1474
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 36

Provided that in the case of any ship whose existing deck-cargo license expires before the date of expiry of the ship’s then existing survey certificate, the period of such license shall be extended to include the balance of the unexpired portion of such survey certificate.

6. A general license for carrying deck cargo and live-stock to and from any port in New Zealand, and to any one port in Australia, Tasmania, Fiji, and South Sea Islands, or any island dependent on New Zealand, will only be available for twelve months from date of issue; and this license, on its expiration, is to be returned to any Superintendent in the Dominion, when a new license will be granted if required.

7. Special licenses, Class A, for carrying deck cargo and live-stock, and coal on deck for ship’s use, will be annual or for one trip, and will be available for the foreign, intercolonial, Fijian, or South Sea Island trade from any port or ports in New Zealand.

8. Special licenses, Class B, for carrying deck cargo and live-stock, and coal on deck for ship’s use, will be annual or for one trip, and will be available for from one port to another in New Zealand, and from a final port in New Zealand to a foreign, intercolonial, Fijian, or South Sea Island port.

9. General and special licenses for carrying deck cargo are to be in the forms set out in the Schedule hereto. They are to be made out in duplicate, and are to be signed by the Superintendent, who will retain the duplicate.

10. The master of the ship will be held responsible for the safe custody and renewal of the license for carrying deck cargo, and he is to produce the said license for inspection when requested to do so by a Superintendent or an officer of the Customs at any port or ports in the Dominion.

11. On the expiration of any license it is to be left with any Superintendent in the Dominion. The Superintendent with whom it is left is thereupon to forward it to the Superintendent at the port where it was issued.

12. Before any ship is allowed to carry any deck cargo, or live-stock on deck, or coal on deck for ship’s use, a sufficient quantity of cargo or ballast must be carried below the water-line to insure the stability and safety of the said ship.

13. Water-ballast or ballast of any description at the bottom of the ship shall count as cargo if required. Fresh water for the boilers or for drinking purposes, and coal in the bunkers or ship’s stores, are not to be included in the above calculations.

14. All ships, before being granted a special license to carry deck cargo, or live-stock on deck, or coal on deck for ship’s use, will be subjected to an inspection by an officer approved of by the Superintendent.

15. All ships carrying deck cargo, or live-stock, or coal on deck for ship’s use, and such cargo if so placed that the persons on board have to walk over it, must have a man-rope or hand-rail securely fitted at the sides of the ship before proceeding to sea, so as to prevent any person from falling overboard.

16. All ships carrying passengers shall require 9 square feet of clear deck space for each passenger allowed by certificate in each class.

17. All ships carrying deck cargo and live-stock, or coal on deck for ship’s use, must have a clear deck space of 4 ft. at the entrances to the quarters of the passengers and crew and the entrance to the engine-room and stoke-hold, and sufficient space must be allowed to enable the passengers to move about the deck, and also the crew to move about the deck in the performance of their duties and to proceed to and from their quarters, without risk of injury from any deck cargo or live-stock.

18. No ships with timber as deck cargo will be allowed to carry the timber higher on deck than the top of the top rail, unless specially authorized by the Superintendent to do so.

19. Coal on deck for ship’s use, or cargo or live-stock, is not to be stowed in the vicinity of the boats, rafts, or boat-davits, or the pumps, so as to interfere with their working, or in or on the forecastle so as to interfere with the working of the anchors or chains, or near the rudder-head or quadrant or tiller, and care should be taken to keep the wheel-chains clear of cargo.

20. When carrying deck cargo or live-stock, or coal on deck for ship’s use, the freeing ports are always to be left sufficiently clear of deck cargo to let the water off the ship’s deck.