1468
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 69

25. Fresh meat, poultry in coops or baskets, fresh butter,
    eggs, fruit, and vegetables in baskets or wooden packages,
    and vehicles, such as drays, carts, carriages, agricultural
    implements, timber, acids, or any dangerous combustibles,
    are to be considered measurement cargo.

26. Intercolonial and home-trade steamships will be
    allowed to carry bar-iron and iron piping on deck, provided
    the quantity does not exceed 2 per cent. of the net regis-
    tered tonnage, and it is kept clear of the compasses. Such
    cargo shall be deducted from the total quantity of measure-
    ment deck cargo allowed to be carried.

27. Intercolonial and home-trade steamships shall only
    carry as dead-weight deck cargo one-quarter of the per-
    centage allowed as measurement deck cargo, which is to be
    deducted from the total carrying tonnage allowed on deck.

28. Dead-weight—which includes iron, copper, lead, tin, or
    manganese ores, or railway-iron, iron boilers, or machinery,
    or locomotives, and coal, but does not include bar-iron and
    iron piping—is not to be carried on deck without a separate
    license marked “Dead-weight.” Such license shall be either
    general or special.

29. For the purpose of ascertaining the number of or
    quantity of live-stock, horses, bullocks, cows, sheep, or pigs
    a ship shall be allowed to carry on deck, it will be neces-
    sary to assume or reckon that each horse, bullock, or cow
    measures 2 tons or weighs 1 ton.

30. Live-stock on deck are to be secured in boxes, stalls,
    or pens according to the following scale: One horse one
    stall, and not more than four bullocks or cows in one stall;
    sheep shall be divided into lots not exceeding twenty-five in
    one enclosure; and proper arrangements are to be made for
    the housing, maintenance, and cleanliness of the animals,
    and for the stowage of their fodder.

31. The quantity of live-stock to be carried on deck by
    steamships or sailing-ships solely employed in carrying live-
    stock will be defined by the Marine Department.

32. The tops of the hatches, when secured or battened
    down, are available for measurement deck cargo.

33. The alley-ways are always to be kept clear of cargo
    and live-stock, and there shall be a clear passage of not less
    than 3ft. wide fore and aft the ship either on one side or the
    other, or part on one side and part on the other.

34. There must be free access to the steps or ladders lead-
    ing to the deck or decks where the life-saving appliances,
    boats, rafts, &c., are kept.

35. Boats other than the ships' boats may be carried
    hanging in the boat-davits, provided they come up to the
    requirements of the regulation boat, and are equipped
    accordingly.

36. No exception will be taken to not more than one-half
    the number of the ship's boats being swung out and secured,
    and their places taken on the chocks by other boats, not
    regulation boats or equipped boats.

37. Intercolonial and home-trade steamships shall not be
    allowed to carry coal on deck for their use without a license
    marked “Dead-weight.”

38. Sailing-ships will not be allowed to carry live-stock on
    deck when the amount of measurement deck cargo on board
    exceeds 5 per cent. of the net registered tonnage of the ship.

39. Intercolonial trading ships, either steamships or sail-
    ing-ships, with or without passengers, shall be considered
    home-trade ships when going from one port to another on
    the coast of New Zealand.

40. All deck cargo is to be lashed or secured, and this is to
    be done before the ship leaves the wharf or proceeds to sea.

41. Ships carrying deck cargo, or live-stock, or coal on deck
    for ship's use, will not be allowed to proceed to sea with a
    heavy list, or before the coal on deck is properly stowed or
    secured.

42. Timber on deck shall be stowed and secured in such a
    manner that the weight of the deck cargo does not or
    will not bear on the bulwarks when the ship is at sea.

43. None of the rules herein mentioned shall affect or
    interfere with the rules and regulations concerning life-
    saving appliances on board ships, or the disc or load-line
    mark.

44. For the purpose of these regulations, the expression
    “register tonnage” shall mean the “net register tonnage.”

45. For the purposes of these regulations ships shall be
    arranged into the following classes:—

Division A.—Class I.: Intercolonial and home-trade steam-
ships carrying passengers and cargo.

Class II.: Intercolonial and home-trade steamships
carrying cargo only.

Class III.: Intercolonial and home-trade sailing-ships
with or without passengers.

Division B.—Class I.: Foreign-going steamships carrying
passengers and cargo.

Class II.: Foreign-going steamships carrying cargo only.

Class III.: Foreign-going steamships carrying cargo only,
with live-stock on deck, also coal on deck for ship's
use.

