Sept. 19.] 1469

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Special Licenses, Class A.

1. Licensees of this class will be granted to intercolonial
   and home-trade steamships for carrying a greater amount
   of deck cargo and live-stock than allowed by the general
   license, subject to the rules and regulations herein stated.

2. Intercolonial and home-trade steamships will be granted
   a license of this class to carry a quantity equal to 12 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 these licenses will be allowed to carry
   a number of horses, bullocks, or cows equal to 6 per cent. of
   the net register tonnage, and ten sheep or ten pigs shall be
   considered equal to one horse, bullock, or cow. Propor-
   tionate allowance will be made for small live-stock.

Special Licenses, Class B.

1. A special license of this class will be granted to inter-
   colonial and home-trade steamships for carrying a greater
   amount of deck cargo and live-stock than allowed in the
   special license, Class A, subject to the rules and regulations
   herein stated.

2. Intercolonial and home-trade steamships will be granted
   these licenses to carry a quantity equal to 14 per cent. of
   the net register tonnage of the ship as measurement deck
   cargo, and such deck cargo will be subjected to reduction
   when carrying live-stock, bar-iron, iron piping, and dead-
   weight deck cargo.

3. Steamships with these licenses will be allowed to carry
   a number equal to 7 per cent. horses, bullocks, or cows, to
   the net register tonnage, and twelve sheep or twelve pigs
   shall be considered equal to one horse, bullock, or cow.
   Proportionate allowance will be made for small live-stock.

Division A, Class III.—Intercolonial and Home-trade Sailing-

ships, with or without Passengers.

General Licenses.

1. General licenses will be granted to intercolonial and
   home-trade sailing-ships, with or without passengers, for
   carrying a specified amount of measurement deck cargo
   and live-stock, subject to the rules and regulations herein
   stated.

2. Intercolonial and home-trade sailing-ships shall be
   granted a general license to carry a quantity equal to 5
   per cent. of the net register tonnage of the ship as measure-
   ment deck cargo, and such deck cargo will be subjected to
   reduction when carrying live-stock.

3. A sailing-ship with a general license will be allowed to
   carry a number of horses, bullocks, or cows equal to 2½ per
   cent. of the net register 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.

Special Licenses, Class A.

1. Special licenses of this class will be granted to sailing-
   ships for carrying a specified amount of measurement deck
   cargo and live-stock, subject to the rules and regulations
   herein stated.

2. Sailing-ships of ordinary construction will be granted
   these licenses 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 reduction when
   carrying live-stock.

3. Sailing-ships with these licenses will be allowed to carry
   a number of horses, bullocks, or cows equal to 5 per cent. of
   the net register tonnage, and four sheep or four pigs shall
   be considered equal to one horse, bullock, or cow. Propor-
   tionate allowance will be made for small live-stock.

Special Licenses, Class B.

1. Special licenses of this class will be granted to sailing-
   ships for carrying a specified amount of timber as deck
   cargo, subject to the rules and regulations herein stated.

2. All sailing-ships, with good sheer and raised poop or
   quarter-deck and forecastle, solely laden with timber, will
   be granted licenses of this class to carry timber on deck as
   measurement deck cargo, and such deck cargo shall not ex-
   ceed a quantity equal to 25 per cent. of the net register ton-
   age of the ship, allowing 500ft. to each ton.

3. All sailing-ships of this description laden with timber,
   and carrying timber on deck, shall require three-quarters of
   the total amount on board under hatches, and more than half
   of the amount on board, when the ship is loaded, is to be
   below the water-line.

4. Sailing-ships, built expressly, with flat bottoms and with
   light draught and very great beam, for carrying large deck
   cargoes of timber, will be regulated as follows:—

5. The total quantity of timber to be carried as deck-
   cargo in these specially-constructed sailing-ships with flat
   bottoms is not to exceed one-third the total amount on board,
   and more than half of the total amount must be below the
   water-line.

