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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 77

REGULATION XXXV.
Equivalent for and Weight of the Persons.

In the tests for determining the number of persons which a boat or life raft can accommodate, each person shall be assumed to be an adult person wearing a life-jacket.

In verifications of freeboard the decked boats shall be loaded with a weight of at least 75 kilogrammes (165 lb.) for each adult person that the decked boat is authorized to carry.

In all cases two children under twelve years of age shall be reckoned as one person.

REGULATION XXXVI.
Equipment of Boats and Life Rafts.

1. The normal equipment of every boat shall consist of:—
   (a) A single banked complement of oars, two spare oars and a steering-oar ; one set and a half of thole pins or crutches ; a boat-hook.
   (b) Two plugs for each plug-hole (plugs are not required when proper automatic valves are fitted) ; a bailer and a galvanized iron bucket.
   (c) A rudder and a tiller or yoke and yoke lines.
   (d) Two hatchets.
   (e) A lamp filled with oil and trimmed.
   (f) A mast or masts with one good sail at least, and proper gear for each.
   (g) An efficient compass.
   (h) A life-line becketed round the outside.
   (i) A sea-anchor.
   (j) A painter.
   (k) A vessel containing four and a half litres (equivalent to one gallon) of vegetable or animal oil. The vessel shall be so constructed that the oil can be easily distributed on the water, and so arranged that it can be attached to the sea-anchor.
   (l) An airtight receptacle containing one kilogramme (equivalent to 2 lb.) of provisions for each person.
   (m) A watertight receptacle provided with a dipper with lanyard containing one litre (equivalent to one quart) of fresh water for each person.
   (n) At least one dozen self-igniting “red lights” and a box of matches in watertight containers.
   (o) Half a kilogramme (equivalent to 1 lb.) of condensed milk for each person.
   (p) A suitable locker for the stowage of the small items of the equipment.
   (q) Any boat which is certified to carry one hundred or more persons shall be fitted with a motor and shall comply with the requirements of Regulation XXVII.

A motor lifeboat need not carry a mast or sails or more than half the complement of oars, but it shall carry two boathooks.

Decked lifeboats shall have no plug-hole, but shall be provided with at least two bilge-pumps.

In the case of a ship which carries passengers in the North Atlantic north of 35° North Latitude, only a proportion of the boats, to be fixed by the Administration, need be equipped with masts and sails, and only one-half the quantity of condensed milk need be carried.

2. Where the number of lifeboats carried on a ship is more than thirteen, one shall be a motor-boat, and where the number is more than nineteen, two shall be motor-boats. These motor-lifeboats shall be fitted with a wireless telegraph installation and a searchlight.

The wireless telegraph installation shall comply with conditions as to range and efficiency to be decided by each Administration.

The searchlight shall include a lamp of at least 80 watts, an efficient reflector, and a source of power which will give effective illumination of a light coloured object over a width of about 18 metres (60 feet) at a distance of 180 metres (200 yards) for a total period of six hours, and it shall be capable of working for three hours continuously.