1348

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 72]

CLASS 1.-DIVISION (B).

Rules for Sailing-ships carrying Emigrant Passengers sub-
ject to all the Provisions of the Passengers Acts.

(a.) Ships of this division shall carry boats in accordance
with the Table (d) provided for Division A of this class, and
such boats shall be as far as practicable placed under davits,
with proper appliances for getting them into the water, to
the satisfaction of an Inspector or Surveyor; such of these
boats as are not placed under davits being so carried that
they can also be readily got into the water, to the satisfac-
tion of the Inspector or Surveyor.
(6.) If the boats so carried do not furnish sufficient accom-
modation for all persons on board, then additional life-saving
appliances shall be supplied as for ships in Division (A) of
this class.
(c.) Provided that no ship in this division shall be required
to carry more boats than will furnish accommodation for all
persons on board.
(d.) Approved life-jackets (Rule 10, General Rules) or
other similar approved articles shall be carried as required
for ships of Class 1, Division (A), and also one life-buoy
(Rule 11 (a) or 11 (6)) for each boat of wood or metal.

CLASS 2.-DIVISION (A).

Rules for Foreign-going Steamships having Passenger Cer-
tificates under "The Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877."
Ships of this division shall be subject to the same require-
ments as those in Class 1, Division (A).

CLASS 2.--DIVISION (B).

Rules for Foreign-going Sailing-ships carrying Passengers,
but not subject to the Provisions of the Passengers Acts.
Ships of this division shall be subject to the same require-
ments as those in Class 1, Division (B).

CLASS 3.-DIVISION (A).

Rules for Foreign-going Steamships not certified to carry
Passengers.
(a.) Ships of this division shall carry, on each side, at
least so many and such boats of wood or metal placed under
davits (of which one on each side shall be a boat of Section
(A), General Rules, or of Section (B), that the boats on each
side of the ship shall be sufficient to accommodate all per-
sons on board. They shall have proper appliances for getting
the boats into the water.
(b.) They shall carry approved life-jackets as required for
ships of Class 1, Division (A).
(c.) They shall not carry less than six approved life-buoys
(Rule 11 (a) or 11 (6), General Rules).

CLASS 3.-DIVISION (B).

Rules for foreign-going Sailing-ships not carrying Passengers.
(a.) Ships of this division shall carry boats in accordance
with the table provided for Class 1, Division (B), and in
addition thereto one good serviceable boat of Section (D).
Such boats shall be, as far as practicable, placed under
davits, with proper appliances for getting them into the
water to the satisfaction of the Inspector or Surveyor; such
boats as are not placed under davits being so carried that
they also can readily be got into the water to the satisfaction
of the Inspector or Surveyor.
(6.) They shall carry approved life-jackets as required for
ships in Class 1, Division (B), and also one life-buoy (Rule 11
(a) or 11 (b), General Rules), for each boat of wood or metal.

CLASS 4.-DIVISION (A).

Rules for Steamships having Passenger Certificates under
"The Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877," authorising them
to carry Passengers anywhere within the Home-trade
Limits.
(a.) Ships of this division shall carry boats placed under
davits in accordance with the rules and table provided for
ships in Class 1, Division (A).
(6.) If the boats placed under davits in accordance with
this requirement do not furnish sufficient accommodation
for all persons on board, then additional approved boats or
approved life-rafts shall be supplied as for ships of Class 1,
Division (A).
(c.) Provided that if (having regard to the avoidance of
undue incumbrance of the ship's deck, and to the safety of
the ship for her voyage) it is not practicable for a ship of this
division to carry additional approved boats or approved life-
rafts as are required for ships of Class 1, Division (A) (f), the
deficiency so caused may be made up by the supply of an
equivalent number of approved buoyant deck-seats or other
approved buoyant deck-fittings to the satisfaction of an
Inspector or Surveyor.
(d.) Ships of this division shall carry not less than six
approved life-buoys (Rule 11 (a) or 11 (6), General Rules).
(e.) They shall also carry, in addition to the boats and
appliances required above, approved life-jackets (Rule 10,
General Rules) or other similar approved articles of equal
buoyancy suitable for being worn on the person, so that
there may be at least one for each person on board the ship.

