Date, Place, and Cause of leaving this Ship, or of Death. To be filled up by the Master.

Registry of Indenture.

PARTICULARS RELATING TO WAGES AND EFFECTS OF SEAMEN AND APPRENTICES DECEASED DURING THE VOYAGE. (Taken from the Official Log.) Note.-Particulars of the moneys due to each deceased seaman, and of his clothes and effects, and of deductions (if any), are to accompany this return in a separate Form W. & E. 1 (late KK.), which will be furnished by the superintendent. If any master fails to give a true account of these particulars, he will be liable to forfeit a sum not exceeding treble the value of the money and effects not accounted for, or to a penalty not exceeding 507.

AGREEMENT No.

5

PARTICULARS OF ALL MARRIAGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED ON BOARD DURING THE VOYAGE. (Taken from the Official Log.) Note.-Section 282 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, requires the master of the ship to enter in his official log the particulars of every marriage that has taken place on board; and sections 273 and 274 require that a list of such marriages should be made out and delivered to a superintendent of a mercantile marine office in the United Kingdom.

Christian and Surnames of both Parties. Ages. Widow, or Widower. State whether Single,

Profession or Father's Christian and Surname. Occupation.

Profession or Occupation

2

3

4

5

6

of Father.

7

[Continued in the Form of which this is a copy on pages 6 and 7.]

8

REGULATIONS FOR MAINTAINING DISCIPLINE, SANCTIONED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE IN PURSUANCE OF THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, s. 149.

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, p. 1,
and the following copy of these regulations must be made to correspond with the
agreement by erasing such of the regulations as are not adopted. If the agree-
ment is made before the superintendent of a mercantile marine office, 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, the same
steps must be adopted as in the case of other offences punishable under the act;
that is to say, 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. These entries must, upon discharge of the offender, be shown to the superintendent of a mercantile marine office before whom the offender 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 superintendent.

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 official log, and signifies the same to the superintendent, 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.

Agreements.

1. The Merchant Shipping Act requires the master of every ship, except ships
of less than eighty tons exclusively employed in the coasting trade, to enter into an
agreement with every seaman whom he carries to sea as one of his crew. The
term " seaman " includes every person, except masters, pilots, and apprentices
(duly indentured and registered) employed or engaged in any capacity on board
any ship.

2. In order to enable the seamen to know the contents of the agreement, the
master, at the commencement of the voyage is bound under a penalty of 51. to
have a legible copy (omitting the signatures) placed in an accessible part of the
ship.

3. All alterations in any agreement (except additions in shipping substitutes) are
inoperative unless proved to have been made with the consent of all persons
interested, by the written attestation of a superintendent of a mercantile marine
office, justice, officer of customs, consul or vice-consul.

4. Fraudulently altering, or making any false entry in, or delivering a false
copy of any agreement, or being party to such an act, may be punished by the
infliction of a penalty not exceeding 100., or by imprisonment with or without
hard labour for any period not exceeding six months.

5. The crews of all British foreign-going ships must be engaged in the united

kingdom in the presence of a superintendent of mercantile marine, who will read
over and explain the agreement to the seamen before they are allowed to sign it.
6. Steamers, fruit vessels, and other foreign-going vessels, which make short
and frequent voyages and keep the same crews, are allowed to have running
agreements, lasting like those of home-trade ships for six months. The masters
of these vessels are thus relieved from the necessity of discharging and re-engaging
their crews at the mercantile marine office on each return to the united kingdom.
If the crew are engaged under a running agreement, the master, upon every return
of the ship to the united kingdom, is to deposit his agreement at the mercantile
marine office, and is to discharge or engage any of his crew before the superinten-
dent. Before the ship leaves port, the master is required to endorse on the agree-
ment whether any changes have been or are intended to be made in his crew. Any
false statement renders the master liable to a penalty not exceeding 207.

Engagement of Crews and Seamen in the United Kingdom.

7. Whenever a master of a ship is desirous of making use of the mercantile
marine office for the purpose of selecting his crew he must inform the superinten-
dent, so that a notice may be published for the information of those men who are
seeking employment.

8. In all cases the superintendent should have at least six hours' notice of the

"Forms," No. 24-continued.

Engagement of Crews and Seamen in the United Kingdom-continued.

time at which the master and crew are to attend to sign the agreement. Before
the engagement of the crew is proceeded with, the master must-

(a) Produce the certificates for himself, his mates, and his engineers (if any).
(b) Pay all the fees.

(c) Produce the authority of his owners or their agents for his issuing allot-
ment notes to his crew.

(d) Produce the apprentices destined for the voyage together with their

14. Upon the arrival of the ship at any foreign port where there is a British
consular officer, or at any port in any British possession abroad, the master is
bound under a penalty of twenty pounds to deliver within forty-eight hours of the
ship's arrival (if the ship remains forty-eight hours at the port, and is not a pas-
senger ship), to the consular officer, or the chief officer of customs, the agreement,
and all indentures and assignments of apprenticeships. These the officer will keep
during the ship's stay at the port, and will, within a reasonable time before the
ship's departure, return them to the master, with a certificate stating when they
were delivered and returned.

