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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