THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 15, 1936.
16. EQUIPMENT FOR LIFE RAFTS:-Every life raft forming part of the statutory life saving appliances of any ship of Group I. Class 4 shall be provided with the full equip- ment for life rafts specified in the Instructions.
17. LIFE-BUOYS :-The minimum number of approved life-buoys with which ships of Group I. Class 4 are to be provided is as follows:-
Table No. 4.
Registered Length of Ship in Feet.
Minitnum No. of Minimum No. of
Life-Buoys.
Life-Buoy Lights.
Under 200
200 and under 300
8
300
400
10
400 and over
12
6
✪ CAN
2
4
18. LIFE-JACKETS:-One approved life-jacket shall be carried for each person on board.
GROUP I. CLASS 5.
19. The requirements as to life saving appliances specified under the heading "Group I. Class 5" shall be complied with by ships engaged in the carriage of unberthed passengers on short international voyages to or from the countries of Ceylon, Hong Kong, India, the Netherlands East Indies and the Straits Settlements.
20. 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. 5.
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. 5, 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 (E).
21. LIFEBOATS, LIFE RAFTS AND BUOYANT AP- PARATUS:-Each set of davits shall have a boat of Class 1 attached to it.
If the lifeboats attached to davits do not provide accom- modation for 80 per cent of all persons on board, or the minimum cubic capacity specified in Column (E) of Table No. 5, whichever is less, additional lifeboats of Class 1 or Class 2 shall be placed on board to make up the deficiency.
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