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Volume Eleven - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - some more aspects - Built with Pride at the Penarth Shipbuilding Company - s.s. 'Aira Force' - 1890 . . .

the Lime or Lemon Juice and Sugar to be served out daily at the Rate of an Ounce each per Day to each Member of the Crew, and to be mixed with a due Proportion of Water before being served out, or the other Anti-scorbutics, if any, at such Times and in such Quantities as Her Majesty by Order in Council may from Time to Time direct : If at any Time when such Lime or Lemon Juice or Antiscorbutics is or are so served out as aforesaid any Seaman or Apprentice refuses or neglects to take the same, such Neglect or Refusal shall be entered in the Official Logbook in the Manner provided by the Two hundred and eighty-first Section of the Principal Act, and shall be signed by the Master and by the Mate or some other of the Crew, and also by the Surgeon or Medical Practitioner on board, if any :

Any Person who manufactures, sells, or keeps or offers for Sale any such Medicines or Medical Stores as aforesaid which are of bad Quality, shall for each such Offence incur a Penalty not exceeding Twenty Pounds. . . .

The following survey report by Robert Major, Surveyor at Cardiff and appointed by the Board of Trade, deals with the calculation of the appropriate tonnage deductions for the s.s. 'Aira Force'.

1891 - Surveyor's Report on Crew Space aboard the s.s. 'Aira Force' in accordance with the Merchant Shipping Act of 1867.
   
1891 - Builder's Certificate - Page 1 of 2 - Penarth Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing Company, Limited.
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