmit

CCLXXVII. All Shipping Masters and Officers of Customs shall take charge of all Documents which are delivered or transmitted to or retained by them in pursuance of this Act, and Documents to shall keep them for such Time (if any) as may be necessary Registrar. for the Purpose of settling any Business arising at the Place where such Documents come into their Hands, or for any other proper Purpose, and shall, if required, produce them for any of such Purposes, and shall then transmit them to the Registrar General of Seamen, to be by him recorded and preserved; and the said Registrar shall, on Payment of a moderate Fee to be fixed by the Board of Trade, or without payment of any Fee if the Board of Trade so directs, allow any Person to inspect the same me; and in Cases in which the Production of the Original of any such Document in any Court of Justice or elsewhere is essential, shall produce the same, and in other Cases shall make and deliver to any Person requiring it a certified Copy of any such Document or of any Part thereof; and every Copy purporting to be so made and certified shall be received in Evidence, and shall have all the Effect of the Original of which it purports to be a Copy.

Registrar to permit Inspec.

tion, to pro

duce Origin als, and give Copies.

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CCLXXVI. 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 thereof 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 has belonged such List as herein-before mentioned, duly made out to the Time at which she ceased to be a Foreign-going or Home Trade Ship, and in default shall for each Offence incur a Penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds; and if any Ship is lost or abandoned, the Master or Owner thereof shall, if practicable, and as soon as possible, deliver or transmit to the Shipping Master at the Port to which the Ship belonged such List as hereinbefore mentioned duly made out to the Time of such Loss or Abandonment, and in default shall for each Offence incur a Penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds.

CCLXXVIII. The Collector or Comptroller of Customs at every Port in the United Kingdom shall on or before the First turns of Ships Day of February and the First Day of August in every Year

Officers of Customs to make Re

to Registrar. transmit to the Registrar General of Seamen a List of all Ships

registered in such Port, and also of all Ships whose Registers have been transferred or cancelled in such Port since the last preceding Return.

Agreements, Indentures, and Assign

CCLXXIX. The following Rules shall be observed with respect to the Delivery of Documents to British Consular Officers; (that is to say,)

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reign Port, to

sul, and at a

(1.) Whenever any Ship, in whatever Part of Her Majesty's
Dominions the same is registered, (except Ships whose ments, on Ar-
Business for the Time being is to carry Passengers,) rival at a Fo-
arrives at any Foreign Port where there is a British be deposited
Consular Officer, or at any Port in any British Posses- with the Con-
sion abroad, and remains thereat for Forty-eight Hours, Colony with
the Master shall, within Forty-eight Hours of the Ship's the Officers of
Arrival, deliver to such Consular Officer, or to the Chief Customs.
Officer of Customs, (as the Case may be,) the Agreement
with the Crew, and also all Indentures and Assignments
of Apprenticeships, or, in the Case of a Ship belonging
to a British Possession, such of the said Documents as
such Ship is provided with:

(2.) Such Officer shall keep such Documents during the
Ship's Stay in such Port, and, in Cases where any In-
dorsements upon the Agreement are hereby required,
shall duly make the same, and shall return the said
Documents to the Master a reasonable Time before his
Departure, with a Certificate indorsed on the Agreement,
stating when the same were respectively delivered and
returned:

(3.) If it appears that the required Forms have been ne-
glected, or that the existing Laws have been transgres-
sed, such Officer shall make an Indorsement to that
Effect on the Agreement, and forthwith transmit a Copy
of such Indorsement, with the fullest Information he can
collect regarding such Neglect or Transgression, to the
Registrar General of Seamen :

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And if any Master fails to deliver any such Document as aforesaid he shall for every such Default incur a Penalty not exceeding Twenty Pounds; and in any Prosecution for such Penalty it shall lie upon the Master either to produce the Certificate of the Consular Officer or Officer of Customs herein-before required, or to prove that he duly obtained the same, or that it was impracticable for him so to do.

Oficial Logs.

Official Logs.

