Despatch  633.  In  Laing  v.  HoUway  (s),  the  charter  stipulated  that  demur-

per  hoiir.  rage,  if  any,  should  be  paid  at  the  rate  of  20s.  per  hour ;  and
"  despatch  money  10s.  per  hour  on  any  time  saved  in  loading  and/or
discharging."  The  charterers,  in  fact,  saved  four  days  at  the
port  of  loading,  and  five  at  the  port  of  discharge,  upon  the  times
allowed  them,  which  were  calculated  at  the  rate  of  200  tons  per
working  day.  The  question  was,  whether  the  despatch  money  was
payable  on  nine  days  at  the  rate  of  twenty-four  hours  each,  or  of
twelve  hours  each.  The  Court  of  Appeal,  reversing  the  Queen's
Bench  Division,  held  that  it  must  be  calculated  on  niae  days  of
twenty-four  hours  each.
In  The  Glendevon  {t)  the  steamer  was  "  to  be  discharged  at  the
rate  of  200  tons  per  day,  weather  permitting  (Sundays  and  fete
days  excepted),"  and  "if  sooner  discharged,  to  pay  at  the  rate  of
8s.  4d.  per  hour  for  every  hour  saved."  It  was  held  that  "  every
hour  saved  "  meant  every  hour  saved  from  the  allowed  working
time  ;  not  every  hour  by  which  the  discharge  was  completed  earlier
than  the  conti'act  required.  As  the  cargo  was  2,103  tons,  ten
and  a  half  days,  or  252  working-day  hours,  were  allowed  for
discharging.  Had  all  that  time  been  used  the  ship  would  also
have  been  detained  during  certain  holidays.  But  the  charterers
were  only  allowed  payment  upon  the  difference  between  252
hours  and  106  hours,  the  number  of  working-day  hours  actually
occupied.
Construction        634.  The  following  cases  further  illustrate  how  demurrage  clauses

of  demurrage    ,  •■  x        j  /   \

clauses.  have  been  construed  [u).
