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 2692 LOAD-LINE CEUTIFICATES-DENMARK. freeboard and load lines assigned in accordance with the provisions contained in the International Load Line Convention of July 5, 1930, I have the honor to inform you that the Government of the United States hereby concurs in the ternlS of the arrangement as set out in your note under acknowledgment. The Government of the United States accordingly understand~ that the agreement has been completed by this exchange of notes and is effective from this date. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. For the Secretary of State: JAMES GRAFTON ROGERS MR. OTTO WADSTED, ~lini.~ter of Denmark. Denmark. APPENDIX Provisional Notification dealing '/L'ith the application to Danish ships of the International Load Line Convention of {ith July, 1930. In pursuance of the 3rd Part of the Merchant Shipping (Inspec- tion of Ships) Act of :March 29th 1920 with subsequent amendments the following provisions are hereby laid down:- SECTION 1. In accordance with application to be made in each particular case by the shipowner concerned to the :Ministry- of Shipping and Fish- eries, every Danish ship to whieh the provisIOns of the International Load Line Convention of 5th July, 1930, apply, will, after a survey having been held by the Government Ships Inspection Staff, be ~iven freeboard and assigned load lines under the provisions of, and on the conditions contained in, the said ConventIOn of 5th July, 1930. Every ship to which freeboard is assigned and which is marked with load lines in accordance with the Convention of 5th July, 1930, shall henceforth be subject to the provisions of the said Convention, more particularly those dealing with zones and seasonal areas and th£:l stowing of the cargo. The intervals between the periodical sur- veys dealt with in Article 14, 3 C of the Convention win be fixed at a later date. SECTION 2. Ships to which freeboard is assigned in accordance with the fore- going rules shall have on board a copy of this present Notification and of the Convention of 5th July, 1930. SECTION 3. This Notification shall come into force immediately. The above is hereby made known to all whom it may concern. Tal'; MINISTRY OF SHIPPING AND FISHERIES. 8TH JULY 1931. TH. STAUNING. Emil Krogh. [No. 29]