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relating to the Carriage of Passengers by Sea, it is amongst other things enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Governor of any of Her Majesty's Possessions abroad, by any Proclamation to be by him, from time to time, issued for that purpose, (which shall take effect from the issuing thereof), to declare what shall be deemed for the purposes of the said Act to be the length of the voyage of any ship carrying Passengers from such Possessions to any other place whatsoever, and to substitute for the Articles of food and provisions specified in the said Act, such other articles of food and provisions as he shall deem to be a full equivalent for the same; and also to declare what medicines, medical instruments, and other matters shall be deemed necessary for the medical treatment of the Passengers during such Colonial voyage.
And Whereas also by a certain other Act of the said Parliament passed in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Years of Her said Majesty's Reign, intituled An Act to amend the Passengers Act, 1852, so far as relates to the Passages of Natives of Asia or Africa and also Passages between the Island of Ceylon and certain Parts of the East Indies, it is amongst other things enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governors of Her Majesty's Possessions abroad, if they shall think fit, to declare by Proclamation that Ships intended to pass within the Tropics, from any Ports within their respective Governments, may convey Passengers being Natives of Asia or Africa after the rate of one for every twelve super- ficial feet of the passenger Deck, instead of one for every fifteen such superficial feet, as required by the Twelfth Section of the said "Passengers Act, 1852"; Now, therefore, I Sir SAMUEL George BONHAM, Bart., the Governor aforesaid, by this my Proclamation, issued for that purpose, do declare that the following shall be the Rule of computation by which the length of the voyage of any ship carrying Passengers from Hongkong to the several Places hereinafter enumerated shall be computed, for the purposes of the said recited Act, that is to say ;-
PASSAGE from HONGKONG to the undermentioned PLACES for Ships propelled by Sails.
IN THE MONTHS.
OCTOBER
APRIL
ΤΟ
TO
MARCH SEPTEMBER
California or West Coast of America North of the Equator, West Coast of America South of the Equator, ...
Sandwich Islands,
New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Feejee Islands,
Tahiti, Society or Friendly Islands,
Sydney, Melbourne, or South Australia,
Western Australia,
Van Diemen's Land,
New Zealand, ...
Manila,
Singapore,
Batavia,
Ceylon,
Madras or Calcutta,
Bombay,
Mauritius or Bourbon,
Cape of Good Hope,
West Indies, East Coast of America,
Great Britain or Europe,
BOTH INCLUSIVE
DAYS
100
120
75 120
100
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56
100
60
80
60
80
90
20
45
60
70
75
60
80
60
80
65
85
147
168
162
180
And I do hereby further declare that with respect to Passengers being Chinese, or persons accus- tomed to Chinese diet, in addition to, and irrespective of any provisions of their own which any such passenger may have on board, the Master of every "Passenger Ship" shall make to each statute adult during the voyage, including the time of detention, if any, at any port or place before the termination of such voyage, an allowance of pure water and sweet and wholesome provi- sions according to the following dietary scale and the provisions mentioned in such scale shall in the case of such Chinese passengers only be substituted for the Articles of food and provisions specified in the said Act.
Rice,...
Salt Pork,
Lard, Salted Fat, Fresh Fat or Oil,
Pickled Vegetables,...
Tobacco,...
Water,
1tb diem | Firewood,
21
"
OZ
"
I
2 *
gallon 1
Salt, Pepper, Vinegar, Tea,
3lbs diem loz week
P 1 23
"
pint
.4 ozs
Three weeks supply of Biscuit is to be placed on board, to be issued at the rate of 2lbs a day only when the weather is too bad for cooking, or when required by the Surgeon.
Peas or Beans may be substituted for Rice, and Opium for Tobacco, to the extent and in the pro- portion to be fixed by the Surgeon.
Half issues to be made to Children under ten years of age.-The issues in accordance with this scale are to be made daily; the first issues to be made on the day of embarkation.
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