Merchant Shipping Act, 1876. Return of all ships ordered by the Board of Trade, or its officers, to be provisionally detained as unsafe, in pursuance of the provisions of the 39th and 40th Victoriae, chapter 80, sections 6 and 13, from 1st July 1881 to 30th June, 1882, giving the names of the owners of those ships which have been dismantled, broken up, or converted into hulks, &c.; together with a summary, showing the total number of ships ordered to be detained as unsafe since the commencement of the act, distinguishing between those cases in which the ships were found safe, or unsafe. (In continuation of Parliamentary Paper [C.--2977].) [electronic resource].