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home as under the Merchant Shipping Act. In certain cases no doubt sections 75 and 119 would apply, but not in most. It is, therefore, questionable whether section 193 would apply to any expenses not incurred under sections 75, 103, or 119 of the Bill, as they would not be incurred "in accordance with this Act." The point is not of real importance, as no doubt any sums so expended could be recovered under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act. Sections 110 to 122 relate to provisions, health, and accommodation of seamen. Section 110 deals with complaints by the crew, and is similar to the Merchant Shipping Act. Sections 111 and 112 are dealt with in the report, but except as there mentioned are in accord with the Merchant Shipping Act. Section 114 empowers the Governor to appoint medical inspectors. Section 115 provides for the examination of all seamen applying in New Zealand for employment, by a medical inspector. Section 116 provides for the inspection of provisions. Sections 117 and 118 provide for the expenses of medical examination and burial of injured seamen. Section 119 is dealt with in the report. Section 120 requires a medical officer to be carried on certain ships. Section 121 provides provision to be made in Home trade or intercolonial steamships for (a) adequate ventilation of officers' rooms, engine-room, and stokehold; (b) a separate room for each mate and engineer up to three, which does not open direct from the engine-room, but has a separate entrance to the deck. Section 122 deals with accommodation of seamen, and is dealt with in the report. Section 123 provides facilities for making complaint, and follows section 211 of the Merchant Shipping Act. Sections 124 to 129 relate to deaths and accidents occurring at sea, and are identical with section 690 and sections 212 to 218 of the Merchant Shipping Act. Sections 130 to 150 contain provisions as to discipline and the punishment of offences, and are dealt with in the report and Appendix B. The only clauses not dealt with above calling for remark are : — Section 131, which makes assaults by officers on seamen punishable by a fine not exceeding £20, or six months' imprisonment; and section 133, which enables the owner or agent of a vessel in New Zealand, where, owing to the departure or impending departure of a ship, the master cannot attend to prosecute the deserter, to do so himself. Neither of the above clauses are contained in the Merchant Shipping Act. Section 136 is the same as section 226 of the Merchant Shipping Act, and provides that summary remedies are not to affect other remedies. The clause, however—unlike the Merchant Shipping Act—is not to apply " where any fine has been imposed." Section 137 provides that the wages of a seaman imprisoned under the foregoing sections are to be paid up to the date of arrest. Sections 138 to 149 correspond to sections 227 to 237 of the Merchant Shipping Act. Sections 143, 144, and 150 are noted above. Section 151 deals with change of master, and follows section 258 of the Merchant Shipping Act. Sections 152 to 156 deal with official logs, and do not call for further remark. Sections 157 to 159 deal with mercantile marine offices. Section 160 relates to registration of seamen. Sections 166 and 167 relate solely to pleasure yachts, missionary ships, and fishing-boats. Part 111. This part comprises sections 168 and 169, and contains regulations for the conduct of passengers. The sections conform generally with the Merchant Shipping Act, and do not call for remark. Part IV. Comprising sections 170 to 187, deals with steamships. Section 170 relates to the building of steamships, and requires every steamship built of iron (except tugs) to be divided by transverse water-tight partitions, so that the forepart and afterpart of the ship shall be respectively separated from the engine-room by one of these partitions, and every steamship to have a watertight compartment enclosing the after-extremity of the shaft. This section relates to all ships, and not only ships built or registered in New Zealand. The Act does not state that no ship can proceed to sea in the event of non-compliance with the section, but possibly she could be stopped as being unseaworthy, and no doubt in civil actions evidence of non-compliance with the Act would be accepted as strong evidence of unseaworthiness. Sections 171 to 186 relate to the survey of steamships, and are dealt with in the report. Section 187 relates to the equipment of steamships : (a) Every steamship is obliged to have a properly constructed safety-valve ; (b) every sea-going steamship is to be provided with a fire hose; (c) every Home trade steamship must be provided with a shelter-deck for passengers. The. penalty for non-compliance with the above is £100 in the case of the owner, and £50 in the case of the master. The above requirements of the Bill relate to steamships generally, whereas the corresponding sections of the Merchant Shipping Act, 285 and 286, relate only to passengersteamers. Under section 432, (1), of the Merchant Shipping Act, however, every British sea-going steamship is bound to carry a fire-hose capable of being connected with the engines of the ship.