days at least before the ship proceeds to sea, and if the result of the Inspection is satisfactory shall not again make inspection before the commencement of the voyage, unless he has reason to suspect that some of the articles inspected have been subsequently removed, injured, or destroyed. —§ 66.

Persons selling bad Drugs liable to Penalty. - Any person who sells or supplies any medicines, medicaments, lime or lemon juice, of bad quality, for the use of any ship, shall for each offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding 207 — 67.

Masters to keep Weights and Measures on board. — Every master shall keep on board proper weights and measures, for the purpose of determining the quantities of the several provisions and articles served out, and shall allow the same to be used at the time of serving out in the presence of a witness, whenever any dispute arises about such quantities.- 69.

Penalties for Want of Space, &c. If any place in any ship occupied by seamen or apprentices, and appropriated to their use, is not in the whole sufficiently large to give such space as herein-before required, or if any such place is not securely and properly constructed and well ventilated, the owner shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding 204.; and if any such space as aforesaid is not kept free from goods and stores, or if proper weights and measures are not kept or allowed to be used as herein-before directed, the master shall for every offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding 107.-§ 69. Refusal to join and Desertion to be punishable with 3 Months' imprisonment. If any seaman, after signing the agreement as herein-before required, or any apprentice, wilfully neglects or refuses to join his ship, or deserts, and then or afterwards is found or arrives at any place in which there is a court or justice capable of exercising jurisdiction under this act, he shall, on due proof of the offence, and, when practicable, of a proper entry thereof in the official log books, be summarily punished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 weeks, with or without hard labour, at the discretion of the court or justice inflicting the same; provided that, in case the master or the owner or his agent so requires, such court or justice may, instead of committing the offender to prison, cause him to be conveyed on board for the purpose of proceeding on the voyage, or may deliver him to the master or any mate of the ship, or the owner or his agent, to be by them so conveyed, and may in such case order any costs and expenses properly incurred by or on behalf of the master or owner by reason of the offence to be paid by the offender, and, if necessary, to be deducted from any wages which he may have then earned, or which by virtue of his then existing engagement he may afterwards earn.-§ 70.

Master or Owner may give Deserters, &c. in charge without Warrant. — Whenever a seaman or apprentice neglects or refuses to join, or absents himself without leave or deserts from, any ship in which he is engaged to serve, the master or any mate, or the owner, ship's husband, or consignee, may, for the purpose of carrying him before a justice, apprehend or require any police officer or constable to apprehend him, without first procuring a warrant, but so nevertheless as not to detain him in custody more than 24 hours, or such shorter time as may in the particular case be reasonable, before the case is heard or a proper warrant is procured; but if any such apprehension appears to the court or justice before whom the case is brought to have been made on improper or on insufficient grounds, the master, mate, owner, ship's husband, or consignee who made the same, or caused the same to be made, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 207.-§ 71.

On Voyage Seamen found absent without Leave may be carried on board. — If in the course of a voyage any seaman or apprentice is found absenting himself from his ship without leave, the master or any mate, or the owner, ship's husband, or consignee, may, in any place in H. M's dominions, with or without the assistance of the local authorities, who are hereby directed to give the same, if required, and also at any place out of H. M.'s dominions, if and so far as the laws in force at such place will permit, apprehend him, and shall thereupon, if he so requires, and if practicable, convey him before some court or justice capable of hearing his complaint, to be dealt with according to law, or may, if he does not so require, or if there is no such court or justice at or near the place, at once convey him on board. — § 72. Wages forfeited for Desertion. Such wages or parts of wages forfeited for desertion, as are by the section of the General Merchant Seamen's Act numbered IX. in the copy printed by the Queen's printer, applicable to the reimbursement of the expenses occasioned by such desertion to the master or owner of the ship from which the seaman has deserted, may be recovered by such master or by the owner or his agent in the same manner as the seaman might have recovered the same if they had not been forfeited; and any court or justice may in any proceeding relating to such wages order the same to be paid accordingly. § 73.