15. The engagement or discharge of any seaman abroad must be made before the
British consul in a foreign port, or before the customs officer in a British posses-
sion, who will endorse upon the agreement a certificate accordingly. If this
certificate be not made the master of the ship is liable to a penalty. (See also
pars. 20, 21, and 22 below.)

Return to the United Kingdom.

16. The crew of every British foreign-going ship discharged in the united king-
dom must be discharged and receive their wages in the presence of a superintendent
of a mercantile marine office. An infringement of this law renders the master or
owner liable to a penalty of 107.

17. In all cases in which crews are to be discharged at the mercantile marine
office, at least twenty-four hours' notice should be given to the superintendent by
the master or owner.

18. Within forty-eight hours after the ship's arrival at her final port of destina-
tion in the united kingdom, or upon the discharge of the crew, whichever first
happens, the master is to deliver to the superintendent of the mercantile marine
office the agreement with a list of the crew and official log book, and accounts of
the wages and effects of any seaman or apprentice who has died on board during
the voyage, whether he formed part of the crew or not, any effects remaining
unsold, and the balance of wages or other moneys belonging to any such seaman
or apprentice. When the effects of a deceased seaman have been sold on board a
vessel, the proceeds of such sale must in every case be handed over to the superin-
tendent, without deduction, unless such proceeds have already been paid by the
master to a consul or colonial officer on behalf of the Board of Trade. The master
is also to deliver to the superintendent the certificates (mates, engineers, or sea-
men's, E. 2, or R. V. 2) of any who have died or deserted during the voyage.
The superintendent will then give a certificate for the purpose of clearance

22. Upon payment of wages and settlement of disputes (if any) being effected, the officer before whom the men are discharged will require the crew to sign in his presence a release from all claims in respect of the voyage just finished. (See p. 3, cols. 19 and 20.)

cccxcix

Superintendent of Mercantile Marine at

NOTICE.-Any change in the crew between the first engagement thereof and the final departure of the ship from the United Kingdom must, whenever practicable, be effected at a Mercantile Marine Office; and, in all cases, this account must be rendered to the superintendent under a penalty of five pounds for neglect.

Eng. 6, late B. and D.

SANCTIONED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE, May, 1874, in pursuance of

17 & 18 Vict. c. 104.

places on the Continent of Europe between the River Elbe and Brest, inclusive. Any erasure, interlineation, or alteration in this Agreement will be void, unless attested by some superintendent of a mercantile marine office, officer of customs, consul, or vice-consul, to be made with the consent of the persons interested.

Date of Termination of Half-Year.

187

No. EXECUTED IN EIGHT PAGES (a).

No. 25.-Half-Yearly Agreement and Account of Voyages and Crew of a Ship engaged in the Home Trade only (6). (See M. S. Act, 1854, ss. 149, 273.)

NOTICE. As this agreement is made for voyages in the home trade only, the crew need not be engaged before a superintendent of mercantile marine. On whatever
date the agreement is made it expires on the next following 30th day of June or 31st day of December next, as the case may be, and is then, or within twenty-one days
afterwards, to be delivered to the superintendent of a mercantile marine office. If, however, the ship is absent from the United Kingdom on the 30th day of June or
31st day of December, then this agreement remains in force until the first arrival of the ship at her final port of destination in the United Kingdom after such date, or
the discharge of cargo consequent on such arrival, when it is to be delivered up to a superintendent.

On this agreement and account of crew being duly completed and deposited at a mercantile marine office, the superintendent will issue the Certificate C. C. (e), to
Neglect to deposit the returns within the time prescribed by the Merchant Shipping Act subjects the owner or master to a penalty, and will lead to delay in the issue
enable the ship to be cleared at the Custom House.
of the clearance certificate and consequent detention of the ship.
N.B.-The master's attention is specially directed to the "Instructions to Masters of Home Trade Vessels," contained on page 8.

The several persons whose names are hereto subscribed, and whose descriptions are contained on the are engaged as sailors, hereby agree to serve, in the several other side or sides, and of whom capacities expressed against their respective names, on board the said ship, which is to be employed 1

And the crew agree to conduct themselves in an orderly, faithful, honest and sober manner, and to be at all times diligent in their respective duties, and to be obedient to the lawful commands of the said master or of any person who shall lawfully succeed him, and of their superior officers, in everything relating to the said ship and the stores and cargo thereof, whether on board, in boats or on shore; in consideration of which services to be duly performed, the said master hereby agrees to pay to the said crew as wages the sums against their names respectively expressed, and to supply them with provisions according to the above scale: And it is hereby agreed, that any embezzlement or wilful or negligent destruction of any part of the ship's cargo or stores shall be made good to the owner out of the wages of the person guilty of the same: And if any person enters himself as qualified for a duty which he proves incompetent to perform, his wages shall be reduced in proportion to his incompetency; and it is also agreed that the regulations for maintaining discipline sanctioned by the Board of Trade, which are 2 are adopted by the parties hereto, and shall be considered to be printed herein and numbered

And it is also agreed, that if any member of the crew considers himself to be aggrieved by any breach of the agreement or otherwise, he shall represent the same to the master or officer in charge of the ship in a quiet and orderly manner, who shall thereupon take such steps as the case may require: And it is also agreed, that 3

In witness whereof the said parties have subscribed their names on the other side or sides hereof on the days against their respective signatures mentioned. Master's Signature.