KEY TO THE REGISTER. Vessels marked A are of the First Description Do 'F or Æ are of the Second Description} of the First Class. Do. Do. E are of the Second Class. I are of the Third Class. The Stores of Vessels are designated by the Figures 1 and 2 :— 1. Signifying that the Vessel is well and sufficiently found, 2 That she is deficient in eitner quantity or quality. essels RESTORED to, or CONTINUED in the First Description of the First Class will have the number of Years for which they are restored or continued inserted separately under the number originally assigned, in the tenth column; where the term in the latter case has expired, the Letter "C" only will be placed before the figure denoting the number of Years for which Continuation had been allowed. Vessels marked "S.S." with a date, in red, denote that they have been surveyed at that time in accordance with the Rules, Sec. 54-60. British North-American built vessels, opened as required by the Rules, Sec. 63, will be marked in the Register " S.S" with the number of years that may elapse before they are again opened, and the year of survey; thus-" S.S.47-3Yrs-" When the Rules, Sec. 63, have not been complied with, they will be marked in the Register; thus-" Not Op." and the Class omitted. 66 When the term almost Rebuilt" is used, it implies large repairs, but that the Rules for Restoration have not been fully complied with. The figures in the Tenth Column, to vessels in the E Class, imply that they were originally classed A, for that number of Years. The cipher 0 in this Column indicates that (from inferior construction) there were No number of Years first assigned." Sailing Vessels thus distinguished, "A P.30 H." denote that they are Fitted with Auxiliary Steam Power, equal to 30 Horses. -d.-doubled -C.-coppered- -I. B. -Z.-sheathed with Zinc -F.-Felt. pt.-part -s.-sheathed Iron Bolts- -c.f.-copper fastened- -M.-sheathed with Marine Metal -YM.-sheathed with Yellow Metal- --G. Iron-sheathed with Galvanized Iron C.lm.-Coppered to light water or ballast mark. In the Third Column. "(1 Cls. Ex.)," "(1 Cls.)," or "(2 Cls.)," under the master's name, denote that the said master has received a certificate of qualification for the class indicated. In the Fourth Column. Where two Tonnages are given, under one is that by the new KEY TO THE REGISTER. In the Fifth Column. The Timber of which vessels are built is marked by the following Italic Letters: Cl.-Clincher Deck WO ...... .Tamarac -len.--lengthened- -lrp.-large repairs NW.-New -trp.-thorough repairs -Srprs-Some repairs -Drp.-Damage Repaired- ND.-New -NTSds.-New Top-Sides- -w.c.-Wales casedWales NB.-New Bottom NKISn-New KelsonTimbers or Plank NKI.-New Keel- -plk.-Plankalm. rb.-almost rebuilt- -pt O.M.-part old Rest.-Restored- Cont.-Continued. In the Eighth Column:-U.S. for American Property. In the Ninth Column (Surveying Ports): Dov.. Dover Lan..Lancaster Lth..Leith Pts.. Portsmouth St.I..St. Ives Shl..{Shields, S. Shm.. Shoreham Sou.. Southampton Str.. Stranraer In the Eleventh Column. The Figures under the Character denote either the Year, or the Month of the current Year, in which the Vessel was last surveyed. When the character "E" without any date, appears in the last column, it denotes that the period assigned to the Vessel for remaining in Class “ A.," having expired, she has lapsed into the second description of the First Class, as per Rule, Section 87, and that this character has not been assigned from a Survey. |