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M. S. A. 1894, articles of equal buoyancy suitable for being worn on the person, so that there may be at least one for each person on board the ship. (g) Provided nevertheless that no ship of this class shall be required to carry more boats, rafts, and other buoyant deck fittings than will furnish sufficient accommodation for all persons on board.

DIVISION (A.).-Class 4.

Rules for Foreign-going Steamships not certified to carry Passengers.
(a) Ships of this class shall carry, on each side, at least so many
and such boats of wood or metal placed under davits (of which one
on one side shall be a boat of Section (A.) or Section (B.), and on
the other side shall be a boat of Section (A.), or Section (B.), or
Section (C.)), that the boats on each side of the ship shall be sufficient
to accommodate all persons on board.

(b) They shall carry approved life-belts, so that there may be one for each person carried on board the ship.

(c) They shall carry not less than six approved life-buoys.

In the case of small steamships a discretion may be exercised by the Board of Trade to modify the requirements as to boats.

DIVISION (B.).—Class 1.

Rules for Sailing Ships carrying Emigrant Passengers subject to all the Provisions of the Passengers Acts.

(a) Ships of Division (B.), Class 1, shall carry boats in accordance with the table, and such boats shall be as far as practicable placed under davits, with proper appliances for getting them into water. All boats not placed under davits, are to be so carried that they can be readily got into the water.

(b) Not less than half the number of boats placed under davits having at least half the cubic capacity required by the tables shall be boats of Section (A.) or Section (B.). The remaining boats may also be of such description, or may, in the option of the shipowner, conform to Section (C.) or Section (D.), provided that not more than two boats shall be of Section (D.).

(c) If the boats placed under davits in accordance with the table do not furnish sufficient accommodation for all persons on board, then additional wood, metal, collapsible, or other boats of approved description (whether placed under davits or otherwise), or approved life-rafts shall be carried. One of these boats may be a steam launch; but in that case the space occupied by the engines and boilers is not to be included in the estimated cubic capacity of the boat.

Subject to the provisions contained in paragraph (e) of these rules, such additional boats or rafts shall be of at least such carrying capacity that they and the boats required to be placed under davits by the table, provide together in the aggregate threefourths more than the minimum cubic contents required by column 3 of that table. For this purpose 3 cubic feet of air case in the life-rafts is to be estimated as 10 cubic feet of internal capacity. Provided always that the rafts will accommodate all the persons for which they are to be certified under the rules, and also have 3 cubic feet of air case for each person.

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All such additional boats or rafts shall be placed as conveniently M. S. A. 1894, for being available as the ship's arrangements admit of, having regard to the avoidance of undue encumbrance of the ship's deck, and to the safety of the ship for her voyage.

(d) In addition to the life-saving appliances before mentioned ships of this class shall carry not less than one approved life-buoy for every boat required by the rules to be placed under davits. They shall also carry approved life-belts or other similar approved articles of equal buoyancy suitable for being worn on the person, so that there may be at least one for each person on board the ship.

(e) Provided nevertheless that no ship of this class shall be required to carry more boats or rafts than will furnish sufficient accommodation for all persons on board.

DIVISION (B.).-Class 2.

Rules for Foreign-going Sailing Ships not carrying Passengers, but not subject to all the Provisions of the Passengers Acts.

Ships of this class shall be subject to the same requirements as those in Division (B.), Class 1.

DIVISION (B.).-Class 3.

Rules for Foreign-going Sailing Ships not carrying Passengers. (a) Ships of this class shall carry a boat or boats of Sections (A.) or (B.) sufficient for all the persons on board, and in addition thereto one good serviceable boat of Section (D.). Such boats shall as far as practicable, having due regard to their safety at sea, be placed under davits, with proper appliances for getting them quickly into the water; all boats not placed under davits are to be so carried that they can readily be got into the water to the satisfaction of the Board of Trade officer.

(b) They shall carry approved life-belts as required for ships in Division (B.), Class 1, and also one life-buoy for each boat of wood or metal.

In the case of small vessels a discretion may be exercised by the Board of Trade to modify the boat requirements.

DIVISION (B.).-Class 4.

Sailing Ships carrying Passengers anywhere within the Home-trade

Limits.

(a) Ships of this class shall carry a boat or boats of Sections (A.) and (B.) or (C.) sufficient for all the persons on board. Such boats shall be as far as practicable under davits; all boats not placed under davits are to be so carried that they can readily be got into the water to the satisfaction of the Board of Trade officer.

(b) They shall carry four life-buoys and a life-belt or other similar approved article for each person on board.

M. S. A. 1894, s. 427.

DIVISION (C.).-Class 1.

Rules for Steamships not certified to carry Passengers plying anywhere within the Home-trade Limits.

(a) Ships of this class shall carry, on each side, at least so many and such boats of wood or metal placed under davits (of which one on each side shall be a boat of Section (A.), or of Section (B.), or of Section (C.)), that the boats on each side of the ship shall be sufficient to accommodate all persons on board. They shall have proper appliances for getting the boats into the water.

(b) They shall also carry approved life-belts, so that there may be at least one for each person carried on board the ship.

(c) They shall also carry not less than four approved life-buoys.

DIVISION (C.).—Class 2.

Rules for Sailing Ships in the same Trades not carrying Passengers.

(a) Ships of this class shall carry a boat or boats of wood or metal, at least sufficient for all persons on board, and in such a position as to be readily got into the water. Each boat shall be provided with one gallon of vegetable or animal oil, and a vessel of an approved pattern for distributing it in the water in rough weather.

(b) Ships of this class shall also carry an approved life-belt for each person on board.

