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of pilotage of dues in the pilotage districts of Quebec and Montreal 

 ahall remain the same as heretofore. 



2. All sums made payable to a pilot over and above the pilotage 

 dues, shall be payable by the same persons, and recoverable m the 

 same manner as if they were part of the pilotage dues payable to 

 such pilot. R. S., c. 80, s. 52. 



471. No Customs officer shall grant a clearance to any ship liable 

 to pilotage dues at any port in Canada, where there is a duly con- 

 stituted pilotage authority which collects the pilotage dues and at 

 which pilotage dues are payable, until there has been produced to 

 such Customs officer a certificate from the pilotage authority of the 

 district or some officer or person authorized by such authority to 

 grant the same, that all pilotage dues in respect of such ship have 

 been paid or settled for to the satisfaction of such authority. R. S., 

 c. 80, s. 53. 



472. Whenever any difference arises between the master and the 

 licensed pilot of any ship trading to and from any port in Canada, 

 as to her draught of water, the pilotage authority at such port shall, 

 upon application by either party, appoint some proper person who 

 shall measure the ship, and settle the difference accordingly. 



2. Such application shall be made, in case of a ship inward bound, 

 either within twelve hours after her arrival, or at some time before 

 she begins to discharge her cargo ; and, in the case of a ship outward 

 bound, before she quits her moorage. 



3. There shall be paid to the person measuring such ship, by the 

 party against whom he decides such remuneration for his services 

 as the pilotage authority appoints. R. S., c. 80, s. 54. 



Employment of Pilots not compulsory. 



473. No owner or master of any ship shall, in any case, be com- 

 pelled to employ or to give his ship into the charge of a pilot, either 

 on the ground of his being compelled to pay pilotage dues to any 

 person or otherwise. R. S.. c. 80, s. 57. 



Liability of the Owner of a Ship in charge of a Pilot. 



474. Nothing in this Part shall exempt any owner or master of 

 any ship from liability for any loss or damage occasioned by his ship 

 to any person or property, on the ground either of such ship being 

 in the charge of a licensed pilot, or of such loss or damage being 

 occasioned by the act or default of a licensed pilot, or on any other 

 ground. R. S., c. 80, s. 57. 



Compulsory Payment of Pilotage Dues and exemptions. 



475. Every ship which navigates within either of the pilotage dis- 

 tricts of Quebec, Montreal, Halifax, or St. John, or within any 

 pilotage district within the limits of which the payment of pilotage 

 dues is, for the time being, made compulsory by order in council 

 under this Part shall pay pilotage dues, unless, 



(a) such ship is on her inward voyage and no licensed pilot offers 

 his services as a pilot; or, 