CLASS 4.-DIVISION (B).

Rules for Steamships in the same Trades not certified to
carry Passengers.
(a.) Ships of this division shall carry, on each side, at least
so many and such boats of wood or metal placed under
davits of which one on each side shall be a boat of Section
(A), General Rules, or of Section (B)-that the boats on each
side of the ship shall be sufficient to accommodate all
persons on board. They shall have proper appliances for
getting the boats into the water.
(6.) They shall carry approved life-jackets as for ships of
Class 1, Division (A).
(c.) They shall carry not less than four approved life-buoys
(Rule 11 (a) or 11 (6), General Rules).

CLASS 4.-DIVISION (C).

Rules for Sailing-ships in the same Trades not carrying
Passengers.
(a.) Ships of this division shall carry a boat or boats of
wood or metal at least sufficient for all persons on board,
and in such a position as to be readily got into the water, to
the satisfaction of the Inspector or Surveyor. Each boat
shall be provided with one gallon of vegetable or animal oil
in a vessel of an approved pattern for distributing it in the
water in rough weather.
(6.) They shall carry an approved life-jacket (Rule 10,
General Rules) for each person on board.
(c.) They shall carry at least two approved life-buoys (Rule
11 (a) or 11 (b), General Rules).

CLASS 5.

Rules for Steamships having Passenger Certificates autho-
rising them to carry Passengers within certain specified
Limits of the Home Trade.
(a.) Ships of this division shall, according to their tonnage,
carry boats placed under davits, as required by the table for
ships in Class 1, Division (A).
(6.) If the boats placed under davits in accordance with
the above requirements do not furnish sufficient accommo-
dation for all persons on board, then additional boats or
approved life-rafts shall be supplied as for ships of Class 1,
Division (A).
(c.) Provided that if (having regard to the avoidance of
undue incumbrance of the ship's deck, and to the safety of
the ship for her voyage) it is not practicable for a ship of
this division to carry additional approved boats or approved
life-rafts as required for ships of Class 1, Division (A), the
deficiency so caused may be made up by the supply of an
equivalent number of approved buoyant deck-seats or other
approved buoyant deck-fittings, to the satisfaction of an
Inspector or Surveyor.
(2.) Ships of this division shall also carry approved life-
jackets (Rule 10, General Rules), or other similar approved
articles of equal buoyancy suitable for being worn on the
person, so that there may be at least one for each person on
board the ship.
(e.) At least one approved life-buoy (Rule 11 (a) or 11 (b)
General Rules) shall also be provided for each boat of wood
or metal carried by the ship, but in no case shall less than
six approved life-buoys be provided.

CLASS 6.

Rules for Steamships carrying Passengers on Short Excur-
sions or Pleasure Trips at Sea, or in Estuaries or
Mouths of Rivers, during Daylight.
(a.) Ships of this class shall carry at least two boats of
Section (A), General Rules, or Section (B), placed under
davits, and with proper appliances for getting them into the
water.
(6.) They shall also carry other boats, approved buoyant
apparatus (Rule 9, General Rules), and [or] approved life-
jackets (Rule 10), sufficient (with the boats) to keep afloat
all the persons on board the ship.
(c.) At least four approved life-buoys (Rule 11 (a) or 11 (b),
General Rules) shall be carried.

CLASS 7.

Rules for Steamships carrying Passengers on Rivers and
[or] Lakes, but not going to Sea or into Rough Waters.
(a.) Ships of this class shall carry one boat in such a
position that she can readily be got into the water. They
shall also carry approved buoyant apparatus (Rule 9,
General Rules) or approved life-jackets (Rule 10), and
approved life-buoys (Rule 11), at least sufficient, together
with the boat, to keep afloat all persons carried on board.
(6.) At least four approved life-buoys shall be carried.
NOTE.—A discretion to be exercised by the Inspector and
Surveyor to relieve ferry-boats in narrow waters from the
operation of Rule (a) of this class.