Entries and Certificates of Desertion abroad to be copied, sent home, and admitted in Evidence. - In all cases of desertion from any ship in any place abroad the master shall produce the entry of such desertion in the official log book to the person or persons required by the General Merchant Seamen's Act to indorse on the agreement a certificate of such desertion; and such person or persons shall thereupon make and certify a copy of such entry and also a copy of the said certificate of desertion; and if such person is a public functionary he shall, and in other cases the said master shall, forthwith transmit such copies to the registrar of seamen in England; and the said registrar shall, if required, cause the same to be produced in any legal proceeding; and such copies, if purporting to be so made and certified as aforesaid, and if shown to have come from the custody of the said registrar, shall in any legal proceeding relating to such desertion be received as evidence of the entries therein appearing. §74. False Statement as to last Ship or Name to be Forfeiture. If any seaman on or before being engaged wilfully and fraudulently makes a false statement of the name of his last ship or last alleged ship, or wilfully and fraudulently makes a false statement of his own name, he shall forfeit out of the wages he may earn by virtue of such engagement a sum not exceeding 51.; and such sum shall, subject to reimbursement of the loss and expenses (if any) occasioned by any previous desertion, be paid to the Board of Trade.§ 75.

Board may dispense with Sanction for Discharge of Men in Colonies. — The Board of Trade may, by regulations duly published, dispense with the necessity of obtaining such sanctions for the discharge of seamen in H. M.'s dominions abroad as are required by the General Merchant Seamen's Act, and may limit such dispensations to any particular class of ships or voyages, and may impose any conditions it may think fit, and may revoke any such dispensation; and whilst any such dispensation is in force any master, whose agreement permits of his so doing, may discharge his crew or any members thereof, without such sanction as aforesaid, in any place to which such dispensation may apply. — § 76.

Misconduct endangering the Ship or Life or Limb a Misdemeanor. Any master or mate of or any seaman or apprentice belonging to, any British ship, who by wilful breach of duty, or by neglect of duty, or by reason of drunkenness, does any act tending to the immediate loss, destruction, or serious damage of such ship, or tending immediately to endanger the life or limb of any person belonging to or on board of such ship, or who by wilful breach of duty, or by neglect of duty, or by reason of drunkenness, refuses or omits to do any lawful act proper and requisite to be done by him for preserving such ship from immediate loss, destruction, or serious damage, or for preserving any person belonging to or on board of such ship from immediate danger to life or limb, shall for each such offence be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.* - § 77.

Certain Offences to be punishable on Arrival in Port. Any seaman or apprentice who whilst on service commits any of the following offences, and who then is or afterwards arrives or is found at any place in which there is a court or justice capable of exercising summary jurisdiction under this act, may, on due proof of the offence, and of such entry thereof in the log book as herein-after directed, be summarily punished by imprisonment, with or without hard labour, not exceeding in duration the several periods following; viz. —

• The penalties mentioned in this section are extended to pilots. — (14 & 15 Vict. c. 96. s. 21.)

1. Twelve weeks for wilfully damaging the ship, or embezzling or wilfully damaging any of her stores

or cargo:

2. Twelve weeks for assaulting any master or mate:

3. Four weeks for wilful disobedience to any lawful command:

4. Twelve weeks for continued wilful disobedience to lawful commands, or for continued wilful neglect of duty:

5. Twelve weeks for combining with any other or others of the crew to disobey lawful commands, or to neglect duty, or to impede the navigation of the ship or the progress of the voyage: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall take away or abridge any powers which a master has over his crew. - § 78.

