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 2312 INTERNATIONAL LOAD LINE CONVENTION. JULY 5, 1930. Poop. Poll. p. 2314. Raised quarter deck. Bridge. Poll. p. 2314. Rule XLVII.- Poop. Where there ;" an efficient bulkhead and the access openings are fitted with Cl8&.i 1 closing appliancf:s, the length to the bulkhead is effective. Where the access openings in an efficient bulkhead are fitted with Class 2 closing appliances and the length to the bulkhead is .5 L or less, 100 per cent. of that length is effective; where the length is .7 L or more, 90 per cent. of that length is effective; where the length is between .5 Land .7 L, an intermediate percentage of that length is effective; where an allowance is given for an efficient adjacent trunk (see Rule LI), 90 per cent. of the length to the bulk- head is to be taken as effective. 50 per cent. of the length of an open poop or of an open extension beyond an efficient bulkhead is e1lective. Rule XLVIII.- Raised Quarter Deck. Where there is an efficient intact bulkhead, the length to the bulkhead is e1lective. Where the bulkhead is not intact, the super- structure is considered as a poop of less than standard height. Rule XLIX.-Bridge. Where there is an efficient bulkhead at each end, and the access openings in the bulkheads are fitted with Class 1 closing appliances, the length between the bulkheads is effective. Where the access openings in the forward bulkhead are fitted with Class 1 closing appliances and the access openings in the after bulkhead with Class 2 closing appliances, the length between the bulkheads is e1lective; where an allowance is given for an efficient trunk, adjacent to the after bulkhead (S66 Rule LI), 90 per cent. of the length is effective. Where the access openings in both bulk- heads are fitted with Class 2 closing appliances, 90 per cent. of the length between the bulkheads is effective. Where the access open- ings in the forward bulkhead are fitted with Class 1 or Class 2 closing appliances and the access openings in the after bulkhead have no closing appliances, 75 per cent. of the length between the bulkheads is effective. Where the access openings in both bulkheads have no closing appliances, 50 per cent. of the length is effective. 75 per cent. of the length of an open extension beyond the after bulkhead, and 50 per cent. of that beyond the forward bulkhead, are effective. Rule L.-Forecastle. Where there is an efficient bulkhead and the access openings are fitted with Class 1 or Class 2 closing appliances, the longth to the bulkhead is eff~tive. Where no closing appliances are fitted and the sheer forward of amidships is not less than the standard sheer, 100 per cent. of the length of the foreeasth~ forward of .1 L from