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D 1899.]

MERCHANT SHIPPING.

[No. 10.

467

to give certain

overnment surveyors; and such surveyor or surveyors shall thereupon, surveyor

isfied that he or they can with propriety do so, give to such owner, declarations

for master declarations as follows:-

as to hull and equip-

a declaration of a Government surveyor shall contain state- ments. ments of the following particulars; that is to say,—

(i.) that the hull of the ship is sufficient for the service intended

and in good condition;

(ii.) that the boats, rafts, life buoys, or other appliances for saving life, lights, signals, compasses, and shelter for deck passengers, and the certificates of the master and mate or mates, are such and in such condition as required by law;

(iii.) the time (if less than twelve months) for which the said.

hull and equipments will be sufficient;

(iv.) the limits, if any, beyond which, as regards the hull and equipments, the ship is, in the judgment of the surveyor, not fit to ply; and ·

c. 104.

(v.) with reference to all passenger ships not coming within the

provisions of the Chinese Passengers Act, 1855, or of any 18 & 19 Vict. Ordinance made in pursuance thereof, if plying or intended to ply for hire, the number of passengers which such ship is, in the judgment of the surveyor, fit to carry, distinguishing, if necessary, between the respective numbers to be carried on the deck and in the cabins, and in the different parts of the deck and cabins; such numbers to be subject to such conditions and variations, according to the time of year, the nature of the voyage, the cargo carried, or other circumstances as the Governor-in-Council may from time to time direct, by any regulations to be made by him for this purpose, and, until such regulations are made and so far as the same may not extend, according to the regulations in Table D in the Schedule to Schedule: this Ordinance; and

(b.) a declaration of a Government surveyor shall also contain

statements of the following particulars; that is to say,-

(i.) that the boilers and machinery of the ship are sufficient for

the service intended and in good condition ;

(ii) the time (if less than twelve months) for which such boilers

and machinery will be sufficient;

(iii.) that the safety valves and fire hose are such and in such

condition as are required by this Ordinance;

(iv.) the limit of the weight to be placed on the safety valves (v.) the limits, if any, beyond which, as regards the boilers and machinery, the ship is, in the judgment of the surveyor, not fit to ply;

Table D.