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10. 



The Governments of the High Contracting Parties should consider the question of ap- 

 proaching the companies and shipowners concerned with a view to securing that vessels 

 crossing the North Atlantic shall not pass over the banks of Newfoundland during the fish- 

 ing season. 



11. 



The international services provided for in Articles 6 and 7 of the Convention should, if 

 possible, be established in time for the seasons of 1914 and 1915. 



12. 



The International Load Line Conference, which the British Government proposes to 

 convene as soon as the necessary preliminary work is completed, should deal also if possible 

 with deck cargoes of timber and wood. 



As Regards Radiotelegraphy: 



13. 



The Governments of the Contracting States should make the necessary representation 

 to the International Meteorological Committee that it should consider the increase of the 

 number of stations able to send weather messages to vessels at sea and the best distribution 

 of these stations. 



14. 



In support of the recommendations of the International Time Conference held at Paris 

 in 1912— 



1. A radiotelegraph meteorological service should be established, according to the provi- 

 sions of Article XLV of the Regulations annexed to the London Radiotelegraph Convention. 



2. Foreign-going sail and steam vessels should be equipped with an apparatus for the 

 reception of time and weather signals. 



15. 



The attention of the Governments of the Contracting States should be drawn to the 

 desirability of making every eflfort to reduce the delays allowed by Article 38 of this Con- 

 vention for the installation of radiotelegraph apparatus and the provision and training of 

 operators for ships of the First and Second Classes, as well as those provided in the same 

 Article for the installation of the aforesaid apparatus, the provision and training of opera- 

 tors and the establishment of a continuous watch on ships of the Second and Third Classes. 



As Regards Life-Saving Appliances: 

 16. 



The attention of each of the Governments of the Contracting States should be drawn to 

 the desirability of applying at the earliest possible moment the provisions of the Convention 

 relating to the handling of lifeboats and lifeboat drills and fire drills as well as the provisions 

 to prevent, to discover, and to extinguish fires. 



In witness whereof the Plenipotentiaries have decided that the above recommendations 

 should be annexed to the final Protocol in order that they may have all reasonable authority. 



[For identical signatures, see p. 235.] 



