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the right to sail without waiting for any cargo not so delivered; and dead frfeight on the quantity 

 short-shipped shall be paid by the shipper. 



Working at Night in Porto Rico. — When called upon to do so, shippers must deliver cargo 

 at night, steamer paying any extra stevedoring and lighterage expenses thereby incurred, but 

 night work not to count in calculating despatch money. 



Discharging Berth. — Steamers having less than 8,000 bags sugar of 312 lbs. each, or equiva- 

 lent, shall not be ordered to a refinery, except at the option of such steamers; they reserve the 

 right to discharge into lighters or at any suitable berth and their responsibility shall cease on 

 discharge of the cargo, wharfage, cost of lighterage and any demurrage which may accrue on 

 said lighters to be for account of cargo. 



Immediately upon arrival at a dischargmg port of any steamer having 8,000 or more bags 

 ■of sugar of 312 lbs. each, or equivalent, a proper berth at legal rate of wharfage shall be pro- 

 vided by the consignees of the cargo at which the steamer can immediately dock with safety and 

 commence discharge and lie always safely afloat, or consignees must provide lighters for the 

 cargo. If consignees fail to provide these facilities, the steamer has the right to hire the neces- 

 sary lighters and discharge thereon, cost of lighterage and any demurrage which may accrue 

 on said lighters to be for account of cargo, and if no lighters are available steamer may dis- 

 'Charge in any suitable berth and her responsiblity shall cease on discharge of the cargo, all extra 

 expenses of steamer and demurrage on steamer (if any) to be for account of cargo, but steamer 

 will pay any despatch money earned. 



In case a proper berth as above indicated is provided by consignees, and steamer does not 

 choose to avail herself of same, the steamer to furnish lighters and pay for lighterage of the 

 sugar delivered at the refinery, but no despatch money shall be allowed by the steamer, nor 

 •shall the steamer charge or collect any demurrage except that demurrage on lighters not dis- 

 charged within customary time shall be for account of cargo. 



Rate of Discharge arid Detnurrage. — Consignees must accept and take the sugar from the 

 steamer's tackles either at refinery, on dock, or on lighters at the rate of 8,000 bags of 312 lbs. 

 each, or equivalent per working day, failing which steamer reserves the right to hire lighters into 

 ■which to discharge, cost of lighters and any e.xtra expenses caused by using lighters to be for 

 account of cargo, and demurrage, if any, shall be paid by the cargo at the rate of 48c. per gross 

 Tegistered ton of vessel per running day. Sundays and holidays not excepted. 



Consignees have the right to work steamer at night in order to save demurrage, all over- 

 time expenses incurred to be for account of cargo. 



Despatch at Discharging Port. — If consignees accept and take sugar from steamer's tackles 

 .at more than the rate of 8,000 bags of 312 lbs. each, or equivalent, per working day, despatch 

 money shall be paid by steamer for all time saved (less time used in discharging at night) and 

 •except when steamer delivers cargo at her own expense, at the rate of 10c. per ton D. W. 

 cargo capacity of vessel per day. 



COMITE COLECTIVO SOBRE TRANSPORTES 

 DE LAS ANTILLAS 



De la Junta de Embarques de los Estados Unidos y de la Administracion de Subsistencias de 

 los Estados Unidos 111 Wall Street. — Albert Gilbert Smith, Presidente; Frank C. Munson, 

 B. R. Stoddard, Ernest M. Bull, Franklin D. Mooney, vocales. — Nueva York, diciembre 19 

 <ie 1917. 



El Comite Colectivo sobre Transportes de las Antillas, nombrado por la Junta de Em- 

 barques de los Estados Unidos y la Administracion de Subsistencias de los Estados Unidos, 

 ha sido organizado con Mr. Alfred Gilbert Smith, Presidente de la New York and Cuba Mail 

 Steamship Company, como Presidente. Los otros miembros del Comite son, Mr. Frank C. 

 Munson, Presidente de la Munson Steamship Company; Mr. B. R. Stoddard, Presidente de 

 la West India Steamship Company; Mr. Ernest M. Bull, Vicepresidente de la Bull-Insular 

 -Company, Inc. ; y Mr. Franklin D. Mooney, Presidente de la New York and Porto Rico Steam- 

 :ship Company. 



