Receivers of wreck, officers appointed by the Board of Trade, pursuant to the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, ss. 5 and 6, which take the place of s. 439 of the repealed (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, for the preservation of wreck, etc. The Act provides for their duties and powers.
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