No. 76.
THE
DIEV
ET MON
Hongkong
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
THE
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, HONGKONG; SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1855.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,
HE Contract hitherto in force for the publication of GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATIONS having ceased on the 21st instant Notice is hereby given, that the HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, this day established, will be hereafter the only Official Organ of Proclamations. Notifications, and all Publie Papers of this Government.
By Order,
Victoria, Hongkong, 24th September, 1853.
JOHN BOWRING.
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PROCLAMATION.
W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.
Whereas by a Proclamation dated 28th December 1853, made in pursuance of the 85th Section of the Passengers Act 1852," it was declared that the provisions and medicines supplied to Pas- senger ships should be in accordance with certain scales in the said Proclamation duly set forth, and whereas these scales have been found in some points unsuited to the wants of Chinese passengers, it is hereby declared that with respect to passengers being Chinese or persons accustomed to Chinese diet the supply of provisions and medicines for Passenger ships may in future be as follows.
Rice
Salted Provisions.
wholly pork, or
pork and
fish, or
pork, beef, and fish
Salted Vegetables or pickles
Water, Imperial Quarts
Firewood
Tea
PROVISIONS,
Ibe. 1 per diem
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39
do.
do.
3
do.
lbs. 2
do.
oz.
do.
MEDICINES, &c.
Or such amount of Provisions customari- ly used by Chinese as only in the judgment of the Emigration of- ficer be capable of per- fect preservation dur- ing the passage and be fully equivalent to this scale.
For every 100 passengers; and in like proportion for any greater or less number.
6 lbs.
20
Senna leaves
Blistering Plaister
Sulphur sublimed
Sulphur Ointment
Linseed flour
Country soap
Castor Oil
Oil of peppermint
8
oz.
8
16
12
24
دو
Calomel
3 0%
Blue Pill
2
22
Rhubarb powder
2
きま
Compound Jalap powder
12
22
""
Ipecacuanha powder
12
4
lbs.
Opium
2
02.
"
Dovers' powder
2
6
Bottles.
Magnesia
2
2
02.
Epsom salts
Adhesive plaister spread
2 yds.
Chloride of Lime
*
Simple ointment
16
Oz.
Tartar emetic
4 drams.
Quinine
2
02.
Jeremies' opiate
Antemonial Powder
季
22
Extract of Colocynth Compound
1
Cholera pills in phial
Ringworm ointment
Aromatic spirits of hartshorn
12 dram.8.
16 32
2
oz. phial
4
タウ
Carbonet of Ammonia
11
"
Cubebs powder
4
lbs.
Assafoetida
Camphor
Camphorated liniment
Catechu
29
Sweet spirits of nitre
16
Oz.
11
*
Copaiba
16
37
16
Prepared chalk
Tincture of Opium Turpentine,
16
02220
Sulphate of Copper
2
"1
1+
Sulphate of Zine
1
"
Lunar Caustic
4
99
8
55
Prepared Lint
4
Cloth for bandages
22
drams.
Oz.
2 pieces.