The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-10

for 1887, amounts to 81 go tons, compared
with SATl5 tons for 1896. OF the total con-
structlon 347 vessels of 113 065 tons were
steam vessels, compared with 322 of 134,-
4I tons for the previous year. Steel
steamers built on the Great Lakes num-
oered 10 of 55,SG6 tons, compared with q
OF 5000 tons for the previous year.
The Baltimore American, In giving an
account of the presentation of the gold
medal and testimonial to Capt. Rines of
the Savannah schooner Eilda, says:
Capt. George A. Rines of the coasting
schooner Hfilda, who lives at 1907 Bank
street, was presented with a gold medal
at his home last night for the rescue Of
four survivors of the French steamer Vile
de st. Nazaire which went down off Hat
teras in March. The presentation and an
address was made by Mr.. Arthur w Rob
son, the local agent Of the Compagnie
generate Iransatlantque, to which the
lost steamer belonged The medal is of
thick gold. about the size of a silver dol
lar. and was made in Paris. On one side
OF the medals the crest of the steamship
company, and the other side has an in
ser-ption in French stating to whom and
why the medal is presented. The medal
is enclosed in a red morocco case. Ac-
companying the piece of gold was hand
somely engraved certificate, signed by the
president and vice president of the com
pany."
The following notice relative to the abol-
ition of crew bonds on American vessels,
which goes into effect at once, has been
received at the custom house from the
treasury department: That section 1916
of the Revised Statutes be and is hereby
amended to read as follows: THE mas
ter OF every vessel bound on q. foreign Voy-
age or engaged in the whale fishery shall
exhibit the certified copy of the list of the
crew to the first boarding officer at the
port In the United States at which he shall
arrive on his return, and also produce the
persons named therein to the boarding
officer whose duty 1t shall be to examine
the men with such list and to report the
same to the collector; and It shall be
the duty of the collector at the port of
arrival, where the same is different from
the port from which the vessel originally
sailed, to transmit a copy Of the list go
reported to him to the coIiector of the
port from which such vessel originally
sailed. For each failure to produce any
person on the certified copy of the list of
the crew the master and owner shall be
severaily liable to a penalty of $500, to be
sued for, prosecuted and disposed of in
such manner IS penalaes and forfeitures
which may be incurred for offenses against
the laws relating to the collection of du-
ties; but such penalties shall not be I'm
CURED on account of the master not pro-
ducing to the fiTst boarding officer any of
the persons contained in the list who may
have enedischarged in a Foreign country
with the consent OF the consul, vice con-
sui, commercial agent or vice commercial
agent there residing, certified in writing
under his hand and oficial seal, to be pro-
duced to the collector with the other per-
sons composing the crew, nor on account
of any such person dying or absconding
or being forcibly impressed into other SER
vice. of which satisfactory proof shall also
be exhibited TO the collector"