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PRIZE MONEY
PRIZE MONEY.
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PROCLAMATION.*
VICTORIA, R.
WHEREAS by Our Order in Council of this day's
date W e were graciously pleased to annul, from and
irst day of October next, Our Royal
Proclamation of the third day of August one thous-
and eight hundred aud eighty-six, regulating, accord
he Scheme set forth therein or recognised
xhereby, the Distribution of the net Proceeds of
pPrizes captured from the Enemy, of Captures and
Seizures under the several Acts of Parliament passed
relating to the Revenues of Customs, and to Trade
and Navigation, for the Abolition of the Slave Trade,
[lor the Capture and Destruction of Pirates and
Rratical Vessels, and of the Rewards conferred for
[the same, as also of the Awards for all Salvage
granted to the Crews of our Ships and Vessels of
War, when not otherwise specially apportioned by
[the Terms of the respeetil e Awards and Allowances,
"and in consequence of certain Alterations in the
Apportionment and Classification of the Shares being
pesirable, it is expedient that Provision should be
made for the future Distribution of such net Proceeds
;and Salvage not otherwise specially apportioned, and
Ball other Monies whatsoever granted to be shared
among the officers and crews of our ships and vessels
[In the manner of Prize Money.
We do, therefore, now make known to all Our loving
SBubjeets, and to all others whom it may concern, by
this Our Proclamation, by and with the advice of Our
a*rivy Council, that Our Royal Will and Pleasure is.
«nd We do hereby direct. That Ships or Vessels being
in sight of a prize, as also of the captor, under circum-
stances to cause intimidation to the prize and
encouragement to the captor, shall be alone entitled
to share as joint captors, and that the distribution of
all such net proceeds of prizes, rewards, allowances,
Salvage awards, and of all bounties and grants what-
soever distributable to our Royal Navy in the manner
jot Prize Money, shall be made as follows, viz. :—
That the flag officer or officers shall have one-
lirtieth part of the whole net proceeds arising from
dies captured from the enemy, and from all other
iptures and seizures, &c, as aforesaid, made by any
' the ships or vessels under his or their command,
id of the rewards conferred for the same, according
the following conditions and modifications, save
id except as hereinafter provided and directed, that
[is to say : —
When there is but one flag officer he shall have the
^entire one-thirtieth part ; when two flag officers shall
i sharing together, the chief shall have two-thirds,
id the other flag officer shall have the remaining
le-third of the one-thirtieth part; and when there
lall be more than two flag officers, the chief shall
ive one-half of the said one-thirtieth part, and the
naining half shall be equally divided among the
lior flag officers ; commodores of the first-class and
ip tains of the fleet to share as flag officers ; Provided
(always. That no flag officer, unless actually on board
<«ny of our ships or vessels of war, and at the actual
waking, sinking, burning, or otherwise destroying any
Ship or ships of war, privateer or privateers belonging
to the enemy, shall share in the distribution of any
head money or bounty money granted as a reward for
the taking, sinking, burning, or otherwise destroying
any such ship or vessel of the enemy.
K That no flag officer, unless actually present at the
'capture or destruction of any pirates or piratical ship.
Vessel, or boat, shall share in any distribution of the
'proceeds or bounty in respect of such pirates, or of
the crews of such piratical ship, vessel, or boat.
. That no flag officer shall share in any remuneration
or reward conferred or awarded to the crew of any of
Our ships or vessels as salvage, unless he shall have
been actually on board the ship or vessel to which
the award shall be made, or have personally aided
and assisted in the transaction at the time the service
was rendered.
That no flag officer commanding in any port in the
United Kingdom shall share in the proceeds of any
prize captured from the enemy or In other captures
seizures, rewards, or any distributive ntmnnnrir I
aforesaid, made by any ships or vessels which shall
^ail from 01 leave such port by order of the Lord
High Admiral, or of Our Commissioners for executing
the Office of Lord High Admiral.
That when ships or vessels under the command of
several flag officers belonging to separate stations
shall be joint captors, &c, each flag officer shall
receive a proportion of the one-thirtieth part, accord-
ing to the number of officers and men present under
the command of each such flag officer; and when
ships or vessels under orders from the Lord High
Admiral, or from Our Commissioners for executing
f Lord High Admiral, are joint captors,
&c. with other si sunder a flag or flags,
the like regulations as to the apportionment of the
flag share to the flag officer or officers are to be
observed.
With reference to flag officers it is to be noted :—
That when an inferior flag officer is sent to reinforce
a superior officer on any station, the superior dag
officer shall not share in any prize taken by the
inferior flag officer before he has arrived within the
limits of that station, unless the inferior officer shall
have received'some order directly from, and shall be
acting in execution of some order issued by such
superior flag officer.
No chief flag officer quitting any station, except
upon some definite urgent service, and with the
intention of returning to the station as soon as such
service is performed, shall share in any prize taken
by Our ships or vessels left behind after he has passed
the limits of the station, or after he has surrendered
the command to another flag officer appointed by the
Admiralty to command in chief upon such station.
An inferior flag officer quitting any station (except
ached by orders from his commander-in-
chief upon a special service, accompanied with orders
to return to such station as soon as the service has
been performed) shall have no share in prizes taken
by the ships and vessels remaining on the
after he has passed the limits thereof.
In like manner flag officers remaining on such
station shall not share in the prizes taken by sucli
inferior officer, or by ships or vessels under hi=
immediate command, after he has quitted the limits of
the station, except he has been detached as aforesaid .
A commander-in chief or other flag officer belonging
to any station shali not share in any prize or prizes
taken out of the limits of that station by any ship or
vessel under the command of a flag officer of any
other station, or under orders from Our Commission-
ers of the Admiralty, unless such commander-in-chief
or flag officer is expressly authorised by Our said
Commissioners to take the command of that station
in which the prize or prizes is or are taken, and shall
actually have taken upon him such command.
Every commodore having a captain under him shall
be esteemed a flag officer with respect to the thirtieth
part of prizes taken, whether he be commanding-in-
chief or serving under command.
Any officer on board any of Our ships of war at the
time of capturing any prize or prizes who shall have
more commissions than one shall be entitled only to
share in such prize or prizes according to the share
allotted to him by the above-mentioned distribution
in respect to his superior commission or office.
And with reference to these regulations it is to be
noted that a eaptain, commander, or other command-
ing officer of a ship or vessel shall be deemed to be
under the command of a flag when he shall actually
have received some order from, or be acting in the
execution of some order issued by a flag officer
whether he be or be not within the limits of the
station of such flag officer; and in the event of his be
ing directed to join a flag officer on any station he
shall be deemed to be underthe command of such flag
officer from the time when he arrives within the limits
of the station, which circumstance is always to be
carefully noted in the log-book ; and it shall be cod
sidered that he continues under the flag officer of such
station until he shall have received some order direct
ly from, or be acting in the execution of some ordei
■ Amended by Order In Council dated ath August, 1914 .vide page 954/