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(8) (a) No bed shall, when measured from the bottom of the

mattress referred to in paragraph (10), be less than-

one foot above the floor of the sleeping room, or (B) two feet six inches below the lower side of the deck head beams or other overhead obstructions.

(b) Where beds are set in double tiers the space between the upper

and the lower bed in any tier shall-

(i) if the height of the sleeping room when measured from the top of the floor beams to the top of the crown beam is seven feet six inches or more, be not less than three feet, or

(ii) if the beight of the sleeping room when measured from the top of the floor beams to the top of the crown beams is less than seven feet six inches, be not less than two feet cine inches.

when measured from the bottom of the mattress refered to in paragraph (10) of the upper and the lower bed respectively in such tier.

(c) The Director may exempt-

() any ship of under five hundred tons from any of the requirements of this paragraph; and

(i) any ship from the requirements of sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph to the extent that he is satisfied that it is unreasonable or impracticable in the circumstances to remove obstructions above the beds in the crew accommodation of that ship.

(9) (a) Subject to the provisions of sub-paragraph (b) the size of the beds provided for the crew shall be not less than six feet three inches in length and two feet three inches in breadth, the measurements being taken inside the lee-boards or lee-rail. if any:

Provided that, in the case of such crew members as we referred to in paragraph (2) of regulation 39 such measurements may be decreased to not less than six feet in length and two feet in breadıb.

(b) The size of the beds provided in a ship of three thousand tous or over for the chief officer and for the chief and second engineers shall be not less than six feet three inches in lengt and two feet nine inches in breadth in a passenger steamer and not less than six feet three inches in length and three feel six inches in breadth in any other ship, the measurements in each case being taken inside the lee-boards or lee-rails, if any.

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(10) Every bed provided for a member of the crew shall be fitted with a spring bottom or spring under-mattress, and with a mattress made of material which will resist damp and is unlikely to harbour vermin; and where any bed is fitted above another bed, a bottom of wood. canvas or other dust-proof material shall be fitted to the upper bed:

Provided that in the case of such crew members as are referred to in paragraph (2) of regulation 39, a firm bottom of substantial plywood. masonite or similar impervious vermin-proof material for use with sleeping mats may be substituted for the spring bottom or spring under-

mattress.

19. (1) In every ship to which these regulations apply every sleep- Furniture ing room for ratings other than petty officers shall be provided with the and fittings

in sleeping following equipment-

(6) for each person accommodated in the room-

() one drawer having a capacity of not less than two cubic feet;

(i) one clothes locker or wardrobe, in either case not less than five feet six inches in height and three hundred and fifteen square inches in internal sectional area; the locker or wardrobe shall be fitted with a shelf not less than nine inches and not more than fifteen inches below its top and with fittings on which clothes may be hung:

Provided that in the case of such crew members as are referred to in paragraph (2) of regulation 39, such height may be not less than three feet and that no such locker shall be placed above a bed; and

(i) not less than one coat hook in addition to any coat hooks fitted in a locker or wardrobe;

(b) a table of fixed or drop-leaf type, or a desk, or a sliding leaf

or top fitted to a chest of drawers:

(c) seats, which in the opinion of the Director are comfortable, sufficient to accommodate at one time all the persons accom- modated in the room, such seats being provided in addition to the beds in the room:

Provided that-

(i) the Director may exempt any passenger steamer from the requirements of this sub-paragraph to the extent that he is satisfied that a lesser number of seats is adequate in the circumstances; and

(i) in the case of such crew members as are referred to in paragraph (2) of regulation 39, seats or benches substantially constructed of slatted polished wood may be provided for only half the number of beds contained in any one sleeping room.

TOAMK,