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_Proposed extension of boat scale._
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| | Minimum
| | total cubic
| | contents of
Gross tons. | Boats. | boats
| | required to
| | be carried
| | under
| | davits.
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| | _Cubic feet._
10,000 and under 12,000 | 16 | 5,500
12,000 and under 15,000 | 18 | 5,800
15,000 and under 20,000 | 20 | 6,100
20,000 and under 25,000 | 22 | 6,400
25,000 and under 30,000 | 24 | 6,700
30,000 and under 35,000 | 24 | 7,000
35,000 and under 40,000 | 24 | 7,300
40,000 and under 45,000 | 24 | 7,600
45,000 and under 50,000 | 26 | 7,900
50,000 and upward | 26 | 8,200
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Please see the accompanying incidental table showing how this number of
boats can provide for the three-quarters additional capacity also, if of
about 500 cubic feet per boat to 600 cubic feet.