FOR THis YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 18/ 7- 3. PORT OF NEWPORT ( MONMOUTH)— continued. 5 aforesaid, shall forfeit his right to receive any sum of money for piloting'such vessel, and may also, at the discretion of the Board by whom he may have been licensed, be suspended or deprived of his si.,- iicense. Section 31. The master of every vessel bound for any of the ports I jf Cardiff, Newport, or Gloucester, may, as soon as such vessel shall iifaave passed eastward of Lundy Island, if he shall think it expedient D30 to do, require the assistance of any pilot licensed by the Board 1 if the port to which he is bound, whose boat may be within reach t Df signal, then such master may require assistance of any other duly lilicensed pilot whose boat may be within reach of signal; and if any I pilot, after being personally required, or after a proper signal shall >•. ; ihave been made by such master, shall refuse to take charge of such i vessel, or in case such vessel cannot be boarded without imminent sldanger, shall refuse to lead the way with his boat, or shall without ; ) reasonable cause refuse to afford any extraordinary assistance required ( by the master of any vessel in distress from the boat of such pilot or Ithe crew thereof, such pilot shall for every such offence be liable to 1a penalty of not exceeding 10/., and may, at the discretion of the Board, be deprived of his license; provided that, notwithstanding -'• i; anything in " The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," contained, it shall be obligatory on the master of any vessel bound to or from any of the said ports of Cardiff, Newport, or Gloucester, other than a ship carrying passengers, to employ a pilot so long as such vessel shall be navigated by the master or any officer thereof. Section 32. In case any pilot under the authority of the preceding clause shall have taken charge of any vessel not bound to the port to which he is licensed, he shall, or may, at the request of the master of such vessel, be superseded by any pilot of such port, and the pilota » e rate payable in respect of such vessel shall be divided between the two pilots in such proportions as shall be determined by the Board of the port to which such vessel is bound. Section 33. In case any vessel shall be in want of and unable to obtain a pilot, any pilot of the same pilotage services on board any other vessel may lead the way for and conduct the vessel so in want of a pilot; and the master of any vessel which shall be so piloted or conducted by the pilot leading the way in such other vessel, shall pay the same rates of pilotage as if the pilot had actually been on board the vessel of such master. Section 34. The master of every vessel shall on demand give to the pilot employed in piloting the same a true account of the draught of water of such vessel; and in case such pilot shall suspect the truth of such account, he may cause such vessel to be admeasured, in order to find the true draught of water which such vessel may then draw; and if it shall appear that the master had artfully and fraudulently given a false account of the draught of water, such master shall not only pay by way of damages a sum equal to double the amount of pilotage rates payable in respect of such vessel, but shall also pay all the expenses incurred by the pilot in such admeasurement, together with a fine, at the discretion of the Board, of not exceeding 10£. Section 36. In case any vessel shall be met with in distress by any pilot, and shall stand in need of any extraordinary assistance from a pilot- boat or the crew thereof, the compensation to be made by the master of such vessel shall be settled by the Board according to the circumstances of the case ; and every agreement, if any, for such extraordinary assistance made by the pilot shall be absolutely void. Section 37. Whereas it is expedient that pilots should be pre- vented from neglecting or performing improperly or negligently their respective duties by the expectation of obtaining rewards for salvage of property ; therefore no claim whatever shall at any time or on any account be made or attempted to be made, either directlv or indi- rectly, and either by any legal process or otherwise, by any pilot upon any master or owner of any vessel, or any other person for or in respect of any salvage services rendered to such vessel, or to any of the appurtenances or to any portion of the cargo thereof by such pilot, or by any pilot boat, or any of the crew thereof in which such pilot shall serve or have any interest, until the consent of the Board by whom such pilot may have been licensed, to be evidenced by some writing under the hand of the secretary of such Board, shall, upon the production of such statements and evidence as they may require, have been obtained for such pilot to make a claim for such salvage services. NAMES Lorenzo Brown - William Watts - Thomas Jones Thomas S. Weeks H. F. Fry - Abraham Gilmore George Morgan - o © W. W. Jukes - J. G. Gould D. Philips - H. Ray - George Nash H. C. Edmunds - James M'Atee John H. Pagsley Henry J. Fry John Davies aged 36 David Prosser aged 64 - 42 Edward Small - 42 - 43 James Lewis - 40 - 47 C. Ebsworth - 27 - 69 John Davies - 31 - 38 J. Comerford - 52 - 41 T. Philips - - 59 - 38 D. James - - 58 - 23 William Ray - 44 - 45 E. F. Goldsworthy - 44 - 67 J. Pearce - - 41 - 26 W. H. Scantlebury - 40 NAMES of A aged 14 Alfred Adams aged 14 • 15 John Critchley - - 17 - 15 Charles Williams - 15 - 15 William John Bowden 15 S - 13 John White - 15 - 21 Edwin Barnes - 18 of PILOTS. I. Davies - Samuel Gilmore Thomas Cox Richard Ireland W. H. Fisher John Adams I. Gilmore - John H. Cox W. Thompson W. J. Evans John Gilmore James Comerford John Philips William Ray T. Ray H. T. Golds worthy W. J. Pearee Limits:— That portion of the Bristol Channel which lies to the eastward of Lundy Island, up to and including King Road and the River Usk, as far as Caerleon Bridge. H. T. C. Bissex - Elijah Cox - T. H. Haywood - John Davies Sidney Adams - George J. Cox - aged 16 - 18 - 16 - 15 22 - 19 O. H4. F 3