6. Sailing-ships built expressly for carrying large deck
   cargoes of timber must have two-thirds of the total amount
   on board under hatches, and more than half of the total
   amount on board, when the ship is loaded, is to be below
   the water-line.

Division B, Class I.—Foreign-going Steamships' carrying Pas-

sengers and Cargo.

1. Foreign-going steamships carrying passengers and cargo
   will be granted licenses for carrying coal on deck for ship's
   consumption when applied for, subject to the rules and regu-
   lations herein stated. Such licenses shall be special, and will
   be classed A and B.

Special Licenses, Class A.

2. Foreign-going steamships must have sufficient coal in
   the bunkers to take them past a coaling port, and such
   steamships can take a specified quantity of coal on deck for
   their consumption to enable them to proceed further on
   their voyage, provided the quantity of coal on deck is com-
   patible with the stability and safety of the said steamship.

3. The quantity of coal to be carried on deck for ship's
   consumption by foreign-going steamships shall be based
   on the net register tonnage of the vessel.

4. These licenses will be granted to foreign-going steam-
   ships with passengers, if approved of by the Collector of
   Customs, to carry an amount of coal on deck for ship's use
   which is not to exceed 5 per cent. of the net register ton-
   age of the ship, and such coal can be stowed in bulk or in
   bags, if desired.

Special Licenses, Class B, for carrying Coal for Ship's Use on

Deck.

1. Foreign-going steamships will require licenses of this
   class for carrying a greater quantity of coal on deck for
   ship's use than allowed on the special license, Class A, which
   will necessitate the said steamship being surveyed or inspected
   by a surveyor approved by the Collector of Customs; and a
   certificate as to the said steamship's stability and seaworthi-
   ness being obtained from such surveyor, the owner paying
   the surveyor's fee.

2. The surveyor's certificate must distinctly state the
   extra quantity of coal for which the certificate is issued, and
   is to be indorsed by the master, owner, or agent; and on no
   account will a license of this class be granted for additional
   quantity of coal on deck of a foreign-going steamship carry-
   ing passengers where the total amount on deck exceeds
   7 per cent. of the net register tonnage of the said steam-
   ship.

Division B, Class II.—Foreign-going Steamships carrying

Cargo only.

1. Foreign-going steamships carrying cargo only will be
   granted licenses for carrying coal on deck for ship's con-
   sumption when applied for, subject to the rules and regula-
   tions herein stated. Such licenses shall be special, and will be
   classed A and B.

2. Foreign-going steamships must have sufficient coal
   in the bunkers to take them past a coaling port, and such
   steamships can take a specified quantity of coal on deck for
   their consumption to enable them to proceed further on their
   voyage, provided the quantity of coal on deck is compatible
   with the stability and safety of the said steamship.

Special Licenses, Class A.

3. Special licenses of this class will be granted to foreign-
   going steamships with cargo only, if approved of by the
   Collector of Customs, to carry an amount of coal on deck for
   ship's use which is not to exceed 7 per cent. of the net
   register tonnage of the said steamship; and such coal can
   be stowed in bulk or in bags if desired.

Special Licenses, Class B, for carrying Coal for Ship's Use on

Deck.

4. Foreign-going steamships will require licenses of this
   class for carrying a greater quantity of coal on deck for ship's
   use than allowed in the special license, Class A, which will
   necessitate the said steamship being surveyed or inspected
   by a surveyor approved of by the Collector of Customs;
   and a certificate as to the said steamship's stability and sea-
   worthiness must be obtained from such surveyor, the owner
   paying the surveyor's fee.

5. The surveyor's certificate must distinctly state the extra
   quantity of coal for which the certificate is issued, and it is
   to be indorsed by the master, owner, or agent; and on no
   account will a license of this class be granted for additional
   quantity of coal on deck of a foreign-going steamship where
   the total amount on deck exceeds 9 per cent. of the net
   register tonnage of the said steamship.

Division B, Class III.—Foreign-going Steamships carrying

Cargo with Live-stock on Deck.

1. Foreign-going steamships carrying cargo and coal on
   deck for ship's use will be granted licenses for carrying live-