2380
No. 30 of 1915.
ASIATIC EMIGRATION.
(5) that the ship is seaworthy, and properly manned, equipped, fitted, lighted, and ventilated, and has not on board any cargo likely, from its quality, quantity, or mode of stowage, to prejudice the health or safety of the emigrants. The means of ventilating the emigrants' accommodation between decks are as follows: - [describe space];
(6) that suitable medicines and stores, provisions, fuel, and water have been placed on board, of good quality, properly packed, and sufficient in quantity to supply the emigrants on board during the intended voyage;
(7) that all the conditions and requirements of the said Ordinance have been duly complied with;
(8) that none of the said emigrants are under any contract of service whatever, and that no fraud appears to have been practised in collecting such emigrants;
(9) that the intending emigrants who are males under the age of sixteen years or females have been passed by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs; and
(10) that the master of the ship is to put into and fresh vegetables for water.
Dated the day of 19.
(Signed.) A.B.,
Emigration Officer at the port of
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Prohibition of ship departing without certificate.
Accommodation of emigrants.
FIFTH SCHEDULE.
[s. 22 (2).]
REGULATIONS RESPECTING SHIPS UNDER SPECIAL LICENCE ON SHORT VOYAGES.
1. No ship licensed under special licence under the provisions of the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915, shall clear out or proceed to sea until the master thereof has received from the Emigration Officer a copy of these regulations, and a certificate in the form contained in the First Schedule to the said Ordinance, which copy and certificate, with any documents to be attached thereto, shall be signed by the Emigration Officer, nor until the master has, with two sufficient sureties to be approved by the Emigration Officer, entered into a joint and several bond in the sum of one thousand pounds to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, in the form contained in the Second Schedule to the said Ordinance.
2. The following conditions as to the accommodation of emigrants shall be observed:—
(1) the space appropriated to the emigrants between decks shall be properly ventilated and shall contain at the least 9 superficial and 54 cubic feet of space for every adult emigrant on board, that is to say, emigrant above 12 years of age and for every 2 emigrants between 1 and 12 years of age; the height between decks shall be at least 6 feet;
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.