Fines to be deducted from Wages, and paid to Shipping Master. Whenever any act of misconduct is committed which is by the agreement subject to a fine, the appropriate fine shall, if an entry of the offence is made and attested in the official log book as herein-after directed, and if the offence is proved to the satisfaction of the shipping master to whom the fine is to be paid, be deducted from the wages of the offender; and the master or owner shall pay over every fine so deducted as follows: (that is to say,) in the case of foreign-going ships to the shipping master before whom the crew is discharged, and in the case of home trade ships to the shipping master at or nearest to the place at which the crew is discharged; and any master or owner who neglects or refuses to pay over any such fine as aforesaid shall for each offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding 6 times the amount of the fine retained by him: provided always, that if, before the final discharge of the crew in the U. K., any such offender as aforesaid enters into any of H. M.'s ships, or is discharged abroad, the offence shall then be proved to the satisfaction of the officer in command of the ship into which he so enters, or of the consular officer, officer of customs, or other person by whose sanction he is so discharged; and the fine shall thereupon be deducted as aforesaid; and an entry of such deduction shall then be made in the official log book, and signed by such officer or other person; and such fine shall, on the return of the ship to the U. K., in the case of foreigngoing ships, be paid to the shipping master before whom the crew is discharged, and in the case of home trade ships to the shipping master at or nearest to the place at which the crew is discharged. — § 79. Both Imprisonment and Forfeiture may be inflicted, if Justice so requires. Whenever in any proceeding under the General Merchant Seamen's Act or this act any question arises concerning any offence committed by a seaman or apprentice which is punishable under either of such acts, the court or justice hearing the same may, if the justice of the case requires, order the offender to be punished, both by lawful imprisonment appropriate to the case, and, in addition, may make such order in regard of wages accruing due in the meantime as to such court or justice may seem fit.* - § 80.

No Allowance for Reduction in Provisions during Neglect of Duty or Confinement. — No seaman or apprentice shall be entitled to any pecuniary allowance on account of any reduction in the quantity of provisions furnished to him during such time as he wilfully and without sufficient cause refuses or neglects to perform his duty, or is lawfully under confinement for misconduct either on board or on shore, or during such time as such quantity may be reduced in accordance with any regulation for reduction by way of punishment contained in the agreement. - § 81.

Naval Court for hearing Complaints on the High Seas and abroad; its Constitution. If, whilst any ship is out of H. M.'s dominions, a complaint is made by the master or by any of the certificated mates, or by one third or more of the seamen in her crew, or by the consignee, to any naval officer in command of any ship of H. M., or in the absence of such naval officer, to any consular officer, such naval or consular officer shall thereupon, if circumstances admit, and if he thinks the case requires immediate investigation, but not otherwise, summon a court consisting of not more than 5 and not less than 3 members, of whom, if possible, one shall be a naval officer not below the rank of a lieutenant, one a consular officer, and one a master of a British merchant ship, and the rest shall be either naval officers, masters of British merchant ships, or British merchants, and such court may include the naval or consular officer summoning the same, but shall not include the master or consignee of the ship to which the parties complaining or complained against may belong; and the naval or consular officer on such court, if there is only one such officer on the court, and if there is more than one, the naval or consular officer who according to any regulations for settling their respective ranks for the time being in force is of the highest rank, shall be the president of such court; and such court shall hear the case, and may for that purpose summon and compel the attendance of parties and witnesses, and administer oaths and affirmations, and order the production of documents, and may discharge any seaman from his shipf, and may, if the court is unanimous that the safety of the ship or crew, or the interests of the owner, absolutely require it, supersede the master, and appoint another person to act in his stead, such appointment to be made with the consent of the consignee of the ship, if then at the place, and shall, whether any order is made or not, make a report containing a statement of the proceedings and of the evidence, and send it to the Board of Trade; and such report, if purporting to be signed by the senior naval officer or master, or to be sealed with the consular seal, and if produced out of the custody of the Board of Trade or its officers, shall be admitted in evidence in any legal proceeding.-§ 82.

Costs of Proceeding and Compensation for Delay. Such court may order the costs of the proceeding before it (if any), or any portion thereof, to be paid by any of the parties thereto, and may order any person making a frivolous or vexatious complaint to pay compensation for any loss or delay caused thereby; and any cost or compensation so ordered shall be paid by such person accordingly, and may be recovered in the same manner as other sums hereby made recoverable, or may, if the case admits, be deducted from his wages; and the Board of Trade may, in any case in which it thinks fit so to do, pay any costs of any such proceeding, and make any reasonable compensation for any damage or delay caused thereby. § 83.

Penalty for preventing Complaint. Any person who wilfully and without due cause prevents or obstructs the making or investigation of any such complaint as aforesaid, shall for each offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding 507, or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a period not exceeding 12 weeks. - § 84.

