4.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH FEBRUARY, 1882.
INSTRUMENTS, &C.
1 Set of Amputating and other Surgical Instruments (if there be any Person on board competent to use them).
1 One Ounce Glass Measure.
1 Minim Glass Measure.
1 Pestle and Mortar (Wedgewood),
1 Set of Weights and Scales (Grains in Box).
1 Set of common Splints.
1 Set of Bleeding Lancets.
1 Silver Catheter.
1 Spatula.
1 Dressing Scissors.
1 Infusion Box.
1 Quire of Country Paper.
1 Penknife.
2 Metal Bed Pans.
2 Trusses for Hernia, Right and Left.
2 Small Syringes.
4 Ounces prepared Lint.
2 Pieces Cloth for Bandages.
V. The Master of any Chinese Passenger Ship being a British Ship and proceeding on a Voyage of more than Seven Days Duration shall, during the whole of the intended Voyage, make Issues of Provisions, Fuel, and Water, according to the aforesaid Dietary Scale, and shall not make any Alteration, except for the manifest Advantage of the Passengers, in respect of the Space allotted to them as aforesaid, or in respect of the Means of Ventilation, and shall not ill-use the Passengers, or require them (except in case of Necessity) to help in working the Vessel; and shall issue Medicines and Medical Comforts, as shall be requisite, to the best of his Judgment, and shall call at such Ports as may be mentioned in the Emigration Officer's Clearing Certificate for fresh Water and other Necessaries; and shall carry them without un- necessary Delay to the Destination to which they have contracted to proceed.
VI. The Emigration Officer shall not give his Certificate until he shall have mustered the Passengers, and have ascertained to the best of his Power that they understand whither they are going, and comprehend the Nature of any Contracts of Service which they have made; he shall also take care that a Copy of the Form of such Contracts, or an Abstract of their Substance, sigued by himself, is appended to the said Certificate: If any of the Passengers are in bad Health, or insufficiently provided with Clothing, or if the Contracts are unfair, or if there is Reason to suspect that Fraud or Violence have been practised in their Collection or Embarkation, he may detain the Ship, and, if he shall think fit, may order all or any of the Passengers to be re-landed.
SCHEDULE (B.)
EMIGRATION OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE, &c.
hereby authorize the Chinese Passenger Ship
in
:
Adults, and that there are on board Adults, viz.,
Men,
to proceed to Sca for the Port of and I certify that the said Ship can legally carry
Passengers, making in all Women,
Male Children, and Female Children, such Children being between the Ages of One and Twelve Years; that the Space set apart and to be kept clear for the Use of such Emigrants is as follows:-On the Upper Deck,
Superficial Feet, being [here describe the Space], and in the Between Decks Superficial Feet, being [here describe the Space]; that the Ship is properly manned and fitted, and that the Means of ventilating the Part of the Between Decks appropriated to Passengers are as follows, [here describe the Means of Ventilation]; that the Ship is furnished with a proper Quantity of good Provisions, Fuel, and Water for
Days Issues to the Passengers, according to the* annexed
Dietary Scale, and with a proper Quantity of Medicines, Instruments, and Medical Comforts according to the* annexed Seale of Medical Necessaries; that I have inspected the Contracts between the Emigrants and their intended Employers (the Terms of which are annexed to this Certificate), and consider them reasonable; that no Fraud appears to have been practised in collecting, the Emigrants; and that there are on board a Surgeon† [and Interpreter] approved by me, and designated [respectively
[The Master of the Ship is to put into
for Water and fresh Vegetables.]
and
and]
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Dated this
Day of
(Signed)
18
SCHEDULE (C.)
Emigration Officer.
FORM OF BOND TO BE GIVEN BY THE MASTERS OF CHINESE PASSENGER SHIPS. Know all Men by these Presents, That we are held and firmly bound unto our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, in the Sum of One thousand Pounds of good and lawful Money of Great Britain, to be paid to our said Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and Successors; to which Payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves and every of us, jointly, and severally, for and in the whole, our Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and every of them, firmly by these Presents.
Dated this Day of
18
Sealed with our Seals.
Whereas, by the Chinese Passenger Act, 1855, it is enacted, that before any Chinese Passenger Ship shall clear out or proceed to Sca on a Voyage of more than Seven Days computed Duration, the Master thereof shall, with Two sufficient Sureties to be approved by an Emigration Officer, enter into a Bond to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, in the Sum of One thousand Pounds.
Now the Condition of this Obligation is this, that if (in respect of the Ship
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whereof
is Master) all and every of the Requirements of the said Chinese Passenger Act, and of the Regulations contained in Schedule (A.) to the said Act annexed, or enacted by the Legislature of Hongkong, shall be well and truly observed and performed [§ in like Manner as the same ought to be observed and performed in case the said Ship were a British Ship, and the said
a British subject], then this Obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full Force and Effect.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the above-bounden
and
* These Scales must be those prescribed by the Regulations in Schedule A.
in the Presence of
In case the Ship has been authorized to proceed withcrt ... Interpreter, omit the Part between Brackets, and add "and that the Ship has been authorized to proceed without an Interpreter."
The Part between Brackets is to be inserted or not as may be required.
This Clause to be inserted only in the Case of a Foreign Chinese Passenger ship.