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8. For boats of tlie above classes the positions and dimen- 

 sions of the letters and numbers shall be as follows: — 



1st chiss: — For the hulls, 18 inches in height, and 21- inches 



in breadth, and for the sails one-third larger every way : 

 2nd class : — For the hulls, 10 inches in height, and 1| inches 

 in breadth, and for the sails one-third larger in every way : 

 3rd class : — Three inches at least in height, and half an inch 

 in breadth : 

 Provided that in boats that have a " bend piece " or " rubbing- 

 streak " the letters and numbers shall be as high as the space 

 above the " bend piece " or " rubbing streak " will admit. In 

 boats where the space between the gunwale and water-line is 

 not sufficient in size for the prescribed letters and numbers, the 

 letters and numbers shall be as high as the size of the boats 

 will admit. 



9. In boats of the 1st and 3rd class the number will follow, and 

 in those of the 2nd class precede, the distinguishing letter or 

 letters. 



10. When vessels carry, or have attached to them, small 

 boats as tenders or otherwise, such, boats must be marked with 

 the same numbers and letters as the vessels to which they 

 belong. Such numbers and letters may be of the size appro- 

 priate to the class to which the boat would belong according to 

 its own size and means of propulsion, but in position and prece- 

 dence according to the class of the vessel to which the boat is 

 attached. 



11. In sailing boats, and boats navigated by the occasional 

 use of sails, the letters and numbers shall be placed on each bow, 

 three or four inches below the gunwale, and on each side of the 

 mainsail, except for lug-sail boats, in which the letters and 

 numbers may be placed on the foresail or mizen instead of the 

 mainsail. For boats of the third class, the letters and numbers 

 shall be j)laced on the outside of the stern of the boat imme- 

 diately under the name. On the hulls all letters and numbers 

 shall be painted in white oil colour on a black ground ; and on 

 sails, in black oil colour on white or grey sails, and in white oil 

 colour on tanned or black sails. Except in the case of vessels 

 only occasionally engaged in fishing for purposes of sale, herein- 

 after in the thirteenth article of these Regulations specially 



