APPENDIX XV. INSTRUCTIONS OF THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE SUEZ RULES TO THE MEASUREMENT OF VESSELS. APPENDIX XV. INSTRUCTIONS OF THE GERMAN governmENT FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE SUEZ RULES TO THE MEASUREMENT OF VESSELS. INSTRUCTIONS FOR MEASUREMENT OF VESSELS FOR PASSAGE THROUGH SUEZ CANAL. SECTION 1. Vessels destined for passage through the Suez Canal may be measured at the request of owners or masters, according to the following requirements: SEC. 2. The ascertaining of the, gross tonnage is governed by sections 4 to 12 of the shipmeasurement ordinance. I. In the measurement for gross tonnage the following spaces will be included: (a) The tonnage of all covered and closed-in spaces, or spaces arranged so that they may be closed, in the permanent superstructures on or above the upper deck that are closed in with roofing and permanent bulkheads, so that they may serve as spaces for storing cargo or provide shelter and other comfort for passengers or crew, including the captain (excluding the exceptions that are permitted under the provisions of Par. II below). (b) The tonnage of all decked and closed spaces, or spaces arranged so that they may be closed, in permanent superstructures on or above the upper deck intended for navigation and service of the vessel. (c) The tonnage of all spaces intended for the admission of light and air to the engine room or for the actual efficiency of the engines, when these spaces are in superstructures that may be closed in, and which extend from side to side entirely across the ship. This type of superstructure must not be treated according to No. II below. (d) The tonnage of all hatches and hatch covers up to one-half of one per cent of the gross tonnage. II. From gross tonnage the following spaces will be exempted: (a) In vessels with forecastle, bridge house, and poop (1) That part of the forecastle measured at half height from the rear surface of the prow post equal in length to one-eighth of ship's length. (2) That part of the poop measured at half height from the front surface of the center stern timber equal in length to one-tenth of the ship's length. The ship's length will be reckoned from the rear face of the prow post at half height of the quarter deck to the front face of the center stern timber at half height of the poop. (3) That part of the bridge house in way of the deck openings to engine and boiler space (under restrictions of Ic). For the purpose of fixing the limits of this excluded part only those deck openings are considered which do not extend over the front bulkhead of the boiler room and the rear bulkhead of the main engine room. (b) In vessels with a combination poop and bridge or a combination quarter deck and bridge, the space in way of the deck openings to engine and boiler room as given under (a) for bridge houses. The above spaces exempted from measurement must be given singly, not only by name, and entered in the measurement certificate with measurements and tonnage. If a vessel at any time during the passage through the Suez Canal carries cargo or stores in any part of these spaces, the whole space in question will be included in the net tonnage and will not again be exempted from measurement. III. The following spaces are always exempted from gross tonnage: All shelter-deck spaces not inclosed and permanently arranged for shelter during stress of weather or sea, but joined to the vessel merely by stanchions, even when these spaces are used for protection of the crew and deck passengers or afford shelter for the deck cargo. SEC. 3. To determine net tonnage, the following spaces are deducted from gross tonnage: I. The tonnage of those covered and closed-in spaces in permanent superstructures on the upper deck, used for the service of the rudder, capstan, and anchor, also those for protection of the charts, signal apparatus, and other nautical instruments, as well as the spaces for use of the crew (art. 14 A-1 of the ship measurement ordinance); not, however, the space for the captain (art. 14 A-2, same), under the following conditions: (1) Every space, for which such a deduction has been made, must be provided in a conpicuous place with a notice showing for what purpose such a space is exclusively used. The kind of notice is fixed by the Bureau of Registry. Spaces not so posted can not be included in the deductions. (2) Every deduction is canceled as soon as one of the posted spaces entitled to deduction is used for the reception of stores or freight, or for shelter or other comfort of passengers. (3) In other respects the following rules pertaining to deductions from gross tonnage will govern: (a) Deductions will be made for a surgeon's cabin only when there is a surgeon on board. (b) The following may also be deducted: A dining room, in case it is used exclusively for the ship's officers and engineers. The deduction, however, is not allowed on passenger vessels on which there is no dining room, especially for passengers. A second dining room in case it is used exclusively by the boatswain, carpenter, etc. (c) A space arranged for bathroom will be deducted, if there are no passengers on board and the bathroom is used exclusively by officers and engineers. A space arranged for bathroom will be deducted, although passengers are on board, in case there are several permanent bathrooms on board the vessel. In this case one of the bathrooms provided will be considered for the use of officers and engineers. (d) Stewards and cooks on passenger steamships, and passengers' servants are not regarded as members of the crew for whom deduction can be made. (4) The total deduction per I may not exceed one-twentieth of the gross tonnage. II. The tonnage of engine and boiler rooms and coal bunkers will be deducted either accord ing to actual measurement or according to the Danube rule. (1) The following will govern in case of deduction by actual measurement: (a) The length of the engine room, as well as the permanent coal bunkers, will be measured between the limiting permanent bulkheads. Then according to requirement of article 7, ship measurement ordinance, three cross sections are measured to the height of the engine-room deck or the deck directly over the engine room; that is, a cross section at each of the two ends and a cross section in the middle of the length. To the sum of the end sections four times |