This Act shall be construed as one with the M1Merchant Shipping Act 1894, and that Act and the M2Merchant Shipping Act 1897, the M3Merchant Shipping (Exemption from Pilotage) Act 1897, the M4Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners) Act 1898, the M5Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act 1898, and this Act, may be cited together as the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1900.