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Anchor. The (English) Anchors and Chain Cables Act, 1899 (62 & 63 Vict. c. 23), consolidating, with small amendments, three Acts of 1864, 1871 and 1874, provides that unproved anchors are not to be sold or bought for a British ship, and regulates the made of testing by testing establishments licensed by the Board of Trade. See also (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, ss. 290, 538-40. As to recovering the value of an anchor which has been slipped to avoid a collision, see The Port Victoria, 1902, P. 25.