[317] Drawback allowed, 82l.
Extracts from the Rules relating to the Classing and Periodical Surveys of Ships (1875).
IRON STEAM AND SAILING SHIPS.
Iron Ships are classed A 1 with a numeral prefixed, and retain their characters so long as, on careful annual and periodical Special Surveys, they are to be found in a fit and efficient condition to carry dry and perishable cargoes to and from all parts of the world.
100 A, 90 A, and 80 A, will denote vessels that have been built in accordance with, or equal to, the Rules, and Tables G 1, G 2, G 3, and G 4. Where deviations from the Rules are desired, a sketch of the midship section, plans, &c., must be first submitted, through the resident Surveyor, for the Committee’s approval, and the vessel built in accordance with the approved plans, under the Survey of the Surveyors to the Society.
Iron Ships built in accordance with previous Rules remain on the characters assigned to them.
All vessels must be submitted to occasional or Annual Surveys when practicable; and to entitle them to retain their characters in the ‘Register Book,’ Special Surveys must be held at intervals of three and four years, according to the Class assigned.
WOOD SHIPS.
Ships Classed A 1 for a term of Years.—Section 34 requires that they shall be occasionally surveyed; Annually if practicable. If not placed under half-time or intermediate Surveys within periods not exceeding four years—or, in the case of the higher classed vessels, one-half of the terms of years originally assigned to them—their Characters will be liable to be withdrawn from the ‘Register Book.’