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(c.) With a sea-anchor, a baler, a rudder, and a tiller, or
yoke and yoke-lines, a painter of sufficient length
at each end of the boat, and a boat-hook. The
rudder and baler to be attached to the boat by
sufficiently long lanyards, and kept ready for use.
In boats where there may be a difficulty in fitting
a rudder a steering-oar may be provided instead.
(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
approved equipment, including a painter of suffi-
cient length and a sheath-knife to be attached to
the raft by a lanyard.

(6.) 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 Rule (5), shall be equipped as
follows, but not more than four boats in any one ship re-
quire to have this outfit, and where boats of Sections A or B
are carried in lieu of boats of Sections C or D, this additional
outfit need not be insisted on :—
(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 line becketed round the outside of the boat
and securely made fast.
(d.) With an efficient compass.
(e.) With one gallon of vegetable or animal oil, and 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.

(7.) 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 Marine
Department; provided always that for every person so car-
ried there shall be at least 3 cubic feet of strong and service-
able enclosed airtight compartments, constructed so that
water cannot 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.

(8.) BUOYANT APPARATUS.—Approved buoyant apparatus
shall be deemed sufficient, so far as buoyancy is concerned,
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 con-
struction, and marked in such a way as plainly to indicate
the number of persons for whom it is sufficient.

(9.) LIFE-BELTS.—An approved life-belt shall mean a belt
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 15lb. of iron suspended from it. Life-belts are
to be cut out 2in. under the armpits, and fitted so as to
remain securely in their place when put on.

(10.) LIFE-BUOYS.—An approved life-buoy shall mean
either—
(a.) A life-buoy built of solid cork, 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 or
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.

All life-buoys shall be fitted with beckets securely seized,
and not less than two of them shall be fitted with life-lines
15 fathoms in length.

(11.) POSITION OF LIFE-BUOYS AND LIFE-BELTS.—All life-
buoys and life-belts shall be so placed as to be readily
accessible to all persons on board, and so that their position
may be known to those for whom they are intended.

(12.) WATERTIGHT COMPARTMENTS.—When ships of any
class are divided into efficient watertight compartments to
the satisfaction of the Marine Department, they shall only
be required to carry additional boats, rafts, and buoyant
apparatus of one-half of the capacity required by these
rules; but the exemption shall not extend to life-jackets
or similar approved articles of equal buoyancy suitable to
be worn on the person.

APPENDIX.

THE TABLE referred to in the foregoing Rules, showing the
Minimum Number of Boats to be placed under Davits
and their Minimum Cubic Contents.

NOTE.—Where in ships already fitted the required cubic contents
of boats placed under davits is provided, although by a smaller
number of boats than the minimum required by this table, such
ships shall be regarded as complying with the rules as to boats to
be carried under davits.

In the case of vessels over 200 tons gross tonnage the
capacity of any boat to be supplied should be not less than
125ft. If, however, in any case this rule be found to be
impracticable, a discretion may then be exercised by the
Marine Department.

In cases where a small vessel is unable to carry more than
one boat, a discretion may be exercised by the Marine
Department, but whenever one boat only is carried there
must be proper provision to enable it to be placed readily in
the water on either side of the ship.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Notifying Lands in Otago for Sale by Public Auction.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon
me by the one hundred and thirteenth section of "The
Land Act, 1892," I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint Wednes-
day, the tenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-five, as the time at which the lands
enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public
auction at Dunedin; and I do hereby fix the prices at
which the said lands shall be sold as those mentioned in
the said Schedule hereto opposite the description of such
lands respectively.