THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 31, 1941.
3. COMPARTMENTS IN WAY OF OIL FUEL SPACES.- (a) Passengers are not to be accommodated in a compartment adjoining an oil fuel bunker or similar space unless separated therefrom by an additional steel vapour-proof bulkhead, so arranged that the space between the two bulkheads is well ventilated and accessible.
(b) Passengers may be carried on a deck forming the crown of an oil fuel space, provided the deck is thoroughly oil tight, that within the passenger compartments there are no manholes or openings to the oil spaces, that the flooring consists of an approved non-inflammable composition at least 11⁄2 inches thick, and that the spaces are especially well ventilated.
4. SHEATHING STEEL DECKS ETC.-(a) Decks exposed to the weather are to be sheathed in places on which passengers are carried and in places to which passengers require access. Such decks are also to be sheathed where they are over passenger spaces.
(b) Decks not exposed to the weather and upon which passengers may be carried are to be sheathed in way of the accommodation.
(c) If the sheathing is of wood it is to be permanently laid and caulked and in cases where wood sheathing is laid on grounds, the space between the deck and sheathing is to be completely filled with approved material. When it is proposed to use material other than wood, the substitute is to be to the approval of the Principal Surveyor of Ships as to its thickness and suitability for the position contemplated.
(d) All floors of passenger accommodation if of wood, must be properly laid and caulked.
5. DRINKING-WATER TANKS.-Access, air, filling and sounding arrangements are to be fitted so as to prevent con- tamination of the water. Overflow pipes from drinking-water tanks must in no case be allowed to discharge into the bilges, and the air pipes must be led to the weather deck,
6. RAILS AND STANCHIONS, BULWARKS AND FREEING PORTS.-Decks, etc. to which passengers or crew have access are to be fitted with proper means to prevent persons falling therefrom. Where these consist of rails and stanchions, the top of the uppermost rail is to be not less in height than 3 feet 6 inches above the top of the deck, and in order to provide adequate protection for children, the rails are to be not more than 9 inches apart, unless strong netting is provided.
Where close bulwarks are fitted they are to be at least 3 feet 6 inches high, and the freeing ports fitted with suitable grids for the protection of passengers, especially children.
The height of the rails is to be understood as the vertical distance from the top of the highest rail to the top of the deck at a point vertically below the inner edge of the rail. When, however, the deck has a waterway, the height is to be measured from the top of the rail to the level of the top of the deck plank next the waterway.
7. WATER CLOSETS.-Properly constructed, lighted, and ventilated water closets are to be provided for the use of the male and female passengers, respectively, of each class carried.
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