1476
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 36

40. In every case where deck cargo or live-stock is shipped at a port where there is a Superintendent, the master of the ship in which such deck cargo or live-stock is shipped shall notify the Superintendent of the shipment, and when it will be ready for inspection, and before the ship leaves the port the deck cargo or live-stock shall be inspected by an officer appointed for the purpose by the Superintendent. If such officer finds that the deck cargo or live-stock exceeds the weight, quantity, or number allowed by the vessel’s deck-cargo license, or is not stowed in accordance with the requirements of the Deck Cargo Regulations, he shall require the master to make such alterations in the weight or quantity of the deck cargo, or the number of live-stock, or in the stowage as may be necessary to comply with the license and regulations; and if the vessel leaves the port without complying with such requirements the master shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £50.

41. When the officer appointed by the Superintendent has to make the inspection after his ordinary office hours, the master shall pay to the Superintendent a fee equal to the amount payable to the officer for overtime.

42. Nothing in the last two preceding regulations shall apply to sailing-vessels built expressly for carriage of deck cargo and having no hatches, or sailing-vessels built expressly with flat bottoms and having reliable centre-boards and beam three and a half times or more the depth of vessel, but with hatches or holds for the carriage of cargo.

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 purpose of these regulations ships shall be arranged into the following classes:—

Division A.—Class I: Intercolonial and home-trade steamships 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 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.