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these demarcations, however, are rather long and complex to be recorded
here. To these areas are allotted certain periods of the year which
are to be regarded either as the "Summer season, the Winter season or
the Tropical season/5 and during those periods the respective seasonal
load lines on the ship's sides become the statuatory maximum load
lines.
LOAD LINE SEASONS.

areas 	tropical 	summer 	XVlNTBR 	
North Atlantic 	1 Nov -15 July 	16 Julv-31 Oct 		
North of Lat 36° N. 		1 Apr-31 Oct. 	I Nov.-31 Mar. 	
Arabian Sea 				
North of Lat 24° N. 	1 Aug -20 May 	21 May-31 July 		
South of Lat  24° N. 	1 Dec -20 May 	21 May-15 Sept. 		
	and 	and 		
South of Lat 24° N. 	16 Sept -15 Oct 	16 Oct.-30 Nov. 		
Bay of Bengal 	16 Dec.-15 Apr. 	16 Apnl-15 Dec. 		
China Sea 	21 Jan -30 Apr 	1 May-20 Jan. 		
North Pacific 	1 Apr -31 Oct. 	1 Nov -31 Mar. 		
South Pacific 	1 Apr. -30 Nov 	1 Dec -31 Mar. 		
Baltic                 * 		1 Apr-31 Oct. 	1 Nov.-Sl Mar. 	
Mediterranean 		16 Mar -15 Dec. 	16 Dec.-15 Mar, 	
Sea of Japan
Lat 35° N. to 50° N.
Southern Hemisphere
1 Mar -30 Nov.   1 Dec.-28/29Feb.
16 Oct.-15 Apr. 16 Apr.-15 Oct.
The boundaries and the seasonal dates for the respective zones are
published and freely circulated so that it is not likely that mariners
will be expected to memorise the above particulars, but they are given
here to indicate the importance and the significance of the various
load lines. See Map*
NOTICE TO MASTERS
MERCHANT SHIPPING ACTS.
Load Line, Draught of Water and Freeboard.
Entries in Official Log Books.
Under the Load Line Begulations dated March 31,1930, the master
of any ship registered in the United Kingdom marked with a load
line will be required as from the 1st October, 1930, to enter in the
official log book the following particulars of draught of water and
freeboard:—
Foreign-going Ships.—(1) The draught of water of the ship as shown
on the scale of feet on her stem and stern post when the ship is so loaded