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Forms and Fees Under the Merchant Shipping Acts of the United Kingdom – Section 491 (Gazettes 20-11-1896, 30-5-1908 and 11-5-1912)

Gazette 20 November 1896 in force

Amended by Gazette 30 May 1908 and 11 May 1912

Notice is hereby given that the Governor General, acting under the Authority of sections 65 and 89 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 of the United Kingdom and with the consent of the Board of Trade, has made certain alterations in the forms set out in the First Part of Schedule 1 to the said Act and has prescribed forms of the instruments and documents specified in the second part of the said Schedule.

The said forms are to be used in Saint Lucia in all transactions relating to ships and such of the forms as are used by the public may be obtained from the Registrar of Shipping.

The following list embraces the Forms in question, namely—

Form No.	1—Certificate of survey.
" "	2—Declaration of ownership by individual resident or non-resident owner or transferee a natural born subject.
" "	3—Declaration of ownership by individual owner or transferee resident in Her Majesty's Dominions (naturalized subject, etc.)
" "	4—Declaration of ownership by individual owner or transferee not resident in Her Majesty's Dominions (naturalised subject, etc.)
" "	5—Declaration by joint owners or transferees attending together.
" "	6—Declaration by a joint owner or transferee.
" "	7—Declaration of ownership (special cases).
" "	8—Declaration of ownership on behalf of a body corporate.
" "	9—Certificate of British registry.
" "	10—Bill of sale.
" "	11—Mortgage (to secure principal sum and interest).
" "	12—Mortgage (to secure account current, etc.).
" "	13—Declaration by representative of a deceased owner or mortgagee taking by transmission.
" "	14—Declaration of ownership or interest on transmission by bankruptcy.
" "	15—Declaration on transmission by marriage.
" "	16—Certificate of mortgage.
" "	17—Certificate of sale.
" "	18—Revocation of certificate of mortgage or sale.
" "	18a—Provisional certificate.

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FEES OF THE REGISTRAR OF SHIPPING AND SHIPPING MASTER AND OF THE ADMEASURER OF SHIPPING FOR SERVICES PERFORMED UNDER THE IMPERIAL MERCHANT SHIPPING ACTS
For registering and granting certificate of registration (on initial registry) for—
				$		¢
Vessels of 5 tons and under				1		20
" over 5 tons and under 15				1		80
" of 15 tons and under 50				2		40
" " 50 tons and under 75				4		80
" " 75 tons and under 100				7		20
" " 100 tons and under 200				9		60
Every additional 100 tons or part of 100				2		40
For registering transfer, transmission, registry anew, transfer of registry, mortgage, and transfer of mortgage—according to the gross tonnage represented by the ships or shares of ships transferred, etc., (e.g. the transfer of a ¹/₆₄ share in a ship of 6,400 tons to be reckoned as the transfer of 100 tons)—
	$	¢			$		¢
Under 10 tons		60	40 tons or under 50 tons		3		00
10 tons or under 20 tons	1	20	50 " " " 75 "		3		60
20 " " " 30 "	1	80	75 " " " 100 "		4		20
30 " " " 40 "	2	40	100 " " " 125 "		4		80
And for every additional 50 tons, or part of 50 tons, up to 500 tons							60
After which, for every 100 tons or part of 100 tons							60
For allowing inspection of a Register Book							24
For a certified copy of the particulars entered on the registry of a ship, together with a certified statement showing the ownership at the time							24
(The “certified statement” will be a copy of the “summary” as then existing with Christian names in full.)
For a certified copy of any declaration or document, a copy of which is made evidence by the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 of the United Kingdom (See section 64)........							24
For any other certified extract from the Register, for every folio of 90 words							08
Deposit of ship's articles — Vessels under 10 tons							36
Do do — Vessels over 10 tons							60
Endorsing change of master— Vessels under 10 tons							24
Do do — Vessels over 10 tons							48
For engagement or discharge of each mate, steward or seaman— For a vessel under 10 tons							24
For a vessel over 10 tons							48
Measurement of tonnage, for each measured transverse section					1		80
Clearance of vessels— if above 50 tons							96
Do do — if under 50 tons							48