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bulkhead goes to the B deck. 21047. That is the third deck. There is the boat deck, which is the highest deck, then A deck and then B deck? - That is so. The Commissioner: Let me follow that. Is it marked on the plan? Mr. Raymond Asquith: I do not think it is marked. The Commissioner: There is the boat deck and then the promenade deck. Is that what you call A deck? Mr. Raymond Asquith: Yes; and the deck below the promenade is B deck. The Commissioner: It is called on this plan centre deck. Mr. Raymond Asquith: That is so. The Commissioner: Then is the upper deck called C? Mr. Raymond Asquith: Yes. The Commissioner: And the main deck is called D? Mr. Raymond Asquith: That is right. The Commissioner: And the lower deck is called E; and that is the end of them? 21048. (Mr. Raymond Asquith - To the Witness.) Going aft, all the other bulkheads go up only to C deck? - That is so. The Commissioner: Then the bulkhead nearest the stem goes up to B deck, and that is the highest? Mr. Raymond Asquith: Yes, that is the highest. The Commissioner: All the rest go up to C deck. How many bulkheads do you say there are in those vessels? Mr. Raymond Asquith: Thirteen transverse bulkheads. The Commissioner: Which is the first going to the forward part of the ship? Is that the one that goes up to B deck? Mr. Raymond Asquith: Yes. The Commissioner: Then the next one is the one that goes up to the chain locker? Mr. Raymond Asquith: I do not think they are lettered or numbered in any way on the plan. The Commissioner: No, they are not, but I want to do it. The first is just aft of what is called the trimming tank? Mr. Raymond Asquith: Yes. The Commissioner: The next is just aft of what is called the chain locker? Mr. Raymond Asquith: Yes. The Commissioner: The next is just aft of No. 2 hold. Mr. Raymond Asquith: Yes. The Commissioner: The next is just aft of the cross bunker? Mr. Raymond Asquith: Yes. The Commissioner: The next is just aft of No. 1 boiler room? Mr. Raymond Asquith: Yes. The Commissioner:. Is the next just aft of No. 2 boiler room? Mr. Raymond Asquith: Yes. The Commissioner: And is the next aft of No. 3 boiler room? Mr. Raymond Asquith: That is right. The Commissioner: The next is aft of No. 4 boiler room. Mr. Raymond Asquith: Yes. The Commissioner: The next is aft of the main engine room. Mr. Raymond Asquith: Yes. The Commissioner: Where is the next? Mr. Raymond Asquith - To the Witness: Where do you say the next is?