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BROKER-continued.

payment of freight to, 33, 264, 265

his lien on bill of lading, 279

BRISTOL, practice of: see Appendix II., 316

BURDEN OF PROOF, when goods are damaged or lost, 189

BURDEN, SHIP'S, when condition precedent, 62-64

O. F. I.=
= a price covering cost, freight, and insurance; the opposite of F. O. B.;
which see.

CABINS, charterer's right to carry passengers and goods in, 105

CANCELLING CLAUSE, 65, 171

CAPABLE OF BEING COVERED BY INSURANCE, Damage, 170

CAPACITY OF SHIP, when condition precedent, 61-64

statements as to, effect of, 62, 105

dead weight, 62, 63

CAPTAIN,

position of, abroad, effect of telegraph on, 35

power to effect or vary charters, 32, 35

power to employ broker, 35

power to settle accounts abroad, 35

ordinary authority of, 51-53

authority to sign bill of lading, 49-54

when there is a charter, 52-54, 266
when there is no charter, 51

signing bills of lading for goods not on board, 49
liability as to quality marks in bill of lading, 52

liability to his owners for statements in bill of lading, 53

signing second bill for same goods, 50

bill of lading beyond his authority, 52

signing bill of lading, statutory liability of, 54

signing bill of lading as agent for whom, 266

position under charter not a demise, 3

position under demise charter, 2

bound to stow skilfully, 109

barratry of, 184

negligence of, exception of, 185

when can be sued for damage to goods, 191

breach of duty, within Admiralty Act, what is, 159

his authority on voyage, 193-198

authority conferred by shipment, 12, 194

when agent for shipowner, 193–198

when agent for cargo-owner, 194–198

when agent for charterer, 193

necessity as ground for his authority, 195

when should communicate with owners before acting, 196

when should use telegraph, 197

when may delay or deviate on voyage, 200-202

duty to take care of goods on voyage, 202

power to sell damaged cargo, 204

power to tranship, 205-207

power to raise money on cargo, 207

power of bottomry, 208

power of jettison, 210, 212

duty to collect general average from cargo, 219

lien for general average, 219

bound to furnish particulars of general average to cargo-owners, 219

CAPTAIN-continued.

not bound to collect salvage from cargo, 222

his duty in unloading, 224-227

duty on receiving notice of stoppage in transitu, 152
when affected by restrictive indorsement, 8

his duty to deliver, 225, 226

and conflicting claims for goods, 226

not bound to unload, unless to bill of lading, 227

position of, if no bill of lading produced, 226, 227
when may land and warehouse goods, 227-229

retains his lien by warehousing, 227-229

his position, if consignee does not take goods, 227–229, 251
when may refuse delivery of goods, 227, 262

cannot sue for demurrage, 243

his authority to receive freight, 264

effect of payment of freight to, before it is due, 264

when freight payable to, 265

when can sue on contract implied from delivery of goods, 265
cannot retain freight as against shipowners, 265

how may waive lien for freight, 277

how may enforce lien for freight, 277, 278

in case of breach of contract, must seek other employment, 283, 284

CAPTAIN TO SIGN BILLS OF LADing at any RatTE OF FREIGHT, 44, 46, 54,
266

CAPTURE AND SEIZURE, 175

deviation to avoid, 201

CARGO,

charterer's duty to provide, 97-101

failure of charterer to provide, 98

non-existence of, effect on charter, 98

causes preventing transmission of the port of loading, 98

causes preventing loading of, 98

tendered, must reasonably comply with charter, 99

short supply of, 98, 236

to be brought alongside, 101, 102

full and complete, 105, 106

where to be loaded, 107

marks on, errors in, 52, 113, 170

shipowner to stow properly, 109-111

not shipped, bill of lading signed for, 49, 50

captain's duty to take care of on voyage, 202, 203

lien for expenses in preserving, 203

captain's power to sell damaged, 204

transhipment of, 205–207

captain's power to raise money on, 207

captain's power to sell to raise money, 207

and bottomry, 208–210

pledged without authority, 208-210

what can be bottomried, 208

loss of, when bottomried, 208

jettison of, 210

and general average, 210-214; Appendix IV., 331

general average, sacrifice of, 211

damaged by water to extinguish fire, 214

burnt as fuel, 214

warehousing of, and general average, 218

unloading and reloading in port of refuge, 218, and Appendix IV., 332
when liable for salvage, 221

CARGO-continued.

liable for life salvage, 222

shipowner's lien on for salvage expenditure, 203, 222, 274
only liable for freight, in case of collision, 223
not liable for damage, in case of collision, 223
charterer's duty to provide for discharge of, 224

not taken by consignee at port of discharge, 227, 228, 251
landed for assortment, 229; Appendix II., 312
entered for overside delivery, 229; Appendix II., 312
damaged, claims for, when made, 170, 231

damaged, freight for, 254

if lost, when freight payable for, 245, 249
shrinking or swelling, freight for, 260
belonging to shipowner, freight for, 259

on ship's account, no lien on for freight, 278
lien for freight, 274-278

no lien to holders of bill of exchange drawn against it, 278
damages to, how assessed, 280-282

profits on, when included in damages, 282

damages to charterer failing to load, 282-289

CARGO, DECK, 107

and general average, 210 et seq.
See DECK CARGO.

