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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

GENERAL RULES.

1. BOATS.
   NOTE. All boats shall be properly equipped, as provided
   by these rules.

Section (A). A boat of this section shall be a lifeboat
properly constructed of wood or metal, having for every 10
cubic feet of her capacity, computed as in (2), at least 1½
cubic feet of strong and serviceable inclosed air-tight
compartments, such that water cannot find its way into
them.

Section (B).-A boat of this section shall be a lifeboat pro-
perly constructed of wood or metal, having inside and
outside buoyancy apparatus together equal in efficiency to
the buoyancy apparatus provided for a boat of Section (A).
At least one-half of the buoyancy apparatus must be
attached to the outside of the boat.

Section (C).-A boat of this section shall be a lifeboat pro-
perly constructed of wood or metal, having some buoyancy
apparatus attached to the inside [or] outside of the
boat equal in efficiency to one-half of the buoyancy
apparatus provided for a boat of Section (A) or Section (B).
At least one-half of the buoyancy apparatus must be
attached to the outside of the boat.

Section (D).-A boat of this section shall be a properly-
constructed boat of wood or metal.

Section (E).-A boat of this section shall be a boat of
approved form and material, which may be collapsible.

2. CUBIC CAPACITY. The cubic capacity of a boat shall
   be deemed to be her cubic capacity ascertained (as in
   measuring ships for tonnage capacity) by Stirling's rule;
   but, as the application of that rule entails much labour,
   the following simple plan, which is approximately ac-
   curate, may be adopted for general purposes, and when
   no question requiring absolutely correct adjustment is
   raised:-

Measure the length and breadth outside and the depth
inside. Multiply them together and by '6; the product is
the capacity of the boat in cubic feet. Thus, a boat 28ft.
long, 8ft. 6in. broad, and 3ft. 6in. deep, will be regarded as
having a capacity of 28 × 8.5 × 3.5 × 6 = 499·8, or 500
cubic feet. If the oars are pulled in rowlocks, the bottom of
the rowlock is to be considered the gunwale of the boat for
ascertaining her depth.

3. NUMBER OF PERSONS FOR BOATS OF SECTION (A).-
   The number of persons a boat of Section (A) shall be deemed
   fit to carry shall be the number of cubic feet ascertained as
   in (2) divided by 10. Thus, a boat whose cubic contents are
   500 cubic feet, is deemed to be sufficient for 50 adult per-
   sons.
   The space in the boat shall be sufficient for the
   seating of the persons carried in it, and for the proper use of
   the oars.

4. NUMBER OF PERSONS FOR OTHER BOATS. The number
   of persons a boat of Section (B), (C), (D), or (E) shall be
   deemed fit to carry shall be the number of cubic feet ascer-
   tained as in (2) divided by eight.

5. APPLIANCES FOR LOWERING BOATS.-Appliances for
   getting a boat into the water must fulfil the following con-
   ditions: Means are to be provided for speedily detaching the
   boats from the 'lower blocks of the davit-tackles; the boats
   placed under davits are to be attached to the davit-tackles
   and kept ready for service at any moment; the davits are to
   be strong enough and so spaced that the boats can be swung
   out with facility; the points of attachment of the boats to
   the davits are to be sufficiently away from the ends of the
   boats to insure their being easily swung clear of the davits;
   the boats' chocks are to be such as can be expeditiously
   removed; the davits, falls, blocks, eye-bolts, rings, and the
   whole of the tackling are to be of sufficient strength; the
   boat's falls are to be long enough to lower the boat into the
   water with safety when the vessel is light; the life-lines
   fitted to the davits are to be long enough to reach the water
   when the vessel is light; and hooks are not to be attached to
   the lower tackle-blocks.

6. EQUIPMENTS FOR COLLAPSIBLE OR OTHER BOATS AND
   FOR LIFE-RAFTS. In order to be properly equipped each
   boat shall be provided as follows:----
   (a.) With the full (single-banked) complement of oars,
   and two spare oars;
   (b.) With two plugs for each plug-hole, attached with
   lanyards or chains, and one set and a half of
   thole pins or crutches, attached to the boat by
   sound lanyards;
   (c.) With a sea-anchor, a baler, a rudder and tiller, or
   yoke and yoke-lines, a painter of sufficient length,
   and a boat-hook. The rudder and baler to be
   attached to the boat by sufficiently long lanyards,
   and kept ready for use.
   (d.) A vessel to be kept filled with fresh water shall be
   provided for each boat.
   (e.) Life-rafts shall be fully provided with a suitable
   equipment.

7. ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENTS FOR BOATS OF SECTION (A)
   AND SECTION (B). --In order to be properly equipped, each

boat of Sections (A) and (B), in addition to being provided
with all the requisites laid down in (6), shall be equipped as
follows (but not more than four boats in any one ship
require to have this outfit):---
(a.) With two hatchets or tomahawks, one to be kept in
each end of the boat, and to be attached to the boat
by a lanyard;
(b.) With a mast or masts, and with at least one good sail,
and proper gear for each;
(c.) With a life-line, in loops run round the outside of the
boat and securely made fast;
(d.) With an efficient compass;
(e.) With one gallon of vegetable or animal oil, in a vessel
of an approved pattern, for distributing it in the
water in rough weather;
(f.) With a lantern trimmed, with oil in its receiver
sufficient to burn eight hours.

8. NUMBER OF PERSONS FOR LIFE-RAFTS. The number
   of persons that any approved life-raft for use at sea shall be
   deemed to be capable of carrying shall be determined with
   reference to each separate pattern approved by the Board of
   Trade; provided always that for every person so carried
   there shall be at least three cubic feet of strong and service-
   able enclosed air-tight compartments, such that water can-
   not find its way into them. Any approved life-raft of other
   construction may be used, provided that it has equivalent
   buoyancy to that hereinbefore described. Every such
   approved life-raft shall be marked in such a way as to
   plainly indicate the number of adult persons it can carry.

9. BUOYANT APPARATUS. Approved buoyant apparatus
   shall be deemed sufficient for a number of persons, to be
   ascertained by dividing the number of pounds of iron which
   it is capable of supporting in fresh water by 32. Such
   buoyant apparatus shall not require to be inflated before
   use, shall be of approved construction, and marked in such
   a way as plainly to indicate the number of persons for whom
   it is sufficient.

10. LIFE-JACKET. An approved life-jacket shall mean a
    belt or jacket which does not require to be inflated before
    use, and which is capable at least of floating in the water
    for twenty-four hours with 10lb. of iron suspended from it.

11. LIFE-BUOYS. - An approved life-buoy shall mean
    either-
    (a.) A life-buoy built of solid cork, and fitted with life-
    lines and loops, securely seized to the life-buoy, and
    capable of floating in the water for at least twenty-
    four hours with 32lb. of iron suspended from it; or
    (b.) A strong life-buoy of any other approved pattern and
    material, provided that it is capable of floating in
    the water for at least twenty-four hours with 32lb.
    of iron suspended from it, and provided also that it
    is not stuffed with rushes, cork shavings or other
    shavings, or loose granulated cork, or other loose
    material, and does not require inflation before use.

12. POSITION OF LIFE-JACKETS AND LIFE-BUOYS. - All
    life-buoys and life-jackets shall be so placed as to be readily
    accessible to the persons on board, and so that their position
    may be known to those for whom they are intended.

13. VESSELS CARRYING NOT MORE THAN TEN PASSENGERS.-
    So much of these rules relating to the carrying of a life-boat
    or life-boats shall not apply to vessels unless carrying more
    than ten passengers.

RIVERSDALE WALROND,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Terms and Conditions of Sale of the Scarborough Village
Settlement, Wellington Land District.

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At Dunedin, this sixteenth day of December, 1889.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and sixty-seven
section of "The Land Act, 1885," it is enacted that
the Governor in Council may fix the terms and conditions
upon which the lands comprised in any village settlement
shall be disposed of, and the mode of payment for the same:
And whereas His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand has, by Proclamation, set apart the lands
enumerated in the Schedule hereto for sale as a village
settlement:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
and authorities conferred upon him by the hereinbefore in
part recited Act, and by and with the advice of the Execu-
tive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, doth hereby fix
the following terms and conditions upon which the said
village settlement shall be disposed of, and the mode of
payment for the same, that is to say,-

1. The lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be
   disposed of as village allotments for cash.