THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 15, 1936.
GROUP I. CLASS 4.
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11. The requirements as to life saving appliances specified under the heading Group I. Class 4' shall be complied with by-
(a) Ships engaged in the occasional carriage of unberth- ed passengers between Hong Kong and the Caroline Islands, Ladrone or Mariana Islands, Ellice Islands, Gilbert Islands, Guam, Marshall Islands and Pelew Islands, and
(b) Ships engaged in the carriage of unberthed passen- gers on international voyages in the areas of the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea to the northward of a line drawn from Point Calimere (India) to Achin Head (Sumatra) and thence to Penang.
12. DAVITS-A ship of this class shall be provided with sets of davits in accordance with its length as specified in Column (A) of Table No. 3.
When, in the opinion of the Government Marine Sur- veyor, it is neither practicable nor reasonable to place on a ship the number of sets of davits required by Column (A) of Table No. 3, the Government Marine Surveyor may authorise under exceptional conditions, a smaller number of sets of davits, provided always that this number shall never be less than the minimum number fixed by Column (B) of the Table, and that the total capacity of the boats on the ship shall be at least up to the minimum capacity required by Column (F).
521
Registered length
of the ship
(In Feet).
Table No. 3.
(A)
(B)
(F)
Number of sets of
davits.
Minimum
number
of sets of davits.
aggregate
capacity of life boats (cubic ft.)
Minimum
100 and under 120
120
140
15
140
160
160
175
15
175
190
) 2
190
205
205
220
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3
2
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400
525
762
975
1,162
1,350
1,625
220
230
59
1,843
230
245
2,050
245
255
>
2,300
255
270
35
6
2,530
270
285
7
4
3,025
285
300
11
7
3,550
300
315
1
6
4,125
315
330
4,625
330
350
2
5,125
350
370
15
9
5,500
370
390
10
6
5,875
390
410
10
6,375
410
435
12
8
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6,875
435
460
12
10
7,500
460
490
14
10
8,180
490
520
14
10
12
8,875
520
550
16
10
9,560
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