Forms sanc

CCLXXX. The Board of Trade shall sanction Forms of Officia! Logs Official Log Books, which may be different for different Clas- to be kept in ses of Ships, so that each such Form contains Blanks for the tioned by Entries herein-after required; and an Official Log of every Ship Board of (except Ships employed exclusively in trading between Ports Trade. on the Coasts of the United Kingdom) shall be kept in the appropriate sanctioned Form; and such Official Log may, at the Discretion of the Master or Owner, either be kept distinct from

the

Official Logs.

Entries to be made in due Time.

Convictions.

Entries re. quired in

CCLXXXII. Every Master of a Ship for which an Official Log Book is hereby required shall make or cause to be made Official Log. therein Entries of the following Matters; (that is to say,)

Offences.

Punishments.

Conduet, &c., of Crew.

Illnesses and
Injuries.

Deaths.

Births.

Marriages.

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the ordinary Ship's Log or united therewith, so that in all Cases all the Blanks in the Official Log be duly filled up.

Quitting Ship.

CCLXXXI. Every Entry in every Official Log shall be made as soon as possible after the Occurrence to which it relates, and if not made on the same Day as the Occurrence to which it relates, shall be made and dated so as to show the Date of the Occurrence and of the Entry respecting it; and in no Case shall any Entry therein in respect of any Occurrence happening previously to the Arrival of the Ship at herlinal Port of Discharge be made more than Twenty-four Hours after such Arrival.

(1.) Every legal Conviction of any Member of his Crew, and the Punishment inflicted:

(2.) Every Offence committed by any Member of his Crew for which it is intended to prosecute, or to enforce a Forfeiture, or to exact a Fine, together with such Statement concerning the reading over such Entry, and concerning the Reply (if any) made to the Charge, as herein-before required:

(3.) Every Offence for which Punishment is inflicted on board, and the Punishment inflicted:

(4.) A Statement of the Conduct, Character, and Qualifications of each of his Crew, or a Statement that he declines to give an Opinion on such Particulars :

(5.) Every Case of Illness or Injury happening to any Member of the Crew, with the Nature thereof, and the Medical Treatment adopted (if any):

(6.) Every Case of Death happening on board, and of the Cause thereof:

(7.) Every Birth happening on board, with the Sex of the Infant and the Names of the Parents:

(8.) Every Marriage taking place on board, with the Names and Ages of the Parties:

(9.) The Name of every Seaman or Apprentice who ceases to be a Member of the Crew, otherwise than by Death, with the Place, Time, Manner, and Cause thereof:

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(10.) The Amount of Wages due to any Seaman who enters Wages of Men Her Majesty's Service during the Voyage:

entering Navy.

(11.) The Wages due to any Seaman or Apprentice who Wages of dies during the Voyage, and the gross Amount of all deceased SeaDeductions to be made therefrom:

men.

(12.) The Sale of the Effects of any Seaman or Apprentice Sale of who dies during the Voyage, including a Statement of deceased each Article sold, and of the Sum received for it:

Men's Effects.

(13.) Every Collision with any other Ship, and the Circumstances under which the same occurred.

CCLXXXIII. The Entries hereby required to be made in Entries how Official Log Books shall be signed as follows; that is to say, to be signed. every such Entry shall be signed by the Master and by the Mate or some other of the Crew, and every Entry of Illness, Injury, or Death shall be also signed by the Surgeon or Medical Practitioner on board (if any); and every Entry of Wages due to or of the Sale of the Effects of any Seaman or Apprentice who dies shall be signed by the Master and by the Mate and some other Member of the Crew; and every Entry of Wages due to any Seaman who enters Her Majesty's Service shall be signed by the Master, and by the Seaman or by the Officer authorized to receive the Seaman into such Service.

CCLXXXIV. The following Offences in respect of Official Log Books shall be punishable as herein-after mentioned; (that is to say,)

Official Logs.

(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:

Collisions.

(1.) If in any Case an Official Log Book is not kept in the
Manner hereby required, or if any Entry hereby directed
to be made in any such Log Book is not 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:

(3.) Every Person who wilfully 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

Penalties in respect of Official Logs.