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Mercantile Marine Fund, a fund consisting, under ss. 676-679 of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, of the fees paid on survey and measurement of ships, money arising from unclaimed property of deceased seamen, fees received by receivers of wreck, light dues, etc., etc., and applicable to the payment of salaries of mercantile marine officers, etc., under the Act. The 'General Lighthouse Fund' is substituted for the Mercantile Marine Fund by the (English) Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act, 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 44).

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