Class IV.—Foreign-trade sailing-ships with or without
passengers.

Division A, Class I.—Intercolonial and Home-trade Steamships
carrying Passengers and Cargo.

General Licenses.

1. A general license will be granted to intercolonial and
   home-trade steamships for carrying a specified amount of
   deck cargo and live-stock with their certificated number of
   passengers.

2. Steamships carrying passengers, and having a general
   license, will be allowed to carry a quantity equal to 6 per cent.
   of the net registered tonnage of the ship as measurement deck
   cargo, and such deck cargo will be subjected to reduction when
   carrying live-stock, bar-iron, or iron piping, and dead-weight
   deck cargo.

3. Passenger steamships with general licenses will be
   allowed to carry a number of horses, bullocks, or cows equal
   to 3 per cent. of the net registered tonnage, and four sheep or
   four pigs shall be considered equal to one horse, bullock, or
   cow. Proportionate allowance will be made for small live-
   stock.

4. In passenger steamships with a general license, half of
   the ship's ordinary deck, less the forecastle and poop, or a
   similar space, is to be kept clear of cargo or live-stock; and
   the space underneath the shelter-deck joining the passengers'
   quarters, irrespective of class.

5. In passenger steamships holding general licenses no
   cargo or live-stock is to be carried on any top deck above
   what is considered the ordinary deck; but no exception will
   be taken to a limited quantity of theatrical scenery or
   perishable ship's stores being stowed on any top deck, pro-
   vided it does not interfere with the provisions of these regu-
   lations.

Special Licenses, Class A.

These licenses will be granted as follows:—

1. Steamships with these licenses will be allowed to carry
   a quantity equal to 8 per cent. of the net registered tonnage
   of the ship as measurement deck cargo, and such deck cargo
   will be subjected to reductions when carrying live-stock, bar-
   iron, iron piping, and dead-weight deck cargo.

2. Steamships with these licenses will be allowed to carry
   a number of horses, bullocks, or cows equal to 4 per cent. of
   the net registered tonnage, and six sheep or six pigs shall be
   considered equal to one horse, bullock, or cow. Proportionate
   allowance will be made for small live-stock.

3. In passenger steamships with these licenses the fore-
   castle and poop deck, or a similar space, or equivalent deck
   space, is to be kept clear of cargo and live-stock.

4. Passenger steamships with these licenses will not be
   allowed to carry cargo or live-stock on any top deck above
   what is considered the ordinary deck; but no exception will
   be taken to a limited quantity of theatrical scenery or perish-
   able ship's stores being stowed on any top deck, provided it
   does not interfere with the provisions of these regulations.

Special Licenses, Class B.

These licenses will be granted as follows:—

1. Steamships with these licenses will be allowed to carry
   a quantity equal to 10 per cent. of the net registered tonnage
   of the ship as measurement deck cargo, and such deck cargo
   will be subjected to reductions when carrying live-stock, bar-
   iron, iron piping, and dead-weight deck cargo.

2. Steamships with these licenses will be allowed to carry
   a number of horses, bullocks, or cows equal to 5 per cent. of
   the net registered tonnage, and eight sheep or eight pigs
   shall be considered equal to one horse, bullock, or cow. Pro-
   portionate allowance will be made for small live-stock.

3. Steamships with these licenses will be allowed to carry
   light measurement deck cargo and sheep on the poop or fore-
   castle deck, provided it does not interfere with the pas-
   sengers' or crew's accommodation, or these regulations.

Division A., Class II.—Intercolonial and Home-trade Steam-
ships carrying Cargo only.

General Licenses.

1. General licenses will be granted to intercolonial and
   home-trade steamships for carrying a special amount of
   deck cargo and live-stock when applied for, subject to the
   rules and regulations herein stated.

2. Intercolonial and home-trade steamships will be granted
   a general license to carry a quantity equal to 10 per cent.
   of the net register tonnage of the ship as measurement
   deck cargo, and such deck cargo will be subjected to reduc-
   tion when carrying live-stock, bar-iron, iron piping, and
   dead-weight deck cargo.

3. Steamships with a general license will be allowed to
   carry a number of horses, bullocks, or cows equal to 5 per
   cent. of the net register tonnage, and eight sheep and eight
   pigs shall be considered equal to one horse, bullock, or cow.
   Proportionate allowance will be made for small live-stock.

4. Intercolonial and home-trade cargo steamships with a
   general or special license will be allowed to carry light
   measurement deck cargo and sheep on the poop or forecastle
   deck, provided it does not interfere with the crew's accom-
   modation or these regulations.