1130 THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 9TH DEC., 1891:
Masters of ships before shipping
seamen may require them so undergo medical Inspection. (Sab-e. 3.)
Application
of section. (Ibid, woo 19.)
Ships to carry medicines, medical
stores, &c. in accordance with scale Issued by Board of Trade. (Ibid. sub-a.)
Health Officer to approve of lime or lemon juice. (Ibid, sub-8.3.)
Owners
neglecting to provide
medicines and medical stores to be guilty of misdemeanor. (Ibùl, sub-s, 4)
This section
to have the same force as rules made. (Ibid. sub-s. 5.)
Seamen
deserting may be appre hended and put on board
the vessels to which they belong. (1bul. soc. 20.)
the same before he shall be properly discharged cured; or having been discharged cured, shall refuse to produce his certificate of discharge when required by the Harbour Master; or being affected with a contagious disease, shall neglect or refuse to inform the keeper of the boarding-house in which he may he residing,-then, and in every such case, such seaman so offending shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or imprisonment with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding one mouth.
(3.) The master of any merchant ship, before shipping any seaman, may require that such seaman shall be inspected by the Colonial Surgeon, by notice in writing to that effect, addressed to the Harbour Master or a Visiting Surgeon, appointed in pursuance of this section, and the Colonial Surgeon or such Visiting Surgeon upon such inspection shall give a certificate under his hand as to the state of health of such seamau, which certificate such seaman shall produce and show to the master of the ship in which he may be about to serve; and for every certificate, there shall be paid the fee of fifty cents, to be paid by the master or agent of the ship in case such seaman should prove to be in sound health, and by the scaman himself, or the board- ing-house keeper with whom he shall be residing, in case he shall prove to be affected with any contagious disease.
CHAPTER VIII.
MEDICINES AND MEDICAL STORES.
19. (1.) This chapter shall apply to all British ships, other than those already provided with medicines and medi- cal stores under the provisions of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1867," or of any legislative enactment or regulations in force in any British possession, or holding special ex- emption under the hand of the Governor.
(2.) The owners, agents, or master of every such ship navigating between this Colony and any place out of the same, shall cause to be kept on board such ship a supply of medicines and medical stores in accordance with the scale appropriate to such ship as laid down in the published scales of medicines and medical stores issued by the Board of Trade, and also a copy of the book or books issued by the said Board containing instructions for dispensing the same pursuant to sub-section 1 of section 4 of "The Mer- chant Shipping Act, 1867," or any act amending the
same.
(3.) No lime or lemon juice shall be deemed fit and pro- per to be taken on board any such ship for the use of the crew or passengers thereof, unless the Health Officer has approved of the same; nor unless the same contains fifteen per centum of proper and palatable proof spirits to be ap- proved by the Health Officer, or by some person appointed by him for that purpose, and to be added immediately. before or immediately after the inspection thereof; nor unless the same is packed in such bottles, at such time and in such manner as the Health Officer may direct.
(4.) The master, owner, or agent of any such ship who shall wilfully neglect or refuse to provide, pack, or keep on board such medicines, medical stores, books of instructions, lime or lemon juice, sugar or anti-scorbutics as are by this section required, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon summary conviction before any Stipendiary Ma- gistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.
(5.) The provisions of this section, so far as the same refer to lime, lemon juice and anti-scorbuties, shall have the same force and effect as the regulations provided for by "The Merchant Shipping, Act, 1867," section 6.
CHAPTER IX.
DESERTION AND OTHER OFFENCES OF SEAMEN.
20. (1.) If any seaman belonging to the crew of any ship, British, or foreign, shall desert therefrom, or other- wise abscond, or absent himself from his duty while such ship or vessel is within the waters of the Colony, it shall and may be lawful for any Police Officer, or for the master or person in charge of the ship, or for any one specially deputed by such master or person in charge, to arrest such seaman without warrant and convey him before a Stipendiary Magistrate; and in case such seaman shall refuse to return to his duty on board the said ship, or
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