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The length shall be taken in a straight line from the fore end to 

 the after end of the loadwater line, and the breadth shall be taken 

 from the outside of the outside plank in the broadest part of the 

 vessel whether that shall be above or below the main wales in- 

 clusive of all manner of doubling planks (except the usual mould- 

 ings), then adding such breadth to the length and multiplying the 

 sum thus obtained by itself and the product by the breadth and 

 dividing the final product by 1730 the quotient shall be deemed 

 to be the tonnage. Provided always that fractions of a ton shall 

 be reckoned as one ton. 



THE GREAT YARMOUTH PORT AND HAVEN ACTS, 



1866 & 1900. 



BYE-LAWS for the Registration, Numbering, Regulation, and Con- 

 trol of Pleasure Vessels used on the River Yare and for 

 other purposes thereunder.* 



By virtue and in exercise of the Great Yarmouth Port and Haven 

 Acts, 1866 and 1900, and the Acts incorporated therewith, 



We, the Great Yarmouth Port and Haven Commissioners, do 

 make the following Bye-laws for the Registration, Numbering, Regu- 

 lation and Control of Pleasure Vessels used on the Rivers Yare, Bure 

 and Waveney, and for other purposes, that is to say 



1. These Bye-laws may be cited as "The Yare," "The Bure," 

 and "The Waveney" Bye-laws, 1901, and shall come into operation 

 immediately on the same being confirmed by the Board of Trade. 



2. In these Bye-laws the words and expressions hereinafter 

 mentioned shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them 

 respectively unless there be something in the subject or context 

 repugnant thereto, viz. : 



The expression " The Commissioners " shall mean the Norwich 

 Commissioners. 



The expression " The Yare" or " river " shall mean and include 

 all such parts of the Rivers Yare and Wensum or Wenson, 

 otherwise Yare, and the navigable branches thereof, and of 

 the Shores and Banks of the same rivers and branches as 

 are within the Port and are not within the Haven. 



The expression " The Bure" or "river" shall mean and include 

 all such parts of the River Bure and the navigable 

 branches thereof, and of the Shores and Banks of the same 



* These Bye-laws were framed and came into force some years after the body 

 of this book was written. This note more particularly refers to Bye-law No. 12, 

 sub-section 4. The Author. 



