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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Rule V.—Mark of Assigning Authority.
The authority by whom the load lines are assigned may be indicated by letters measuring about $4 \frac{1}{2}$ inches by 3 inches marked alongside the disc and above the centre line.
Rule VI.—Details of Marking.
The disc, lines, and letters are to be painted in white or yellow on a dark ground or in black on a light ground. They are also to be carefully cut in or centre-punched on the sides of iron and steel ships, and on wood ships they are to be cut into the planking for at least one-eighth of an inch. The marks are to be plainly visible, and, if necessary, special arrangements are to be made for this purpose.
Rule VII.—Verification of Marks.
The International Load Line Certificate is not to be delivered to the ship until a surveyor of the assigning authority (acting under the provisions of Article 9 of this Convention) has certified that the marks are correctly and permanently indicated on the ship's sides.
Part II.—Conditions of Assignment of Load Lines.
The assignment of load lines is conditional upon the ship being structurally efficient and upon the provision of effective protection to ship and crew.
Rules VIII to XXXI apply to ships to which minimum freeboards are assigned. In ships to which greater freeboards than the minimum are assigned, the protection is to be relatively as effective.
Openings in Freeboard and Superstructure Decks.
Rule VIII.—Cargo and other Hatchways not protected by Superstructures.
The construction and fitting of cargo and other hatchways in exposed positions on freeboard and superstructure decks are to be at least equivalent to the standards laid down in Rules IX to XVI.
Rule IX.—Hatchway Coamings.
The height of hatchway coamings on freeboard decks is to be at least 24 inches above the deck. The height of coamings on superstructure decks is to be at least 24 inches above the deck if situated within a quarter of the ship's length from the stem, and at least 18 inches if situated elsewhere.
Coamings are to be of steel, are to be substantially constructed, and, where required to be 24 inches high, are to be fitted with an efficient horizontal stiffener placed not lower than 10 inches below the upper edge, and fitted with efficient brackets or stays from the stiffener to the deck, at intervals of not more than 10 feet. Where end coamings are protected, these requirements may be modified.
Rule X.—Hatchway Covers.
Covers to exposed hatchways are to be efficient, and where they are made of wood, the finished thickness is to be at least $2 \frac{3}{8}$ inches in association with a span of not more than 5 feet. The width of each bearing surface for these hatchway covers is to be at least $2 \frac{1}{2}$ inches.
Rule XI.—Hatchway Beams and Fore-and-afters.
Where wood hatchway covers are fitted the hatchway beams and fore-and-afters are to be of the scantlings and spacing given in Table 1 where coamings 24 inches high are required, and as given in Table 2 where coamings 18 inches high are required. Angle bar mountings on the upper edge are to extend continuously for the full length of each beam. Wood fore-and-afters are to be steel shod at all bearing surfaces.
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