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Merchant shipping
and, secondly, in 1894, by the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60), which contains 748 ss. and 22 schedules, the 22nd Schedule containing 48 repealed enactments. By s. 713 of the (English) … Merchant shipping. The Acts relating to Merchant Shipping have been twice consolidated: first, in 1854, by 17 & 18 Vict.
Passengers
9), s. 33. The regulations concerning the inspection of passenger ships, their equipment, manning, and construction, are now contained in Part III. of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and the (English) Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load … Passengers, persons conveyed from one place to another. Passenger ships are those peculiarly appropriated to the conveyance of passengers, as distinguished from cargo ships. In some respects, passengers
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Seamen
Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 and 1906 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60, and 6 Edw. 7, c. 48), contain numerous and elaborate provisions. In Part II. of the Act of 1894 there are regulations as to engagement … Seamen, persons engaged in navigating ships, barges, etc., upon the high seas. Those employed for this purpose upon rivers, lakes, or canals are denominated
Cargo
Cargo, Sp., the load of a ship; charge, Fr.], the lading of a ship, the merchandise or wares contained and conveyed in a ship. Includes anything carried or to be carried in a ship or other vessel.
Lloyd's Register
the abbreviated title of 'Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping,' published annually by Lloyd's Registry. The register contains an alphabetical list of all British ships, and such foreign ships as are classed in the Register, classified … Lloyd's Register, the abbreviated title of 'Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping,' published annually by Lloyd's Registry. The register contains an alphabetical list of all British ships, and such foreign
Official Log-book
Official Log-book, a log-book in a certain form, and containing certain specified entries required by ss. 239 and 240 of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, re-enacting ss. … a certain form, and containing certain specified entries required by ss. 239 and 240 of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, re-enacting ss. 280-282 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, to be kept by all British merchant
Manifesto, or Manifest
which he founds his rights and pretensions, Encyc. Londin. In commercial navigation, a document signed by the master, containing a general statement of the ship and cargo, i.e., the names of the places where the goods have
Quarantine, or Quarentaine
This right was enforced by writ of Quarantina habenda. See 1 Steph. Com. 2. A quantity of land containing forty perches, Leg. Hen. I., c. 16. 3. A regulation by which communication with persons, ships, or goods … of land containing forty perches, Leg. Hen. I., c. 16. 3. A regulation by which communication with persons, ships, or goods arriving from places infected with the plague, or other contagious disease, or liable thereto, is interdicted
Haven
Haven, that which holds or contains ships; a port or harbour. See HARBOURS … Haven, that which holds or contains ships; a port or harbour. See HARBOURS
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