CARGO-OWNER,

captain's duty to, 194

when captain is agent for, 194, 196

when captain should communicate with, 196

and deviation or delay on voyage, 198-202

and transhipment, 205

and cargo sold to raise money, 207

and cargo pledged without authority, 208-210

and jettison, 210

captain must furnish particulars of general average to, 219

and general average, 210-213, 219–220

when he can sue for general average, 220

has no lien on ship for general average, 220

when liable for general average, 220

when liable for salvage, 222

when and whom he can sue for collision, 223

not liable for collision, 223

not claiming cargo, 227-229

how far lighterman is his agent, 111, 229

when liable for freight pro ratâ, 256–259
and see CONSIGNEE; SHIPPER.

CARRIER,

liability for goods carried, 161

shipowners who are not, their liability, 161

whether lighterman is, 162, 163

his lien, how affected by stoppage in transitu, 142

his lien, effect of end of transit on, 150

refusal to deliver, effect on stoppage in transitu, 146
wrongful delivery and stoppage in transitu, 146
ending transit by agreement with vendee, 150

CART NOTE, Appendix II., 308

CASH RECEIPTS, not documents of title, 146

CAUSA CAUSANS and CAUSA PROXIMA, 166, 168

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purchaser, 36
mortgagee, 37

who are bound by, 36, 37

whom shipper under can sue, 37-45

position of shipper who is not charterer, 42-45
representations and undertakings in, 58-78

repudiation of, 58-61

conditions implied in, 67

and seaworthiness, 67-72

its operation before loading, 79

loading under, 90, 103

loading under and exceptions, 98

cargo tendered must comply with, 99

relations of shipper, shipowner, and charterer as to stowage under, 109
exceptions in, how construed, 165–172, 189

unloading under, 224

who is liable for demurrage under, 241, 242

who bound for lien for freight in, 276, 277

and see CHARTERER; DEMURRAGE; FREIGHT; LOADING; UNLOADING;
VOYAGE, &c.

CHARTER AND BILL OF LADING, 1, 2, 7, 38-42

when they differ, 38, 39

indorsee of bill of lading differing from charter, 45-47

when one incorporated in other, 46-48

CHARTER AND SUB-CHARTER, position of shipper, 43

CHARTER, TIME, seaworthiness in, 69

freights in, 247, 262, 263

CHARTER, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO, 44, 46, 53, 266

CHARTER, OTHER CONDITIONS, AS PER, 47, 48

CHARTERED FREIGHT: 8e6 FREIGHT.

CHARTERED VOYAGE and carrying voyage, 79

CHARTERER,
definition of, 1

position of, under demise charter, 2-6
position of, under charter not a demise, 3
who is also a shipper, position of, 38-42
when liable to shippers of goods, 42, 43
duty to name place of loading, 90, 91

entitled to receive notice of ship's readiness to load, 96
duty to furnish cargo, 97-101

when excused from loading, 98, 99

prevented from bringing cargo to port of loading, 98

obligation to load, when fulfilled, 98, 99

damages for failing to load cargo, 282-289

to carry full and complete cargo, 105

to provide broken stowage, 106

and passengers in cabins, 105
position as to stowage, 109

and cesser clause, 116-128

who is consignee, and cesser clause, 118

when can be sued for damage to goods, 191

captain's power to bind, on voyage, 193

when can sue for general average, 220

when liable for general average on ship or freight, 220
when has lien for general average, 220

when entitled to salvage earned by chartered ship, 3, 223

duty to provide for discharge of cargo, 224

not entitled to notice of readiness to discharge, 224, 225
agreeing to load or unload in fixed time, 234, 235

when liable for demurrage, 241

freight when payable to, 266-268

loss, captain how far bound to decrease, 284–286

CHARTERER, BILLS OF LADING AS PRESENTED BY, 53

CHARTERER, FREIGHT TO BE COLLECTED BY, 262

CHARTERER'S AGENT, CONSIGNED TO, FREE OF COMMISSION, 101

CHARTERING BROKER, 34

CLAIMS for cargo damaged, when to be made, 170, 231

CLASS of ship on register, condition precedent, 61

CLEAN BILL OF LADING, 113, 115

CLEAN RECEIPT, 115; Appendix II., 309

CLEARANCES, failure to procure, 101

when procured by charterers, 101

COAL, ordered by master, who liable for, 194

COLLECTED BY CHARTERERS, FREIGHT TO BE, 262

COLLIERY GUARANTEE, 232

COLLISION, exception of, 180

when a peril of the sea, 177, 179

cargo not liable for damage by, 223

cargo-owner may recover damages for, 223

COMMERCIAL purpose of voyage, frustration of, 67, 72, 73

COMMISSION, Consigned to charterer's agents, free of, 101
COMMISSION AGENT may stop in transitu, 140

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