The Board is to Sanction Forms of Log Books. The Board of Trade shall sanction forms of official log books, which may be different for different classes of ships, and shall contain, amongst other things, blanks for the entries herein-after required, and for entries as to the character and conduct of the several members of the crew; and an official log of every ship shall be kept in the sanctioned form, and all the blanks therein shall be duly filled up; and in all cases the entries shall be made as soon as possible after the occurrences to which they relate, and in no case shall any entry be made more than 24 hours after the arrival of the ship at her final port of entry or discharge in respect of any occurrence happening previously to such arrival; and the official log may, at the discretion of the master or owner, be either united with or kept distinct from the ordinary ship's log; and in cases in which they are kept distinct, and in which the official log is properly kept, nothing herein contained shall apply to the ordinary ship's log. - § 85.

*If a seaman has been convicted during a voyage a sum not exceeding 31. may be deducted from his wages to pay the costs. (14 & 15 Vict. c. 96. s. 22.)

And may direct a forfeiture of his wages, and settle any questions relating to his wages. - (14 & 15 Viet c. 96. s. 23.) These courts are to have the powers of sending home criminals for trial with the witnesses. (14 & 15 Vict. c. 96. s. 24.) Their orders are to be entered in the official log. (14 & 15 Vict. c. 96. 8. 25.) All coasters are relieved from carrying official logs. (14 & 15 Vict. c. 96. s. 15.)

Entries of Fines and Punishments to be made in the Log and attested. The master of every ship shall, upon every legal conviction of any member of his crew, and upon every infliction of punishment on any such member, and upon the commission of every offence by any such member for which it is intended to procure punishment to be inflicted or to enforce a forfeiture or exact a fine, immediately cause a statement of the offence, and in the case of a conviction or of punishment actually inflicted a statement of such conviction or punishment, to be entered * in the official log book, and shall cause such entry to be signed by a mate of the ship, or, if there is no mate, by the carpenter, boatswain, or one of the oldest members of the crew; and the master shall also from time to time or at some time before the discharge of the crew fill up the blanks left for that purpose in the official log books with true entries concerning the conduct and character of the several members of the crew, or may, in a blank to be left for that purpose, state that he declines to give any opinion thereupon. — § 86.

Entries of Illness, Injury, and Death to be made in Log Book. Every master shall, in every case of illness or injury causing suspension of work or of death happening to any seaman or apprentice during a voyage, cause an entry thereof, and also, in the case of illness or injury, of the nature thereof and of the medical treatment adopted, aud in the case of death, of the cause of death, to be made in the official log book, such entry to be signed by the mate, or, if there is no mate, by the carpenter, boatswain, or one of the oldest members of the crew, and by the surgeon or medical man on board, if any, and shall also, in case of any seaman or apprentice ceasing to be a member of the crew otherwise than by death on board, thereupon immediately cause an entry of the place, time, manner, and cause of such seaman or apprentice ceasing to be a member of the crew to be made in the official log book, such entry to be signed by the mate, or, if there is no mate, by the carpenter, boatswain, or one of the oldest members of the crew. - § 87.

Changes in Crew to be reported.- No lists made in the form set forth in schedule (G.) to the General Merchant Seamen's Act shall be required from any master who has engaged his crew before a shipping master; but the master of every foreign-going ship of which the crew has been so engaged shall, before finally leaving the U. K., sign and send to the nearest shipping master a full and accurate statement, in a form to be sanctioned by the Board of Trade, of every change which takes place in his crew before finally leaving the U. K. § 88.

Official Logs to be delivered by foreign-going Ships on Arrival. In the case of foreign-going ships the master shall within 48 hours after the ship's arrival at her final port of destination in the U. K. or upon the discharge of the crew, whichever first happens, deliver to the shipping master, or, if there is no shipping master, to the collector or comptroller of customs, the official log book of the voyage; and the shipping master or officer of customs shall thereupon give to the master a certificate of such delivery, and no officer of customs shall clear inwards any foreign-going ship without the production of such certificate; and in every case in which any such ship is delayed for want of such certificate the tidewaiters left on board shall be maintained at the expense of the master or owner until the same is produced, and clearance may be delayed till such expense is satisfied. — § 89.

