2356 Bay or Bengal. China Sea. INTERNATIONAI.. LOAD LINE CONVENTION. JULY 5, 1930. (b) South of lat. 24 0 N. Tropical: 1st December to 20th May, and 16th September to 15th October. Summer: 21st May to 15th September and 16th October to 30th November. (3) Bay of Bengal. Tropical: 16th December to 15th April. Summer: 16th April to 15th December. (4) In the China Sea. An area bounded on the west and north by the coast of Indo-China and China to Hong Kong, on the east by a rhumb line to the port of Sua! (Luzon Island), and by the west coast of the Islands of Luzon, Samar and Leyte to the parallel of 100 N., and on the south by the parallel of lat. 10 0 N. Hong Kong and Sual to be considered as being on the boundary of the "Seasonal Tropical" and "Summer" Zones. Tropical: 21st January to 30th April. Summer: 1st May to 20th January. North Pacific Ocean. (5) In the North Pacific Ocean. (a) An area bounded on the north by the parallel of lat. 25 0 N., on the west by the meridian of 160 0 E., on the south by the parellel of lat. 130 N., and on the east by the meridian of 1300 w. Tropical: 1st April to 31st October. Summer: 1st November to 31st March. (6) An area bounded on the north and east by the coast of Cali- fornia, Mexico and Central America, on the west by the meridian of 1200 W. and by a rhumb line from the point lat. 30° N., long. 1200 W., to the point lat. 13 0 N., long 105 0 W., and on the south by the parallel of lat. 130 N. Tropical: 1st March to 30th June and 1st to 30th November. Summer: 1st July to 31st October and 1st December to 28th/29thFebru~. South Paci1lc Ocean. (6) In the South, Pacific Ocean. (a) An area bounded on the north by the parallel of lat. 11 0 S., on the west by the east coast of Australia, on the south by the parallel of lat. 200 S., and on the east by the meridian of 1750 E., together with the Gulf of Carpentaria south of lat. 11 0 S. Tropical: 1st April to 30th November. Summer: 1st December to 31st March.
