Merchant Shipping Act, 1894

Definition of grain, &c.

456. For the purpose of the provisions of this Part of this Act with respect to grain cargo—

The expression “grain” means any corn, rice, paddy, pulse, seeds, nuts, or nut kernels.

The expression “ship laden with a grain cargo” means a ship carrying a cargo of which the portion consisting of grain is more than one third of the registered tonnage of the ship, and that third shall be computed, where the grain is reckoned in measures of capacity, at the rate of one hundred cubic feet for each ton of registered tonnage, and where the grain is reckoned in measures of weight, at the rate of two tons weight for each ton of registered tonnage.

Unseaworthy Ships.