Official Logs to be delivered by Home Trade Ships half-yearly. In the case of home trade ships the Owner or master shall within 21 days after the 30th day of June and the 31st day of December in every year transmit or deliver to some shipping master or officer of customs in the U. K. the official log book for the preceding half year, and the shipping master or officer of customs shall thereupon give to the master or owner a certificate of such transmission or delivery; and no officer of customs shall give to the master or owner of any such ship as aforesaid a transire or other customs document necessary for the conduct thereof, without the production of such certificate. - § 90.

Logs to be sent home in case of Transfer of Ship. If any ship is so transferred as no longer to be within the operation of this act, the master or transferor thereof shall, within 1 month if such transfer is made in the U. K., and within 6 mouths if the same is made elsewhere, deliver or transmit to the shipping master or comptroller or collector of customs at the port to which the ship previously belonged the official log book duly made out to the time of such transfer; and if any ship is lost, the master or owner thereof shall, if practicable, and as soon as possible, deliver or transmit to the shipping master or comptroller or collector of customs at the port to which the ship belonged the official log book duly made out to the time of such loss. - § 91.

Logs to be re-delivered to Master or Owner. Every shipping master or officer of customs to whom any log book is delivered in pursuance of this act shall, at any time after the expiration of 48 hours after such delivery, re-deliver the same to the master or owner, if required so to do; and such master or owner shall at any time within 2 years of such re-delivery, if required by the Board of Trade, produce the same for inspection, as it may direct. - § 92.

Penalties for not keeping Log. If any log book hereby required to be kept or made in a particular manner is not so kept, or if any entry hereby directed to be made in any log book is not made at the time and in the manner hereby directed, or if, in case of any such change in a crew before leaving the U. K. as herein-before mentioned, such statement thereof is not signed and sent as herein-before directed, the master shall for each offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding 257.; and if any log book hereby required to be delivered, transmitted, or produced is not delivered, transmitted, or produced as hereby directed, the master or owner (as the case may require) shall for each offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding 201.; and every person who makes or procures to be made or assists in making any entry in any official log book more than 24 hours after the ship has arrived at her final port of discharge in respect of any occurrence happening previously to such arrival, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 307.; and every person who wilfully makes or procures to be made or assists in making any false or fraudulent entry or omission in any log book, for each offence shall either be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, or shall be liable summarily to a penalty not exceeding 501., or to imprisonment not exceeding 3 months, with or without hard labour, as the court or justice hearing the case may think fit. — § 93.

No Seaman to sue for Wages abroad except in Cases of personal Danger. — No seaman who is engaged for a voyage or engagement which is to terminate in the U. K. shall be entitled to sue abroad for wages in any court or before any justice, uuless he is discharged in the manner required by the General Merchant Seamen's Act, and with the written consent of the master, or proves such ill-usage on the part of the master, or by his authority, as to warrant reasonable apprehension of danger to the life of such seaman by remaining on board; but if any seaman on his return to the U. K. proves that the master or owner has been guilty of any conduct or default which, but for this enactment, would have entitled the seaman to sue for wage: before the termination of the voyage or engagement, he shall be entitled to recover, in addition to his wages, such compensation, not exceeding 207., as the court or justice hearing the case may think reasonable. - § 94.

Masters to deliver Accounts to Seamen.-Except in cases in which seamen expressly require to be paid without waiting for an account, every master shall, not less than 24 hours before paying off or discharging any seaman, deliver to him, or, if the seaman is to be discharged before a shipping master, to such shipping master, a full account, in a form sanctioned by the Board, of his wages, and of all de ductions to be made therefrom on any account whatever; and no such deduction (except in the cases above excepted, and also except in respect of any matter happening after such delivery,) shall be allowed unless a statement thereof is so made and delivered.-§ 95.

Discharge from Foreign-going Ships to be made before Shipping Master-In the case of foreign-going ships all seamen discharged in the U. K. shall be discharged and receive their wages in the presence of a shipping master duly appointed hereunder. - § 96.

These entries are to be read over to offender or on the quarter deck of the ship at the time when they are made.- (14 & 15 Vict. c. 96. s. 20.)

