Merchant Shipping Act 1894

79 Deductions for ascertaining tonnage.

(1) In measuring or re-measuring a ship for the purpose of ascertaining her register tonnage, the following deductions shall be made from the space included in the measurement of the tonnage, namely :—

(a) In the case of any ship—

(i) any space used exclusively for the accommodation of the master; and any space occupied by seamen or apprentices and appropriated to their use, which is certified under the regulations scheduled to this Act with regard thereto.

(ii) any space used exclusively for the working of the helm, the capstan, and the anchor gear, or for keeping the charts, signals, and other instruments of navigation, and boatswains stores; and

(iii) the space occupied by the donkey engine and boiler, if connected with the main pumps of the ship ; and

(b) In the case of a ship wholly propelled by sails, any space set apart and used exclusively for the storage of sails:

(2) The deductions allowed under this section, other than a deduction for a space occupied by seamen or apprentices, and certified as aforesaid, shall be subject to the following provisions, namely:—

(a) The space deducted must be certified by a surveyor of ships as reasonable in extent and properly and efficiently constructed for the purpose for which it is intended ;

(b) There must be permanently marked in or over every such space a notice stating the purpose to which it is to be applied, and that whilst so applied it is to be deducted from the tonnage of the ship;

(c) The deduction on account of space for storage of sails must not exceed two and a half per cent. of the tonnage of the ship.