On the stowage of ships and their cargoes |
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50 cubic feet Admiralty allowed arrobas average bales ballast barrels beams Bengal Bengal and Madras bilge bill of lading Bombay ton 50 boxes broken stowage bulk bush bushels cargo casks cent charter party chests clean hemp coal consignee containing copper cotton cubic foot cwt in bags damage deck delivered discharge ditto dunnage flour fore and aft gallons grain guano hatchway hectolitres hemp hides hogsheads hold inches injury iron keel kelson leakage liable linseed Liverpool loading master mate mats measure merchant naptha oats owner packages packed passengers pecul pieces pipe placed plaintiff plank poods port prevent pumps quantity quarters Rapeseed RATES OF FREIGHT rice Rixdollar salt saltpetre screwed seed ship ship's shipment side Silk space spontaneous combustion staves stevadore stowed sugar tallow tare thick tierces timber tonnage turpentine usually vessel voyage weight wheat wine wood wool
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Page 249 - ... in a direction perpendicular to the keel from the height so marked on the outside of the ship on the one side to the height so marked on the other side by passing a chain under the keel...
Page 246 - Class 3 — Ships, of which the Tonnage Deck is, according to the above measurement, above 120 feet long and not exceeding 180, into 8 equal parts.
Page 250 - ... shall be measured severally in like manner, according to the above rules, and the sum of their several results shall be deemed to be the tonnage of the said space...
Page 172 - Some regard may be allowed to the interest of the ship and of its owners, but the interest of the cargo must not be sacrificed to it. Transhipment for the place of destination, if it be practicable, is the first object, because that is in furtherance of the original purpose ; if that be impracticable, return or a safe deposit may be expedient.
Page 249 - ... measurement is so required the deduction shall consist of the tonnage of the space actually occupied by or required to be inclosed for the proper working of the boilers and machinery, with the addition in the case of ships propelled by paddle-wheels of one-half, and in the case of ships propelled by screws of three-fourths of the tonnage of such space...
Page 77 - ... taken in or put on board his ship are lost or damaged by reason of fire on board the ship ; or (ii) where any gold, silver, diamonds, watches, jewels, or precious stones taken in or put on board his ship, the true nature and value of which have not at the time of shipment been declared by the owner or shipper thereof...
Page 171 - He should always bear in mind that it is his duty to convey it to the place of destination. This is the purpose for which he has been intrusted with it, and this purpose he is bound to accomplish by every reasonable and practicable method.
Page 35 - Mariners, and of all other Perils, Losses, and Misfortunes that have or shall come to the Hurt, Detriment, or Damage of the said Ship, etc., or any part thereof...
Page 246 - ... into the number of equal parts required by the following table, according to the class in such table to which the ship belongs : TABLE.
Page 109 - But, if the goods, once damaged by the perils of the sea, and necessarily landed before the termination of the voyage, are, by reason of that damage, in such a state, though the species be not utterly destroyed, that they cannot with safety be reshipped into the same or any other vessel...