Shipping Master may decide Questions which Parties refer to him. The shipping master shall hear and decide any question whatever between a master or owner and any of his crew which both parties agree in writing to submit to him; and every decision so made by him shall be binding on both parties, and shall, in any legal proceeding which may be taken in the matter before any court or justice, be deemed to be conclusive as to the rights of the parties; and such written submission, though unstamped, signed by the parties, with an unstamped certificate of the decision signed by the shipping master, shall be sufficient evidence that the same has been duly made. - § 97.

Release to be signed before and attested by the Shipping Master. — Upon the completion before a shipping master of any discharge and settlement the master or owner and each seaman shall respectively in the presence of the shipping master sign a mutual release of all claims in respect of the past voyage or engagement, in a form to be sanctioned by the Board of Trade, and the shipping master shall also sign and attest it, and shall retain and transmit it as herein-before directed; and such release, so signed and attested, shall operate as a mutual discharge and settlement of all demands between the parties thereto in respect of the past voyage and engagement; and a copy of such release, certified under the hand of such shipping master to be a true copy, shall be given by him to any person who may be a party thereto, and may require the same; and such copy shall be receivable in evidence upon any future question touching such claims as aforesaid, and shall have all the effect of the original of which it purports to be a copy, and in cases in which discharge and settlement before a shipping master is required, no payment, receipt, settlement, or discharge otherwise made shall operate or be admitted as evidence of the release or satisfaction of any claim; and upon any payment being made by a master before a shipping master the shipping master shall, if required, sign and give to such master a statement of the whole amount so paid; and such statement shall, as between the master and his employer, be received as evidence that he has made the payments therein mentioned.-§ 98.

Master to make Reports of Character. Every master shall, upon any discharge being effected before a shipping master, make and sign in duplicate, in a form sanctioned by the Board of Trade, a report of the conduct, character, and qualifications of the persons discharged, or may state in a column to be left for that purpose in the said form that he declines to give any opinion thereupon; and the shipping master shall retain one copy, and shall transmit the other to the registrar of seamen, or t such other person as the Board may direct, to be recorded, and shall, if desired so to do by any seaman, give to him or endorse on his certificate of discharge a copy of so much of such report as concerns him. - § 99.

Master, &c. to produce Ship's Papers, &c. to Shipping Masters, and give Evidence. - Any shipping master may, in any proceeding relating to the wages, claims, or discharge of any seaman hereby directed to be carried on before him, call upon the owner or his agent, or upon the master or any mate or other member of the crew, to produce any log books, papers, or other documents in their respective possession or power relating to any matter in question in such proceeding, and may call before him and examine any of such persons, being then at or near the place, on any such matter. § 100.

Penalties for not discharging before Shipping Master. Any master or owner who, in any case in which discharge and settlement for wages are hereby directed to be made before a shipping master, discharges any seaman or settles with him for his wages otherwise than as herein-before directed, shall for each offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding 101.; and any master who fails to deliver such account as herein-before required at the time and in the manner herein-before directed shall for each offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding 51.; and every owner, agent, master, mate, or other member of the crew, who when called upon by the shipping master does not produce any such paper or document as herein-before in that behalf mentioned, if in his possession or power, or does not appear and give evidence, and does not show some reasonable excuse for such default, shall for each offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding 51.; and every person who makes or procures to be made, or assists in making, any false certificate or report of the service, qualifications, conduct, or character of any seaman, knowing the same to be false, or who fraudulently forges or alters, or procures to be forged or altered, or assists in forging or altering, any such certificate or report, or who fraudulently makes use of any certificate or report which is forged or altered or does not belong to him, for each offence shall either be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, or shall be liable summarily to a penalty not exceeding 501., or to imprisonment not exceeding 3 months, with or without hard labour, as the justice or court hearing the case may think fit. - 101.

Power of procuring Returns, &c. All consular officers and all officers of customs abroad, and all local marine boards, and shipping masters, shall make and send to the Board of Trade such returns or reports on any matter relating to the British merchant service or to persons employed therein as it may require; and all shipping masters shall, when required, produce to the Board of Trade or to its officers all log books and other documents which in pursuance of this act are delivered to them, and the Board of Trade may require the attendance of any officer of customs or other public officer or servant in the U. K. whom it thinks fit to examine concerning any such matter as aforesaid, and may require from him any answers or returns as to any such matter, and may examine him on oath or affirmation, and cause him to produce before it any documents in his possession relating to any such matter.- 102.

