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DRAFT REGULATIONS
FOR
TONNAGE MEASUREMENT OF SHIPS1
PART I
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
Application by the Owner.
Article i.
When a ship requires measurement or re-measurement, the
owner shall send an application to this effect to the competent
tonnage measurement authority.
Such application, when it relates to a ship to be measured for
the first time, shall be accompanied by the following plans:
A. Transverse section or sections showing the bottom
construction of the ship.
B. Longitudinal section showing water-ballast spaces, super¬
structures, transverse bulkheads and hatchways.
C. General arrangement, including plan of decks, showing
superstructures and spaces therein and stating their intended
use.
When exemption from inclusion in gross tonnage is claimed for
certain spaces, plans showing details of the conditions upon which
such exemption is claimed should also be submitted.
The tonnage measurement authority concerned may in special
cases request the submission of further plans which it considers
necessary.
Measurement under Rule I or Rule II.
Article 2.
Measurement and re-measurement shall be carried out in
accordance with Rule I (Internal Measurement) or Rule II (Externa]
Measurement), the details of which are set forth in Parts II to VI
of the present Regulations.
The application of Rule II shall be limited to cases where the
application of Rule I is impracticable — e.g., on account of the
1 The figures referred to in this document are to be found in a separate pu¬
blication (see document C. 176 (a). M. 65 (a). 1931. VIII).