(c) They shall also carry at least two approved life-buoys.

DIVISION (D.).—Class 1.

Rules for Steamships having Passenger Certificates authorising them
to carry Passengers within certain specified Limits of the Home
Trade; that is to say, on short specified Passages along the Coasts
of the United Kingdom, or between Great Britain and Ireland,
or between Great Britain or Ireland and the Isle of Man.
(a) Ships of this class shall, according to their tonnage, carry
boats placed under davits, as required by the table.

(b) Masters or owners of ships of this class claiming to carry fewer boats under davits than are given in the table must declare before the collector or other officer of customs that the boats actually placed under davits are sufficient to accommodate all persons on board, allowing 10 (ten) cubic feet of boat capacity for each adult person or "statute adult." Not less than half the number of boats placed under davits having at least half the cubic capacity required by the tables, shall be of boats Section (A.) or Section (B.). The remaining boats may also be of such description, or may, in the option of the shipowners, conform to Section (C.) or Section (D.), provided that not more than two boats shall be of Section (D.).

(c) If the boats placed under davits in accordance with the above requirements do not furnish sufficient accommodation for all persons on board, then additional wood, metal, collapsible, or other boats of approved description (whether placed under davits or otherwise), or approved life-rafts or approved buoyant deck seats, or other

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approved buoyant deck fittings, shall be carried of at least such M. S. A. 1894, cubical capacity that they and the boats required to be placed under davits by the table provide together in the aggregate one-half more than the minimum cubic contents provided by column 3 of the table. For this purpose 3 cubic feet of air case in the life-raft is to be estimated as 10 cubic feet of internal capacity; provided always that the rafts will accommodate the persons for which they are certified under the rules and also have 3 cubic feet of air case for each person.

(d) Ships of this class shall also carry approved life-belts or other similar approved articles of equal buoyancy suitable for being worn on the person, so that there may be at least one for each person on board the ship.

(e) At least one approved life-buoy shall also be provided for each boat of wood or metal carried by the ship, but in no case shall less than six approved life-buoys be provided.

(f) Provided nevertheless that no ship of this class shall be required to carry more boats, rafts, and other buoyant deck fittings than will furnish sufficient accommodation for all persons on board.

DIVISION (D.).—Class 2.

Steamships carrying Passengers in Estuaries or Mouths of Rivers or on short Excursions or Pleasure Trips to Sea.

(a) Ships of this class shall carry at least two boats of Section (A.), or Section (B.), or Section (C.), placed under davits, and with proper appliances for getting them into the water.

(b) They shall also carry other boats, approved buoyant apparatus, and (or) approved life-belts sufficient (with the boats required by paragraph (a)) to keep afloat all the persons on board the ship. (c) At least four approved life-buoys shall be carried.

DIVISION (D.).—Class 3.

Steamships not certified to carry Passengers, and employed solely in the Coasting Trade.

(a) Ships of this class shall carry one boat of Sections (A.), (B.), or (C.), so fitted that it can be readily put out on either side of the ship, and amply sufficient to carry all the persons on board.

(b) They shall carry two approved life-buoys.

(c) They shall carry life-belts, so that there may be one for each person on board the ship.

DIVISION (D.).-Class 4.

Sailing Ships not carrying Passengers, and employed solely in the
Coasting Trade.

(a) Ships of this class shall carry one boat so fitted that it can be readily put out on either side of the ship, and amply sufficient to carry all the persons on board.

(b) They shall carry two approved life-buoys.

(c) They shall carry life-belts so that there may be one for each person on board the ship.

M. S. A. 1894, 8. 427.

DIVISION (D.).-Class 5.

Steam Fish Carriers, Tug Boats, and Steam Lighters, which

proceed to Sea.

(a) Ships of this class shall carry one boat of Sections (A.), (B.), or (C.), so fitted that it can be readily put out on either side of the ship, and amply sufficient to carry all the persons on board. (b) They shall carry two approved life-buoys.

(c) They shall carry life-belts, so that there may be one for each person on board the ship.

DIVISION (D.).—Class 6.

Steam Launches proceeding for Short Distances to Sea.

(a) Steam launches are themselves little more than boats, and therefore shall not be required to carry boats.

(b) They shall carry two approved life-buoys.

(c) They shall carry life-belts, so that there may be one for each person on board.

DIVISION (E.).-Class 1.

Rules for Steamships carrying Passengers on Rivers, Lakes, or
Land-locked Inland Waters, but not going to Sea, or into Rough
Waters.

(a) Ships of this class shall carry one boat in such a position that it can readily be got into the water. They shall also carry approved buoyant apparatus or approved life-belts, and approved life-buoys at least sufficient, together with the boat to keep afloat all persons carried on board.

(b) At least four approved life-buoys shall be carried.

NOTE. A discretion may be exercised by the Board of Trade to relieve steam launches, steamers plying in narrow waters, and ferry boats, from the operation of the whole or part of Rule (a) of this class.

DIVISION (E.).-Class 2.

Tug Boats and Steam Lighters which do not proceed to Sea.

(a) These vessels shall carry one boat of any section sufficient to carry all the persons on board.

(b) They shall carry two approved life-buoys.

(c) They shall carry approved life-belts, so that there may be one for each person on board.

DIVISION (E.).-Class 3.

Hulks, Dredgers, Steam Hoppers, &c.

If these vessels do not proceed to sea from one port to another they shall carry the same boats and appliances as provided for in Class 2.

If they proceed to sea from one port to another they shall carry in addition one boat of Sections (A.), (B.) or (C.) sufficient to carry all the persons on board, and with proper appliances to enable it to be put out readily on either side of the ship.