572 NICHOLLS'S SEAMANSHIP AND NAUTICAL KNOWLEDGE
on board in a place accessible to the crew, Wages Account Forma,
and National Health Insurance Schedules
The Form Eng. 2 must, before finally leaving, be filled up and
sent to the nearest superintendent. It shows the changes made in
the crew (if any) since signing articles, and the names of those
shipped as substitutes for those who have not joined.
Penalty for failing to comply with this part of the Act, a sum not
exceeding £5.
Apprentices do not sign the Articles of Agreement, they are
bound to the shipowner for the period .of their apprenticeship, but
their indentures are produced at the Shipping Office when the
crew sign on, and their names, ages, etc., entered on the Articles.
Failure to do so involves a penalty not exceeding £5.
Cadets, however, sign the Articles, as their agreement is for the
voyage only, just the same as other members of the crew.
Failure to Join.—Where a seaman has been duly engaged,
but after receiving and cashing an advance note wilfully or through
misconduct fails to join or deserts his ship before the note becomes
payable, he is liable to a fine of £5 or 21 days' imprisonment. The
seaman gets someone to advance to him the amount of money therein
stated and to endorse the note to that effect. The person who
advances the money is repaid by the shipowners on presenting the
note so many days, usually three, after the ship has sailed, pro-
vided, of course, that the seaman goes in the ship.
Articles for more than One Voyage.—Coasting Articles for
home trade ships and Bunning Agreement Articles for vessels on
short voyages to ports situated just beyond home trade limits
may be opened to avoid the delay of paying off and signing on
again at frequent intervals. Such articles do not extend for a period
exceeding six months and terminate automatically on the last day
of June and December, three weeks' grace being allowed in which
to return them to the Mercantile Marine Office.
The home trade applies to vessels trading within the following
limits:—The United Kingdon, the Channel Islands, the Isle of
Man, and the Continent of Europe between the River Elbe and
Brest inclusive.
Certificated Officers.—Certification of officers and engineers
in home trade cargo ships is not compulsory, but all foreign-going