ORDINANCE. No. 8 of 1879.
Merchant Shipping.
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 seaman himself, or the boarding-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. This chapter applies to all British or Colonial ships, other than those already provided with medicines and medical 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 exemption under the hand of the Governor.
20. 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 subsection 1 of section 4 of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1867."
3. No lime or lemon juice shall be deemed fit and proper 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 approved 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.
Health Officer to approve of lime or lemon juice.
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 Magistrate, incur a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.