UNITED BRITISH STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LTD. v. MINISTER OF FOOD.

[1951] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 111

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Croom-Johnson.

Charter-party - Demurrage - Dispatch money - Two ports of discharge - "Cargo to be discharged at the average rate of"-Calculation of lay days- "Austral" Charter-party (as amended) - Chartered vessel, loaded at Australian port with full cargo of wheat in bulk and in bags, to proceed to U.K. as ordered by charterer and there deliver her cargo "as provided for in Clause 22"-Charterer's option to order vessel to discharge at any two safe ports - Further provisions in charter: 17. Should the vessel not be loaded or discharged at the rate herein stipulated, demurrage shall be paid at the rate of 8d. British Sterling per gross register ton per running day and pro rata for any part of a day. Such demurrage shall be paid day by day, when and where incurred. 22