272 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [14] 



Article YI. 



Fishing boats shall bear the initial letter or letters of the port to 

 which they belong and the registry number in the series of numbers 

 for that port. 



Article YII. 



The name of each fishing boat and that of the port to which she be- 

 longs shall be painted in white oil color on a black ground on the stern 

 of the boat, in letters which shall be at least 8 centimeters in height and 

 12 millimeters in breadth. 



Article VIII. 



The letter or letters and numbers shall be placed on each bow of the 

 boat 8 or 10 centimeters below the gunwale, and so as to be clearly 

 visible. They shall be painted in white oil color on a black ground. 



The distance above mentioned shall not, however, be obligatory for 

 boats of small burden, which may not have sufficient space below the 

 gunwale. 



For boats of 15 tons burden and upwards the dimensions of the let- 

 ters and numbers shall be 45 centimeters in height and 6 centimeters 

 in breadth. 



For boats of less than 15 tons burden the dimensions shall be 25 cen- 

 timeters in height and 4 centimeters in breadth. 



The same letter or letters and numbers shall also be painted on each 

 side of the mainsail of the boat, immediately above the close reef, in 

 black oil color on white or tanned sails, and in white oil color on black 

 sails. 



The letter or letters and numbers on the said sails shall be one-third 

 larger in every way than those placed on the bows of the boat. 



Article IX. 



Fishing boats may not have, either on their outside or on their sails, 

 any names, letters, or numbers other than those prescribed by Articles 

 YI, YII, and YIII of the present convention. 



Article X. 



The names, letters, and numbers placed on the boats and on their 

 sails shall not be effaced, altered, made illegible, covered, or concealed 

 in any manner whatsoever. 



Article XI. 



All the small boats, buoys, principal floats, trawls, grapnels, anchors, 

 and generally all fishing implements shall be marked with the letter 

 or letters and numbers of the boats to which they belong. 



