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(e) With one dozen self-igniting red lights in a watertight tin,
and a box of suitable matches in a watertight tin.
(f) With 1 lb. of condensed milk for each person the boat is
certified to carry: Provided that in respect of such ships
which make short voyages in waters where the large number
of vessels following recognized tracks ensures prompt assist-
ance in the event of disaster, the Department may allow
the quantity of condensed milk to be reduced to one-half
the quantity stated above.

(3) Every life-raft which has been accepted as an approved
buoyant apparatus under clause 2 of section 14, shall be equipped as
follows:—
(a) With four oars and five thole-pins or crutches attached to
the raft by sound lanyards, and a steering-oar.
(b) With a sea-anchor and a painter of sufficient length.
(c) With sufficient fresh water to give 1 pint per day for each
person the raft is certified to carry; with sufficient
biscuits, made of wheat-flour with 20 per cent. of plasmon,
laitproto, or other suitable material as may be approved
by the Marine Department, weighing 2 oz. or 4 oz. each,
to give 8 oz. per day for each person, and with sufficient
chocolate, in 1 oz. squares, to give 2 oz. per day for each
person (home-trade ships to carry two days’ supply, and
ships plying beyond home-trade limits four days’ supply);
twelve fish-hooks, and three fishing-lines. The water shall
be kept in airtight metal tanks or in proper kegs, and shall
be kept in such part of the raft as may be approved by
the Surveyor. Each water-vessel shall have attached to
it a dipper or other approved means of getting the water
out without waste, and when tanks are used they shall
have screw tops 3½ in. inside measurement, each top to have
two snugs ¾ in. deep and ¾ in. diameter. The other articles
enumerated in this subsection shall be kept in airtight
and watertight tanks, with screw tops 5 in. inside measure-
ment, each top to have two snugs each ¾ in. deep and ¾ in.
diameter, and such receptacles shall be securely fastened in
the life-rafts: Provided that screw tops which were procured
without the prescribed snugs by shipowners prior to the
23rd November, 1903, may be used if they are made so that
they can be screwed up and unscrewed without difficulty,
and the Surveyor considers they are suitable.
(d) With a line securely becketed round the outside of the
raft.
(e) With a self-igniting lifebuoy-light.
(f) With 1 gallon of vegetable or animal oil, and a vessel of
approved pattern for distributing it on the water in rough
weather. This vessel shall be capable of being attached
to the sea-anchor.
(g) With one dozen self-igniting red lights in a watertight tin,
and a box of suitable matches in a watertight tin.

(4) All buoyant apparatus carried by a foreign-going ship shall
be equipped as follows:—
(a) With two paddles and one boathook, or two paddles and
boathooks combined, attached to the buoyant apparatus
by lanyards;
(b) A painter of sufficient length;
(c) A line securely becketed round the outside of the apparatus;
(d) A self-igniting light and two signal flares of approved pattern,
the self-igniting light to be attached to the buoyant apparatus
by lanyards of suitable length:

Provided that on buoyant apparatus designed to support less than
twenty-five persons the paddles, boathook, and flares need not be
carried.

(5) All buoyant apparatus carried by a home-trade ship shall be
provided with a suitable approved equipment.

(6) All boats and rafts and buoyant apparatus shall be fully
equipped before the ship leaves harbour, and the equipment shall
remain in the boat, raft, or buoyant apparatus throughout the voyage,
while the ship is at sea, or it shall be stowed in some convenient
place where it will be immediately available in case of emergency.