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top sides. These lights are arranged so that either mushroom ventilators or ordinary 

 flat deck lights can be fitted. In addition the screw tops of the mushroom ventilators 

 can be removed and cowl ventilators or deadlights substituted when required. 



Coahng scuttles, of cast iron and about i8 in. in diameter, are provided. Four of these 

 scuttles are arranged immediately above the wardroom, and special portable trunks are 

 provided for communication with the bunker space below the wardroom accommoda- 

 tion when coaling ship. 



The space on the Main Deck forward of the boiler room is mainly devoted to living 

 quarters. At the forward end of the ship immediately abaft the stem are stores for 

 provisions and canteen supplies. Abaft this space the galley is situated on the centre line 

 of the vessel ; it is provided with a large cooking stove, and the galley store is placed on 

 the port side abreast of the stove. On either side of the galley are separate compart- 

 ments, that on the port side being the sick bay, while that on the starboard side consists 

 of an insulating chamber with a COj refrigerating machine, and abaft it a cabin for two 

 petty officers. Abaft the galley space, as described above, the crew and petty officers 

 are quartered, the petty officers' cabins (four in number) being constructed on the port 

 side, and the crew occupying the remainder of this portion of the ship. 



The wardroom accommodation extends from the forward end of the boiler room to 

 the after end of the petty officers' and crew space, and contains ten cabins all com- 

 municating with a large wardroom about 24 ft. long by 12 ft. wide. The cabins and 

 wardroom are comfortably furnished in polished mahogany. A pantry is provided for 

 wardroom use and leading from the wardroom-lobby is a small officers' bathroom. On 

 the port side at the forward end of the wardroom accommodation is a laboratory, with 

 a small darkroom attached. The furniture of the wardroom consists of a large central 

 table with swivel chairs, a bookshelf, slow combustion stove and small upright piano. 

 An electric fan is fitted at the after end to assist ventilation. 



Flush hatches are arranged in the main deck in convenient positions, as indicated 

 in Plate IX, for communication with store rooms, provision lockers, freshwater com- 

 partments and bunkers below the main deck. Abaft the machinery space a large 

 compartment is provided for the stowage of sails, canvas, blocks and other rigging 

 stores. 



Below the Main Deck, at the forward end and immediately abaft the stem, store 

 rooms are arranged, with a chain locker in two compartments on the centre line. The 

 remainder of the space between the chain locker compartment and coal bunker is a 

 hold, divided into five compartments, the aftermost of which contains the freshwater 

 tanks only. These tanks are six in number, each having a capacity of 5 tons, giving a 

 total of 30 tons of fresh water for drinking purposes : they are all interconnected and 

 any one tank can be used independently of the others. The freshwater tank compart- 

 ment also contains bilge valve boxes, with pipes leading to each of the principal com- 

 partments forward of the freshwater tank space, and with valves operated from the 



