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 2334 INTERNATIONAL LOAD LINE CONVENTION. JULY 5, 1930. Wood safliDg ships. steamers carrying timber deck cargoes. Definitions. "Timber deck cargo". "Timber load line". Marks on the ship's sides. Timber load IiDl!S. Poll, p. 2336. Al'Ite, p. 2268. BUDl1IUII' • Winter. Winter North Atlan- tic. (iv) Where the actual depth to the surface of the freeboard deck amidships is greater or less than D, the difference between the depths (in inches) is added to or deducted from the freeboard. Rule LXXVII. - Freehoara for Wood Sailing Ship8. The freeboard for a wood sailing ship is the final freeboard the ship would obtain if she were of iron and steel, with the addition of such penalties as the .Assigning Authority may determine, having regard to the classification, construction, age and condition of the ship. Wood ships of primitive build such as dhows, junks, prahus, &c., are to be dealt with by the Admjnjstration so far as is reasonable and practicable under the Rules for Sailing Ships. Part V. - Load Une8 Cor Steamer8 carrying Timber Deck Cargoes. DejiniJionB. Timber Deck Oargo. -The term "timber deck cargo" means a cargo of timber carried on an uncovered part of a freeboard or superstructure deck. The term does not include wood pulp or similar cargo. Timber Loai/, Line. - A timber load line is a special load line to be used only when the ship is carrying a timber deck cargo in compliance with the following conditions and regulations:- Rule LXXVIII. - Mark8 on the Ship'8 SUUs. Timber Loai/, Lines. - The lines which indicate the maximum timber load lines in different circumstances and at different seasons are to be horizontal lines, 9 inches in length and 1 inch in breadth, which extend from, and are at right angles to, a vertical line marked 21 inches abaft the centre of the disc (see Figure 4). They are to be marked aud verified similarly to the ordinary load lines (soo Rules V to VII). The Summer Timber Load Line is indicated by the upper edge of a line marked LB. The Winter Timber Load Line is indicated by the upper edge of a line marked LW. The Winter North Atlantic Timber Load Line is indicated by the upper edge of a line marked LWNA.