On the Stowage of Ships and Their Cargoes |
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50 cubic feet acid Admiralty allowed average avoirdupois bags bales ballast barrels beams bilge bill of lading Black Sea Bombay Bombay 50 cubic boxes broken stowage bulk bushels cargo casks cent charter-party chests clean hemp coal containing copper cotton cubic foot damage damp discharging ditto dunnage fish flax flour fore and aft freight of clean gallons ground tier guano hatchway hides hogsheads hold hoops inches India injure iron keel kelson Kilderkin leakage liable linseed loading master mats measurement merchant nett oats packages packed passengers pieces pipe placed plank poods port prevent puncheons quantity quarter freight RATES OF FREIGHT require salt saltpetre screwed ship ship's sides silk small cask sometimes spontaneous combustion staves stevadores stone stowed sugar tallow tare thick tierces timber tonnage tons turpentine vessel voyage weight wheat wheat is freighted wine wood wool
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Page 33 - NB — Corn, fish, salt, fruit, flour, and seed are warranted free from average, unless general, or the ship be stranded — sugar, tobacco, hemp, flax, hides and skins are warranted free from average, under five pounds per cent, and all other goods, also the ship and freight, are warranted free from average, under three pounds per cent unless general, or the ship be stranded.
Page 13 - 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 31 - Takings at Sea, Arrests, Restraints and Detainments of all Kings, Princes, and People, of what Nation, Condition, or Quality soever, Barratry of the Master and Mariners, and of all other Perils, Losses, and Misfortunes, that have or shall come to the Hurt, Detriment, or Damage of the said Goods and Merchandises and Ship, &c., or any Part thereof...
Page 101 - Ship," and the Interval between the Floor of the Berths and the Deck immediately beneath them shall not be less than Six Inches, nor the Interval between each Tier of Berths and between the uppermost Tier and the Deck above it...
Page 14 - ... 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 to the owner or master of the ship in the bills of lading or otherwise in writing, are lost or damaged by reason of any robbery, embezzlement, making away with, or secreting thereof.
Page 50 - Nature on the Outside of the Package containing the same, or otherwise giving Notice in Writing to the Book-keeper or other Servant of the Company with whom the same are left, at the Time of so sending...
Page 14 - Of or to any gold, silver, diamonds, watches, jewels or precious stones taken in or put on board any such ship, by reason of any robbery...
Page 12 - 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 50 - British or foreign, may refuse to take on board any package or parcel which he suspects to contain goods of a dangerous nature, and may require it to be opened to ascertain the fact.
Page 65 - ... 14 inches dunnage ; the pumps and masts cased, to have strong bulkheads, good shifting boards, with feeders and ventilators, and to have no admixture of other Goods. Flat-floored, wall-sided ships should be fitted with Bilge Pumps. On no consideration must the Staunchions under the Beams be removed.