A.D. 1889.]
CHINESE EMIGRATION.
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form in the Schedule to these Regulations, nor until the master has entered into the bond prescribed by section 4 of the Chinese Passengers Act, 1855, of the Imperial Parliament.
for certificate and notice.
2. No Emigration Officer shall be bound to give such certificate until seven days after receiving from the owners or charterers of the ship, or, if absent, from their respective agents, an application in writing for the same and a notice that the ship is laid on for the conveyance of Chinese emigrants.
3. After receiving such application, the Emigration Officer, and any person authorized by him in that behalf, shall be at liberty at all times to enter and inspect the ship, and the fittings, provisions, and stores therein; and any person impeding such entry or inspection, or refusing to allow the same, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars for each offence.
4. The following conditions as to the accommodation of passengers shall be observed to the satisfaction of the Emigration Officer:—
(1.) that the ship is in a state of perfect cleanliness and if necessary has been disinfected;
(2.) that the space appropriated to the passengers between decks is clean, properly lighted and ventilated, and contains at the least nine superficial and 54 cubic feet on the upper between decks and 18 superficial and 126 cubic feet of space on the lower between decks for every adult on board, that is to say, for every passenger above twelve years of age and for every two passengers between the ages of one and twelve years; and that the height between decks is at least six feet;
(3.) that the accommodation for female passengers between decks is separate from that provided for male passengers;
(4.) that a space of four superficial feet per adult is left clear on the upper deck for the use of the passengers; and
(5.) that a reasonable space is set apart properly divided and fitted up as a sick-bay or hospital, and that sufficient latrines, both as to condition and number, are provided in suitable parts of the ship.
5. No part of the cargo or of the provisions, water, or stores shall be carried on the upper deck, or on the passenger decks, unless, in the opinion of the Emigration Officer, the same is so placed as not to impede light or ventilation or to interfere with the comfort of the passengers nor unless the same is stowed and secured to the satisfaction of the Emigration Officer; and the space thereby occupied or rendered unavailable for the accommodation of the passengers shall be deducted in calculating the space by which the number of passengers is regulated.
6. The Emigration Officer may, in his discretion, permit deck passengers to be carried, on such conditions as may from time to time be prescribed under instructions from one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and, until and subject to such instructions, on the conditions following:—
(1.) a suitable awning with screen shall be provided on deck, sufficient for the protection of the passengers from the sun and from rain;