REALM OF ENGLAND,

limits of, for purposes of jurisdiction, 39

RECEIVER OF WRECK,

preliminary inquiries by, 30, 36

administration of oaths by, 31, 34, 36

depositions taken by, to be in writing, 37

to be sent to Board of Trade, and to Lloyd's, 37
copies supplied to public, 38

examination of witnesses, 31, 34, 36

instructions to, 347

Formal Investigations,

of Royal Commission of 1873, in Preliminary Report, 225

in Final Report, 227

of Royal Commission on Spontaneous Combustion, Official
Caution containing, 233

RECORD OF GRANTS,

cancellations, &c., by Registrar-General of Seamen, 388, 390

REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA,

breach of, may render certificates liable to be dealt with by
Courts of Formal Investigation, 97

RE-HEARING OF INQUIRIES,

a practical result of Royal Commission of 1873, 26

RE-HEARING OF FORMAL INVESTIGATION. See also APPEALS.
application for, should not be made if appeal to Superior Court
desired, 187

RE-HEARING OF FORMAL INVESTIGATIONS-continued.

Board of Trade to give reasonable notice of, to parties affected,

209

report of Court re-hearing, to, 209

certificates, cancellation or suspension of by Court, 187
copy report to be furnished to owner of, 209

notice of new and important evidence to be given
to owner of, 210

Court, Admiralty Division in England or Ireland, 185

may be authority by whom Investigation originally
heard, 185

to sit with assessors, 206

can give any decision which Court below could have
given, 188

procedure before. See SHIPPING CASUALTIES (APPEALS
AND RE-HEARING) RULES, 1880.

Senior Lord Ordinary, or Court of Session in Scotland, 185
Wreck Commissioner, 185

cases re-heard upon application of mate, 191

certificates returned by, for want of jurisdiction of Court in-

order for payment by owners, rescinded by, 192
damage not material, certificate returned, 191

deficient look-out, 191

evidence new and important, 190

insufficient before Court investigating, 192

insufficient stability, 190, 192

further evidence by affidavit, deposition or orally, 207
as to new matter by special leave, 207

evidence insufficient before Court investigating, 191-2

expert evidence unnecessary having regard to assistance of

assessors, 208

imperative in certain cases, 184

in Ireland, 185

RE-HEARING OF FORMAL INVESTIGATIONS-continued.

objection to parties on, 206

overloading, 190, 193

of Colonial Inquiries, 184

parties to, 206

procedure. See SHIPPING CASUALTIES (APPEAL AND RE-HEARING)
RULES, 1880.

Report to Board of Trade by Court of, 209

in Scotland, 185

by Wreck Commissioner, 185

REMISSION OR MITIGATION

of punishment in regard to suspension or cancellation of certifi.
cates, 9, 23, 60, 138, 152, 163, 180

REPEAL

of provisions in Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, by Colonial
Legislatures, 151

REPEALED ENACTMENTS,

influence of, traceable in present law, 5

REPORT

by Colonial Courts of Inquiry must be sent with evidence and
certificates to the Board of Trade, 151

by Courts of Appeal to Board of Trade, 209

by Court of Inquiry (incompetency or misconduct) to Board of
Trade, 138

by persons authorised to hold Preliminary Inquiries, 36, 40
confirmation of, by Governor of British possession unneces.
sary, 150 (n)

of Court of Formal Investigation to Board of Trade,

statutory provisions as to, 58, 60, 63

Assessors to sign or to report reasons for dissent, 63,

concurrence in, of one assessor necessary if certificates

cancelled or suspended, 61, 86

of Court below to be left with Court of Appeal or Court re-
hearing, and to be furnished to parties, 205, 206

of early Inquiries by Inspector under 9 & 10 Vict., c. 100, 13.19

of Inspector appointed under Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, 40
of Investigations, how dealt with by Board of Trade, 28 (n), 128
of Naval Court to Board of Trade, 160, 171

statutory provisions as to, 160

evidence and certificates cancelled or sus-

pended, to be sent with, 163, 178

should show jurisdiction exercised, 172

contents of, 160, 176, 177

signature of, 161, 177

form of, 582

shall be received in evidence, 161

of Royal Commission on Spontaneous Combustion, 1876, 28, 233
on inquiries into shipwrecks by Committees of 1836, 1839,

upon which Inquiry ordered; service of copy upon master and

included in term "on the coasts of the United Kingdom," 38

ROYAL COMMISSION ON SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION OF COAL, 27, 29, 233

ROYAL COMMISSION ON UNSEAWORTHY SHIPS, 1873

consideration of Inquiries by, 23

evidence before, as to principles upon which Formal Investiga.
tions are ordered, 42

ROYAL NAVY. See NAVAL OFFICERS.

RULES

for stowage of grain cargoes. See OFFICIAL NOTICES.

RULES OF PROCEDURE

at Formal Investigations to be made, altered, and revoked by
Lord Chancellor, 48, 63

for Formal Investigations into shipping casualties. See SHIPPING
CASUALTIES RULES, 1878.

for summoning assessors. See SHIPPING CASUALTIES RULES, 1879.
for appeals and re-hearings. See SHIPPING CASUALTIES (APPEAL
AND RE-HEARING) RULES, 1880.

Shipping Casualties Rules, 1876, repealed, 69

RULES, STATUTORY,

as to cancelling or suspending certificates,

by Courts of Formal Investigation, 60, 86

by Courts of Inquiry (incompetency or miscondnet), 138

by Courts holding Investigations in Colonies, 152

by Naval Courts, 162

SAILING RULES.

SEA.

ST. HELENA,

See REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT

has no Act or Ordinance relating to Wreck Inquiries.

ST. LUCIA,

Ordinance relating to Wreck Inquiries, 508

ST. VINCENT,

Ordinance relating to Wreck Inquiries, 511

SCOTLAND,

Formal Investigations in, may be remitted to Lord Advocate for,

46, 59
may be held by Wreck Commissioner,
Sheriff, or Justices of the Peace in, 55
may be re-heard by Senior Lord Ordinary
or Judge of Court of Session, 64, 185
appeals from decisions in, lie to either
Division of the Court of Session,
183, 185

Merchant Shipping (Fishing Boats) Act, 1883, does not apply
to, 383

mode of recovery of seaman's wages in, 171

powers of compelling attendance of witnesses in, 114

provision as to jurisdiction in Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, 59
recovery of costs in, 126

report of Inspector of coal mines in, 247