Merchant Shipping Act, 1876. Return of all ships ordered by the Board of Trade, or its officers, to be provisionally detained as unsafe, in pursuance of the provisions of the 39th and 40th Victoria, chapter 80, sections 6 and 13, from 1st July 1883 to 30th June 1884, giving the names of the owners of those ships which have been dismantled, broken up, or converted into hulks, &c.; together with summaries, showing respectively the total number of ships ordered to be detained as unsafe from 1st July 1883 to 30 June 1884, and since the commencement of the act, distinguishing between those cases in which the ships were found safe, or unsafe. (In continuation of Parliamentary Paper [C.-3709].). PDF Download