Shipping Masters, Naval Officers, Consuls and Officers of Customs may call for Log, &c. - Every shipping master, and every officer and agent of the Board of Trade, and every commissioned officer of any of H. M.'s ships, and every British consular officer, and every chief officer of customs in any place in H. M.'s dominions abroad, may require the production of the official log book and any documents relating to the crew in the possession of the owner, master, or any of the crew, for the purpose of inspecting the same, and of seeing that the provisions of this act, and of every other act relating to merchant seamen, are complied with.-103.

In cases of Accident, Misconduct, and of gross Violation of Law, the Roard may appoint special Inspectors to report. Whenever the Board of Trade has reason to apprehend that any serious accident occasioning loss of life or property has been sustained or caused by or has happened on board of any ship, or that any ship has been lost or has received material damage, or that any of the provisions of this act or of any other act relating to merchant ships or merchant sailors are so grossly neglected or disobeyed as to require special investigation, it may appoint the local examiners or any other proper person or persons as special inspector or inspectors to inquire into and to report thereupon; and every person so authorized may at all reasonable times, upon producing his authority (if required), go on board and inspect any ship the inspection of which appears to him requisite for the purpose of the investigation, and every part thereof, not detaining the ship from proceeding on her voyage, and enter and inspect any premises the entry or inspection of which appears to him requisite for the same purpose, and may make such inquiries in the matter as he may think fit.-- 104.

Inspectors may call for the Production of Evidence. Every such special inspector as aforesaid may, by summons under his hand, require the attendance of all such persons as he may think fit to call before him upon any matter connected with the execution of any of the powers and duties vested in him as such inspector, and may require answers or returns to any inquiries he may think fit to make, and may require and enforce the production of all log books, accounts, agreements, or other papers or writings in any wise relating to any such matter, and may also require every such person to make and subscribe a declaration of the truth of the statements made by him in his examination: provided always, that no such person need for the purpose of obeying any such summons travel more than 10 miles from his actual abode at the time of receiving the same, unless tender is made to him of such reasonable expenses in respect of his attendance to give evidence and his journeys to and from the place where he is required to attend for that purpose as would be allowed to any witness attending on subpoena to give evidence

before any of H. M.'s courts at Westminster; and in case of any dispute as to the amount of such expenses the same shall be referred by the inspector to one of the masters of H. M.'s court of Queen's Bench, who is hereby required, on a request made to him for that purpose under the hand of the said inspector, to ascertain and certify the proper amount of such expenses.-105.

Penalties for obstructing Inspectors. Every person who wilfully impedes any special inspector appointed by the Board of Trade or any other person hereby authorized to enter and inspect any ship or other premises in the execution of his duty, whether on board any ship or elsewhere, may be seized and detained by such inspector or other person, or by any person or persons whom he may call to his assistance, until such offender can be conveniently taken before some justice of the peace or other officer having proper jurisdiction; and every such offender, and also every person who refuses to attend as a witness before any special inspector when required so to do in the manner hereby directed, or who refuses or neglects to make any answer, or to give any return, or to produce any document in his possession, or to make or subscribe any declarations, which any special inspector or other such person as aforesaid is hereby empowered to require, shall for each offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding 104. -106.

Misdemeanors to be prosecuted by Information or Indictment. - All misdemeanors mentioned or created by this act may be prosecuted by information at the suit of H. M.'s attorney general, or by indictment, or by such other legal proceeding as is applicable in the like cases in any court having appropriate criminal jurisdiction in any of H. M.'s dominions, and shall be punishable with fine or imprisonment, with or without hard labour, or both, as such court may think fit, and the court may, if it shall think fit, order payment of the costs and expenses of the prosecution; and all penalties and other sums of money hereby made payable or recoverable may be recovered, with costs, and all offences hereby made punishable otherwise than solely as misdemeanors may be prosecuted and punished, and the costs of such prosecution recovered, by some appropriate summary proceeding, before one or more justice or justices, sheriff or sheriffs, or other officer or officers exercising a similar jurisdiction in any part of H. M.'s dominions, and all such summary proceedings, if instituted in England or Wales, may, so far as is consistent with the provisions of this act, be carried on either in the manner directed by 11 & 12 Vict. c. 43., or, if the case admits, in the manner directed by the General Merchant Seamen's Act, 7 & 8 Vict. c. 112., as to penalties thereby imposed.--§ 107.

