reading over, and of the reply (if any) by the offender, shall

be made, in the same manner.

Orders of

XI. All orders made by any naval court shall, whenever Section 264. practicable, be entered in the official log book of the ship to Naval which the parties to the proceedings before it belong, and shall be signed by the president of the court.

Courts to be
entered in
Official
Logs.

XII. Whenever a survey of provisions or water is made Section 221. Survey of by the direction of any naval or Consular officer, or of any provisions shipping master or chief officer of Customs, a statement of and water. the result of the examination shall be entered in the official

log.

Official

Shipping

arrival of

XIII. In the case of foreign-going ships, the master shall Section 286. within forty-eight hours after the ship's arrival at her final Logs to be port of destination in the United Kingdom, or upon the delivered to discharge of the crew, whichever first happens, deliver to the Master on shipping master before whom the crew is discharged the ship. official log book of the voyage; and the master or owner of every home trade ship (not exclusively employed in trading between ports on the coasts of the United Kingdom) shall within twenty-one days after the Thirtieth day of June and the Thirty-first day of December in every year, transmit or deliver to some shipping master in the United Kingdom the ` official log book for the preceding half year; and every master or owner who refuses or neglects to deliver his official log book as required, shall incur a penalty not exceeding five pounds, besides subjecting his vessel to detention, by stopping her clearance.

In case of

XIV. If any ship ceases by reason of transfer of owner-Section 287. ship or change of employment to fall within the definition of change of a foreign-going or of a home trade ship, the master or owner ownership or employment, shall, if such ship is then in the United Kingdom, within one how Official Log is to be month, and if she is elsewhere, within six months, deliver or delivered. transmit to the shipping master at the port to which the ship belonged the official log book (if any) duly made out to the time at which she ceased to be a foreign-going or home trade ship, and in default for each offence he shall incur a penalty Penalty for not exceeding ten pounds; and if any ship is lost or aban- neglect. doned, the master or owner shall, if practicable, and as soon as possible, deliver or transmit to the shipping master at the port to which the ship belonged the official log book (if any) duly made out to the time of such loss or abandonment, Penalty for and in default for each offence he shall incur a penalty not case of loss neglect in of ship. exceeding ten pounds.

Production

enforced.

XV. The master, owner, or any of the crew of any British Section 13. ship, if called upon, shall produce the official log book to any of Log Book officer of the Board of Trade, or any commissioned officer of may be any of Her Majesty's ships on full pay, or any British Consular officer, or the Registrar-General of Seamen and his Assistant, or any chief officer of Customs in any place in Her Majesty's dominions, or any shipping master, in cases where any such officer or person has reason to suspect that the provisions of the Act or the Laws for the time being relating to merchant seamen and to navigation have not been complied with; and any such officer or person may take copies of official log books or documents, or of any part thereof, and may summon the master to appear and give any explanation concerning his ship or her crew, or the official log books or documents.

is Section 259.

In case of

is change of

ship's papers

livered over

XVI. If during the progress of a voyage the master superseded, or for any other reason quits the ship, and succeeded in the command by some other person, he shall master, deliver to his successor the various documents relating to must be dethe navigation of the ship and to the crew thereof which are to new in his custody, and shall in default incur a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds; and such successor shall, neglect. immediately on assuming the command of the ship, enter in Entry of the official log a list of the documents so delivered to him.

master.

Penalty for

documents to be made in Official Log Book.

V. G. for "Very Good," G. "Good," M. "Middling," and I. “Indifferent." The Master may also insert particulars of ability or conduct; thus, "Helm " good, or "Sobriety" indifferent. If he declines giving any opinion he must so state opposite the man's name.

XXXI. REGULATIONS FOR MAINTAINING DISCIPLINE, SANCTIONED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE.

In pursuance of the Merchant Shipping Act, 17 & 18 Vict. c. 104.

These Regulations are distinct from and in addition to those contained in the Act, and are sanctioned but not universally required by law. All or any of them may be adopted by agreement between a master and his crew, and thereupon the offences specified in such of them as are so adopted will be legally punishable by the appropriate fines or punishments. These Regulations are all numbered, and the numbers of such of them as are adopted must be inserted in the space left for that purpose in the agreement, and a copy of these Regulations must be made to correspond with the agreement by erasing such of the Regulations as are not adopted, and must then be attached to and kept with the agreement which the master of the ship takes to sea with him. If the agreement is made before a shipping master, his signature or initials must be placed opposite such of the Regulations as are adopted.

For the purpose of legally enforcing any of the following penalties, a statement of the offence must, immediately after its commission, be entered in the official log book by the direction of the master, and must at the same time be attested to be true by the signatures of the master and the mate, or one of the crew; and a copy of such entry must be furnished, or the same must be read over to the offender, before the ship reaches any port or departs from the port at which she is, and an entry that the same has been so furnished or read over, and of the reply, if any, of the offender, must be made and signed in the same manner as the entry of the offence. If the punishment is a fine, these entries must, upon discharge of the offender, be shown to the shipping master before whom the offender is discharged, or, in the case of a home-trade ship, to some shipping master at or near the place where the crew is discharged; and if he is satisfied that the offence is proved, and that the entries have been properly made, the fine must be deducted from the offender's wages, and paid over to the shipping

master.

If, in consequence of subsequent good conduct, the master thinks fit to remit or reduce any fine upon any member of his crew which has been entered in the log, and signifies the same to the shipping master, the fine shall be remitted or reduced accordingly. If wages are contracted for by the voyage or by share, the amount of the fines is to be ascertained in the manner in which the amount of forfeiture is ascertained in similar cases under sect. 252.