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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH APRIL, 1891.
FOR SAILING VESSEL.
Starboard Side.
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The provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1876, shall have effect as if any such maximum load-line were drawn through the centre of the disc.
3. Such maximum load-lines shall be as follows, viz.:
For fresh water,
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Indian summer,
summer,
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winter,
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winter, North Atlantic,
and shall be distinguished by initial letters permanently and conspicuously marked opposite such horizontal lines as aforesaid, such initial letters being as follows:-
F.W.-Fresh water.
I.S.-Indian summer. S.--Summer.
W.---Winter.
W.N.A. Winter, North Atlantic.
The upper edge of the horizontal line passing through the centre of the disc shall always indicate the summer freeboard in salt water.
4. Steamships shall be marked with such of the horizontal lines as aforesaid as are applicable to the nature of their employment, and sailing ships shall be marked with such of the above-mentioned lines as indicate the maximum load-line for fresh water and for North Atlantic winter, but sailing ships engaged solely in the coasting trade shall only be marked with the line indicating the maximum load-line in fresh water.
5. The said disc, and the lines or marks to be used in connexion therewith, shall be painted white or yellow on a dark ground, or black on a light ground, and the position of the disc and of each of the lines shall in the case of iron and steel vessels be permanently marked by centre punch marks, and shall in the case of wooden vessels be sunk for their breadths into the planking a depth of not less than one quarter of an inch.
6. Application for a certificate of approval of the position of the disc or any alteration thereof shall be made in the form marked L.L. 1 in the schedule hereto, and the Certificate shall be issued in duplicate in the form marked L.L. 2 or L.L. 3 in the schedule hereto as the case may be; one part shall be delivered to the Applicant, and the other part shall be forthwith sent to the Assistant Secre- tary, Marine Department, Board of Trade.
7. The master of every British ship shall, before she leaves any dock, wharf, port, or harbour in the United Kingdom, Her Majesty's possessions, or in a foreign country, for the purpose of proceed- ing to sea, enter in the official log all the particulars stated in the certificate so issued as aforesaid if not previously entered.
8. For the purpose of these Regulations the expression "amidships" shall mean the middle of the length of the load water line as measured from the fore side of the stem to the aft side of the stern post.
Dated this 23rd day of August 1890.