KEY TO THE REGISTER. Vessels marked A are of the First Description - The Stores of Wessels are designated by the Figures 1 and 2 – Wessels 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". 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 Öontinuation had been allowed. Wessels, 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.47–3 yrs—.” When the Rules, Sec. 63, have not been complied with, they will be marked in the Register; thus—“Not Op.” and the Class omitted. 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 AE 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.” §. Vessels thus distinguished, “A P.30 H.” denote that they are Fitted with Auxiliary Steam Power, equal to 30 Horses. In the Second Column. Bk............Barque H ............Hoy Šp ............Sloop Bg............Brig . ............Ketch Sr ............Schooner Bn............Brigantine | Lt.............Lugger St .... Schoot Cr............Cutter Pol............Polacre Stm............Steamer Dr Dogger S... ....Ship Sw ............Snow G ..... Galliott Sk ............Smack Yt “..........Yacht. pt.—part s.—sheathed d.—doubled C.—coppered- I. B.— Iron Bolts c.f.-copper fastened M.-sheathed with Marine Metal In the Third Column. “(1 Cls. Er.),” “(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. M.C.-Machinery certified. H. P.-Horse Power. Where two Tonnages are given, the upper one is the Measurement by the old Act, the under one is that by the new Act, which commenced the 1st January, 1836. KEY TO THE REGISTER. In the Fifth Column. A . . . . . . . . . . Ash J... . . . . . . . . . Juniper YP........ Yellow Pine Abn...Aberdeen Cws. . Cowes Jer ... Jersey St. I.. St. Ives 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 “AE” 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. |
