760  THE  DELIVERY,

Sect.  6S7.        627.  It  seems  impossible  to  reconcile  all  these  authorities,  hut
Summary  as    the  following  propositions  are  suhmitted  to  be  correct : —

to  commence-  n         j.i  i  i!  i      j  •

ment  of  lay         (1)  When  a  particular  wharf  is  named  as  the  place  oi  loading,
*^^'  or  discharging,  the  lay  days  will  not  begin  to  run  until  the  ship  is

ready  alongside  that  wharf.
(2)  When  a  particular  dock  is  named  the  lay  days  will  begin
as  soon  as  the  ship  is  ready,  and  at  the  freighter's  disposal,  inside
the  dock,  though  not  alongside  the  quay ;  even  though  the  work
can  only  take  place  at  the  quay.
(3)  When  the  place  named  is  a  port,  or  other  wide  district,  the
lay  days  begin  when  the  ship  is  ready,  and  at  the  freighter's
disposal,  within  the  named  place  (n) ;  though  she  may  not  be  in  a
position  to  take  in  or  discharge  cargo,  and  though  she  may  not  be
at  the  wharf,  dock,  or  other  part  of  the  place  to  which  the  charterer
may  have  properly  required  her  to  go.
(4)  If,  however,  in  case  (3)  the  contract  expressly  entitles  the
charterer  to  order  the  ship  to  a  particular  wharf  or  dock,  the  wharf
or  dock  so  ordered  becomes  the  place  of  loading  or  discharge,  as
though  it  had  been  originally  named  in  the  contract.
