230 SOCIETY NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS. 



By "certificated lifeboat man" is meant any member of the crew who holds a certificate 

 of efficiency issued under the authority of the Administration concerned, in accordance 

 with the conditions laid down in the aforementioned Article of the annexed Regulations. 



Article XLVIII of the Regulations deals with the manning of the boats. 



Article 55. 



FIRE PROTECTION. 



( 1 ) The carriage, either as cargo or ballast, of goods which by reason of their nature, 

 quantity, or mode of stowage, are, either singly or collectively, likely to endanger the lives 

 of the passengers or the safety of the vessel, is forbidden. 



This provision does not apply to the vessel's distress signals, nor to the carriage of 

 naval or military stores for the public service of the State under authorized conditions. 



(2) The Government of each High Contracting Party shall, from time to time by 

 official notice, determine what goods are to be considered dangerous goods, and shall indi- 

 cate the precautions which must be taken in the packing and stowage thereof. 



(3) Article XLIX of the annexed Regulations indicates the arrangements to be made 

 for the detection and extinction of fire. 



Article 56. 



MUSTER ROLL AND DRILLS. 



Special duties for the event of an emergency shall be allotted to each member of the 

 crew. 



The muster list shows all these special duties, and indicates, in particular, the station 

 to which each man must go, and the duties that he has to perform. 



Before the vessel sails, the muster list shall be drawn up and exhibited, and the proper 

 authority shall be satisfied that the muster list has been prepared for the vessel. It shall 

 be posted in several parts of the vessel, and in particular in the crew's quarters. 



Articles L and LI of the annexed Regulations indicate the conditions under which mus- 

 ters of the crew and drills shall take place. 



Chapter VII. — Safety Certificates. 

 Article 57. 



A certificate, called a "Safety Certificate," shall be issued, after inspection and survey, to 

 every vessel which complies in an efficient manner with the requirements of the Conven- 

 tion. 



The inspection and survey of vessels, so far as regards the enforcement of the provi- 

 sions of this Convention and the annexed Regulations, shall be carried out by officers of the 

 State to which the vessel belongs; provided always that the Government of each State may 

 entrust the inspection and survey of vessels of its own country either to surveyors nomi- 

 nated by it for this purpose or to organizations recognized by it. In every case the Govern- 

 ment concerned fully guarantees the completeness and efficiency of the inspection and survey. 



The Safety Certificate shall be issued either by the officers of the State to which the 