Jurisdiction to be where the Offence is committed, or wherever the Offender is. For the purpose of giving jurisdiction under this act every offence shall be deemed to have been committed, and every cause of complaint to have arisen, either in the place in which the same actually was committed or arose or in any place in which the offender or person complained against may be.- 108.

Clauses 109. to 118. inclusive refer to the proceedings to be carried on under the act, the application of monies, &c.

East Indian and Colonial Governments may give Directions for enforcing 7 & 8 Vict. c. 112., and this Act. The governor-general of India in council and the respective legislative authorities in H. M.'s colonies and possessions abroad may, by any acts, orders, or other appropriate means, appoint any functionaries to perform any of the duties and exercise any of the powers within their respective jurisdictions which are by this act or by the General Merchant Seamen's Act committed to justices, officers of customs or other public servants, and may direct in what manner the offences thereby made punishable shall be prosecuted and punished, and in what manner the penalties thereby imposed and sums of money thereby made recoverable shall be recovered in places within their respective jurisdictions, and in what manner and to what uses such penalties and sums of money shall be applied; and every such appointment and direction shall be valid, notwithstanding anything in the General Merchant Seamen's Act or in this act contained.-§ 120.

The Provisions of 7 & 8 Vict. c. 112., 8 & 9 Vict. c. 116., and this Act when applied by East Indian and Colonial Governments to their own Ships, may be enforced throughout the Empire. If the governorgeneral of India in council or the respective legislative authorities in any of H. M.'s colonies or possessions abroad think fit, by any acts, orders, or other appropriate legal means, to apply or adopt any of the provisions in the General Merchant Seamen's Act or in the Seamen's Protection Act or in this act contained to any British ships registered at, trading with, or being at any place within their respective jurisdictions, and to the owners, masters, mates, and crews thereof, such provisions, when so applied and adopted as aforesaid, and as long as they remain in force, shall, in respect of the ships and persons to which the same are applied, be enforced, and penalties and punishments for the breach thereof shall be recovered and inflicted throughout H. M.'s dominions, in the same manner as if such provisions had been hereby so adopted and applied, and such penalties and punishments had been hereby expressly imposed: provided, that if in any matter relating to any ship, or to any member of the crew of any ship, there appears to be a conflict of laws, the case shall be governed by the law of the place in which such ship is registered or licensed. - § 121.

East Indian and Colonial Acts to be subject to Disallowance. — Every act, order, or other form of law to be passed or promulgated by the governor-general of India in council or by any other legislative authority in pursuance of this act shall respectively be subject to the same right of disallowance or repeal, and require the same sanction or other acts and formalities, and be subject to the same conditions in all respects, as exist and are required in order to the validity of any other act, order, or other form of law passed by such governor-general or other legislative authority respectively. —§ 122.

Penalty for obtaining Passage surreptitiously. - Any person who secretes himself and goes to sea in any ship without the consent of either the owner, consignee, or master, or of any mate, or of any person in charge of such ship, or of any other person entitled to give such consent, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 204., or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a period not exceeding 4 weeks, at the discretion of the court or justice inflicting the same. - § 123.

Corporations, &c. may grant sites for Sailors Homes. The municipal corporation of any borough, being a seaport, in the U. K., and any body corporate, association, or trustees in any such seaport existing or constituted for any public purposes relating to the government or benefit of persons engaged in the British merchant service, or to the management of docks and harbours, or for any other public purposes connected with shipping or navigation, may, with the consent of H. M.'s principal secretary of state for the home department, appropriate any lands vested in them, or in trustees for them, as a site or sites for a sailors home or sailors homes, and may for that purpose either retain and apply the same accordingly or convey the same to trustees, with such powers for appointing new trustees and continuing the trust, as they may think fit. — § 124.