MAY 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1473

Regulations for the Carriage of Deck Cargo.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 26th April, 1911.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred
upon me by section 223 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908,
I, John Andrew Millar, the Minister of Marine, do hereby make
the following regulations as to the issue of licenses for the carriage
of cargo and live-stock on the decks of vessels, and do hereby pre-
scribe that the fees set forth in the Schedule hereto shall be payable
by the owner of every vessel in respect whereof such permit or
license is issued.

I do further hereby order that these regulations shall come into
force on the 1st day of July, 1911, and shall then supersede
any regulations heretofore existing and affecting the issue of such
licenses for the carriage of cargo and live-stock on the decks of
vessels, and the fees to be paid in respect of such licenses.

J. A. MILLAR.

REGULATIONS.

GENERAL.

1. (a.) IN these regulations " Superintendent " shall mean a Super-
   intendent of Mercantile Marine, or any other officer discharging
   the duty of a Superintendent of Mercantile Marine.

(b.) The amount of deck cargo and live-stock to be carried by
steam or sailing ships shall be based on the net registered tonnage of
the ship. Licenses to carry deck cargo and live-stock will be
granted by the Superintendent at each port when applied for, sub-
ject to these rules and regulations. Such licenses shall be either
general or special. Special licenses will be divided into two classes
—A and B.

2. Steamships or sailing-vessels under 150 tons net register,
   engaged in the home trade and trading to ports with bar-harbours or
   harbours where only small ships can enter or work, may in cases of
   emergency be allowed by the Superintendent to carry a greater
   amount of deck cargo, whether measurement or dead-weight, than
   is allowed in these regulations, provided the ship is laden or bal-
   lasted to carry such deck cargo, and it is compatible with the
   stability and safety of the said ship.

2A. Annual special licenses, Classes A and B, may be issued for
the carriage of cargo on deck. The master or owner shall make
written application to a Superintendent for the license required,
specifying the quantity and description of deck cargo for which
the license is required, and the Superintendent may, after inspec-
tion of the vessel by a Surveyor or other officer approved by him,
grant a special annual license, or for such less period as he may
deem advisable :

Provided that a Superintendent may at any time during the
currency of the license require that the vessel shall be inspected by a
Surveyor or other person approved by him, and may revoke the
license if he considers that the report of such inspection justifies
him in doing so.

3. Before granting licenses to carry deck cargo, or live-stock on
   deck, and coal on deck for ship's use, the following conditions are
   to be taken into consideration : viz., the construction, age, class,
   and condition of the ship, her equipment, the season of the year,
   and the nature of the trade in which she is employed, or the voyage
   about to be undertaken.

4. In the case of any ship for which a license is required a
   Superintendent may refuse to grant such license, or may grant a
   license for a reduced quantity of cargo or number of live-stock, if
   in the opinion of the Surveyor or officer appointed by him to inspect
   such ship it is advisable so to do.

5. In the case of a ship having a survey certificate issued by
   the Marine Department of New Zealand, the annual license for such
   ship for the carriage of cargo or live-stock on deck, or coal on deck
   for ship's use, shall be issued and shall expire on the respective
   dates of the issue and expiry of such survey certificate :