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ORDINANCE No. 8 of 1879.
Merchant Shipping.
TABLE (E.)
Spaces to be allotted to passengers in ships not within the "Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855.”
Between the 15th of October, and the 31st of May, inclusive:
1. The space to be provided on the between decks shall be for the lower-between decks 12 superficial and 84 cubic feet of space for each passenger; and in the upper between decks there shall be 9 superficial and 54 cubic feet for each passenger.
2. On the upper or weather deck there shall be provided 4 superficial feet of deck space for exercise for the crew and for every passenger accommodated in the between decks; and if it shall be intended to carry passengers on the remaining spaces of the said weather deck than 12 superficial feet of such remaining space shall be provided for each such upper deck passenger.
Between the 1st of June, and the 14th of October, inclusive:
3. The space to be provided in the between decks shall be in accordance with the first paragraph of this table, but no ship shall carry upper deck passengers except as hereinafter provided, unless she is furnished with a deck house or other permanent protection against the weather for the number of passengers such structure will accommodate at 12 superficial feet and 72 cubic feet per adult passenger.
Generally.
Deck passengers may be carried between Hongkong and Swatow during both seasons.
Passengers are not to be carried on more than two decks on any one voyage. The superficial area of a deck shall mean the area of the deck itself exclusive of skylights, hatchways and other encumbrances.
TABLE (F.)
1. The owner of any steam vessel of less than fifty tons burden desirous of obtaining a licence to carry passengers for hire within the waters of the Colony, or to any place outside of the waters of the Colony, shall cause the said vessel to be surveyed by a Government surveyor or surveyors.
2. A certificate of the Government surveyor or surveyors, shall contain statements of the following particulars:
a. That the hull, length-breadth-depth-tons, is sufficient for the service intended, and in good condition.
6. The number of passengers which the vessel is fit to carry, being, for vessels plying beyond the waters of the Colony, at the rate of ten superficial feet of the upper or weather deck, and at the rate of ten superficial feet of the deck immediately below the upper deck, for each passenger and member of the crew; and for vessels plying within the waters of the Colony, at the rate of seven superficial feet per passenger and member of the crew.