If A sees a White mast-head light above the green | boat where the services have been rendered either
light, A knows that the vessel is a steam-vessel, and | wholly or in part in British waters."
The principle that claims in respect of salvage of
is either approaching her in the same direction as B, | life take priority of all salvage claims against wrecked
or is crossing to starboard in some direction, as D D D. | property saved is thus extended to British ships
wrecked abroad, and it will be the duty of the Officer
[CIRCULAR.] | as far as possible to see that this principle is fully
Downing Street, | carried out in all cases in which property or life is
19th November, 1868. | saved within the limits of his district.
SIR,---I transmit to you herewith copies of a printed |
circular, issued by the Board of Trade to Officers in | THOMAS GRAY,
the British Possessions abroad, relating to Salvage of | Assistant Secretary.
Life.
I have, &c., | PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS for 1868.---The
BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS. | following Parliamentary Papers for 1868 are
now ready for sale, and can be procured on applica-
Enclosure. | tion to the Government Printer, or from the respec-
INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFICERS IN BRITISH | tive Agents appointed for the sale of such Papers in
POSSESSIONS ABROAD. | the various Provinces. Parties ordering the same by
SALVAGE OF LIFE. | post are requested to quote the Number given to the
With reference to Paragraphs 142, 144, &c. | Papers in the following List instead of the Titles.
Salvage in respect of Services rendered in the United |
Kingdom. | LIST OF PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS FOR SALE.
By the 458th and 459th sections of "The Merchant | No. 1. Despatches of the Governor of New Zealand and
Shipping Act, 1854," it is enacted as follows: | the Secretary of State; together with the
"458. In the following cases----(that is to say,) | Commission of Governor Sir G. F. Bowen,
"Whenever any ship or boat is stranded, or | and Royal Instructions accompanying same 5 0
otherwise in distress on the shore of any sea | 2. Report on the Social and Political State of the
or tidal water situate within the limits of the | Natives at the time of the arrival of Sir G. F.
United Kingdom, and services are rendered | Bowen 1 6
by any person: | 3. Report of the Pokaikai Commission 1 3
"(1) In assisting such ship or boat; | 4. Petition of East Coast Natives relative to their
"(2) In saving the lives of the persons belong- | Lands 0 6
ing to such ship or boat;
"(3) In saving the cargo or apparel of such | 5. Report by the Inspector of Surveys on the
ship or boat, or any portion thereof;
"And whenever any wreck is saved by any | Triangulation of the Bay of Plenty District... 0 3
person other than a Receiver within the | 6. Report by Mr. A. Mackay on the Sittings of the
United Kingdom;--- | Native Lands Court held at Dunedin 0 3
"There shall be payable by the owners of such ship | 7. Correspondence and Papers relative to the Loans
or boat, cargo, apparel, or wreck, to the person by | of New Zealand, viz.:---(1.) Correspondence
whom such services or any of them are rendered, or | between the Government and Mr. Fitzherbert;
by whom such wreck is saved, a reasonable amount | (2.) Papers relating to the Consolidation of
of salvage, together with all expenses properly in- | the Loans; (3.) Account of the Investment
curred by him in the performance of such services, | and Sinking Fund of the Guaranteed Loan
or the saving of such wreck, the amount of such | for 1867; (4.) Return of Ordinances autho-
salvage and expenses (which expenses are herein- | rising Provincial Loans, &c. 1 0
after included under the term 'salvage') to be deter- | 8. Public Accounts of the General Government
mined in case of dispute in manner hereinafter | of New Zealand for the Financial Year 1867 3 0
mentioned.
Salvage for Life may be paid by Board of Trade out of | 9. Financial Statement of the Colonial Treasurer
Mercantile Marine Fund. | (including Supplementary Statement); to
"459. Salvage in respect of the preservation of | which are attached---(1.) Report of Auditor-
the life or lives of any person or persons belonging | General on the Financial Statement of the
to any such ship or boat as aforesaid shall be payable | Colonial Treasurer; (2.) Memoranda by the
by the owners of the ship or boat in priority to all | Assistant Treasurer and Accountant to the
other claims for salvage; and in cases where such | Treasury on the above Report of the Auditor-
ship or boat is destroyed, or where the value thereof | General; (3.) Controller's Cash Balance Sheet
is insufficient, after payment of the actual expenses | for 1867-8 2 6
incurred, to pay the amount of salvage due in respect | 10. Statement of the Receipts and Expenditure of
of any life or lives, the Board of Trade may in its | the various Provinces of New Zealand for the
discretion award to the salvors of such life or lives | Year 1867 0 6
out of the Mercantile Marine Fund such sum or | 11. First Report of the Commissioners on the Public
sums as it deems fit, in whole or part satisfaction of | Accounts 0 6
any amount of salvage so left unpaid in respect of | 12. Papers relative to the Final Settlement of the
such life or lives."
Extending 17 and 18 Vict., c. 104, as to claims for | Claims of the Province of Taranaki 0 3
Salvage of Life.
By the 9th section of "The Admiralty Court Act, | 13. Correspondence relative to the Payment of the
1861:" | Nelson and Marlborough Provincial Debts 0 6
"All the provisions of "The Merchant Shipping | 14. Abstracts of certain Principal Results of a Census
Act, 1854," in regard to salvage of life from any ship | of New Zealand, taken in December, 1867 0 9
or boat within the limits of the United Kingdom | 15. Colonial Museum and Laboratory Reports,
shall be extended to the salvage of life from any | together with a Report of the Results of the
British ship or boat wheresoever the services may | Analyses of Soils from various parts of the
have been rendered, and from any Foreign ship or | Colony, by Dr. Hector 1 0
| 16. Nominal Roll of the Civil Establishment of New
| Zealand for 1868, together with a List of
| Officers who have ceased to be in the Govern-
| ment Service during the same period 1 6
| 17. Ninth Report on the Postal Service of New Zea-
| land, by the Postmaster-General 1 0
| 18. Further Papers relative to the Postal Conference
| held in Melbourne 0 6
| 19. Fourth Annual Report on the Working and Pro-
| gress of the New Zealand Telegraph Depart-
| ment 1 0
| 20. Return of Road Districts in New Zealand, and
| Analyses of Provincial Acts as to Road Boards;
together with Tabular Statement respecting
their establishment and operation 1 0
| 21. Proceedings of a Board of Inquiry into certain
| Charges alleged against Inspector Hunter,
| Armed Constabulary 0 6