Act of 1855.
In the following year (1855) an Act, which may
be taken as part of the great Act of 1854, was
passed to facilitate the erection and maintenance of
colonial lighthouses; to amend some of the clauses
referring to light dues; to specify more distinctly the
conditions of ownership and the nature of mortgages;
and to exempt the owners of pleasure yachts
from having their names and the port to which they
belong painted on the stern, as in the case of merchant
vessels. Additional powers were also given
by this Act to naval courts abroad, in the case of
misconduct of the master or crew: for the relief of
destitute Lascars, and for other matters of minor
importance.
- [Footnote: measure than various others of one quarter its size, which had occupied
the attention of Parliament for as many days as the hours appropriated by the House to its discussion.]
