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 54STAT.] CANADA-OALINEpr 29, Aug 24, ct. 22, 1938, ept. 2305 54 STAT. CANAA-LOAD LINE REGULATIONS 2, Oct. 18, 1939, Jan. 10, Mar. 4, 1940 An Order-in-Council P. C. 2669, dated September 14th, was issued, amending the errors in question, and was published in the Canada Gazette of September 30th, 1939. I enclose herewith three copies of an extract from the Canada Gazette of that date, 2 containing the Order-in-Council, and wish to request that a copy of the extract be forwarded to the Government of the United States. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. O. D. SKEUrON for Secretary of State for EoterralAffairs. JOHN FARR SIMMONs, Esquire, Charge d'Affaires, a. i ., Legation of the United States of America, Ottawa. The American Charge Affaires ad interim to the CanadianSecre- tary of State for Extenal Affair No. 208 LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OrrawA, CANADA. January10, 1910. SIR: I have the honor to refer to your note No. 217 dated October 18, 1939, and to previous correspondence concerning a proposed ar- rangement between Canada and the United States for the reciprocal recognition of load line regulations for vessels engaged in inter- national voyages on the Great Lakes. I am desired by my Government to advise you that the Canadian regulations set forth by Orders-in-Council of July 7, 1939, P. C. 1790 and 1791, as published in the Canada Gazette of August 12, 1939, have been examined carefully and compared by the competent American authorities with the similar regulations of the Secretary of Commerce, as set forth in Section D of the Load Line Regulations of the United States, approved September 28, 1937 (Part 46, Section 46.42 of the Codification of the Load Line Regulations), and have been found, subject to the following comments, to be the equivalent of the said United States regulations: (a) United States regulations are applicable to all passenger ves- sels of 150 gross tons and above, whereas Canadian regulations are applicable only to steamships (motorships) of 150 gross tons and above. (b) A United States passenger vessel on the Great Lakes is one carrying more than 16 passengers, whereas a Canadian passenger vessel is one carrying more than 12 passengers. ' [Not printed.]

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