THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 11

Name. To be Postmaster at From
Duncan Sutherland Oamarama ... 1 Nov., 1868.
J. Campbell Galloway Waikari ... 23 Nov., 1868.
Christian Hille Upper Ferry
(Waitaki) ...
SOUTHLAND.
Charles A. Tipping Campbelltown... 1 Jan., 1869.
George White ... Pyramid ...

COLLISIONS AT SEA.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1868.

COLLECTORS of Customs, and other officers
intrusted with the duty of inquiring into
wrecks and accidents at sea, are hereby informed
that, in the case of collision at sea, the Board of Trade
requires a "Casualty Return" for each of the vessels
in collision. The officers in question will therefore
in future send a Casualty Return for each vessel to
this office.

JOHN HALL.

WRECKS AND SALVAGE.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1868.

IT is hereby notified, for general information, that
all the provisions of "The Merchant Shipping
Act, 1854," in regard to salvage of life from any ship
or boat within the limits of the United Kingdom, are
by "The Admiralty Court Act, 1861," extended to
the salvage of life from any British vessel wheresoever
the service may have been rendered, or to any
Foreign vessel where the service may have been
rendered either wholly or in part in British waters.

Salvors of life from any vessel on the coast of New
Zealand are consequently first claimants on the
wreck, in terms of "The Merchant Shipping Act,
1854," and are entitled to payment out of the
proceeds of any of the property saved from the
wreck.

JOHN HALL,
Postmaster-General.

ANNO VICESIMO QUARTO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ,
CAP. X.

An Act to extend the Jurisdiction and improve the
Practice of the High Court of Admiralty. [17th May, 1861.

WHEREAS it is expedient to extend the Jurisdiction
and improve the Practice of the High Court of
Admiralty of England: Be it therefore enacted by
the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with
the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as
follows:

Short Title.

1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as "The
   Admiralty Court Act, 1861."

Interpretation of Terms.
2. In the interpretation and for the purposes of
this Act (if not inconsistent with the context or
subject), the following terms shall have the respective
meanings hereinafter assigned to them; that is to say,
"Ship" shall include any description of vessel
used in navigation, not propelled by oars:
"Cause" shall include any cause, suit, action, or
other proceeding in the Court of Admiralty.

Commencement of Act.
3. This Act shall come into operation on the first
day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
one.

As to Claims for building, equipping, or repairing of Ships.
4. The High Court of Admiralty shall have juris-
diction over any claim for the building, equipping,
or repairing of any ship, if at the time of the institu-
tion of the cause the ship or the proceeds thereof
are under arrest of the Court.

As to Claims for Necessaries.
5. The High Court of Admiralty shall have
jurisdiction over any claim for necessaries supplied
to any ship elsewhere than in the port to which the
ship belongs, unless it is shown to the satisfaction of
the Court that at the time of the institution of the
cause any owner or part-owner of the ship is domi-
ciled in England or Wales: Provided always, that
if in any such cause the plaintiff do not recover
twenty pounds, he shall not be entitled to any
costs, charges, or expenses incurred by him therein,
unless the Judge shall certify that the cause was a
fit one to be tried in the said Court.

As to Claims for Damage to Cargo imported.
6. The High Court of Admiralty shall have juris-
diction over any claim by the owner or consignee or
assignee of any bill of lading of any goods carried
into any port in England or Wales, in any ship, for
damage done to the goods, or any part thereof, by
the negligence or misconduct of, or for any breach of
duty or breach of contract on the part of, the owner,
master, or crew of the ship, unless it is shown to the
satisfaction of the Court that, at the time of the
institution of the cause, any owner or part-owner
of the ship is domiciled in England or Wales:
Provided always, that if in any such cause the
plaintiff do not recover twenty pounds, he shall not
be entitled to any costs, charges, or expenses incurred
by him therein, unless the Judge shall certify that
the cause was a fit one to be tried in the said Court.

As to Claims for Damage by any Ship.
7. The High Court of Admiralty shall have juris-
diction over any claim for damage done by any ship.
High Court of Admiralty to decide Questions as to Ownership,
&c., of Ships.
8. The High Court of Admiralty shall have juris-
diction to decide all questions arising between the
co-owners, or any of them, touching the ownership,
possession, employment, and earnings of any ship
registered at any port in England or Wales, or any
share thereof, and may settle all accounts outstanding
and unsettled between the parties in relation thereto,
and may direct the said ship or any share thereof to
be sold, and may make such order in the premises as
to it shall seem fit.

Extending 17 and 18 Vict., c. 104, as to Claims for Salvage
of Life.
9. All the provisions of "The Merchant Shipping
Act, 1854," in regard to salvage of life from any ship
or boat within the limits of the United Kingdom,
shall be extended to the salvage of life from any
British ship or boat, wheresoever the services may
have been rendered, and from any Foreign ship or boat
where the services have been rendered either wholly
or in part in British waters.

As to Claims for Wages and for Disbursements by Master
of a Ship.
10. The High Court of Admiralty shall have juris-
diction over any claim by a seaman of any ship for
wages earned by him on board the ship, whether the
same be due under a special contract or otherwise,
and also over any claim by the master of any ship for
wages earned by him on board the ship, and for
disbursements made by him on account of the ship:
Provided always, that if in any such cause the plain-
tiff do not recover fifty pounds, he shall not be
entitled to any costs, charges, or expenses incurred
by him therein, unless the Judge shall certify that
the cause was a fit one to be tried in the said Court.