And I do hereby further declare that with respect to Passengers being Chinese, or persons accus- tomed to Chinese diet, in addition to, and irrespective of any provisions of their own which any such passenger may have on board, the Master of every "Passenger Ship" shall make to each statute adult during the voyage, including the time of detention, if any, at any port or place before the termination of such voyage, an allowance of pure water and sweet and wholesome provi sions according to the following dietary scale, and the provisions mentioned in such scale shall in the case of such Chinese passengers only be substituted for the Articles of food and provisions specified in the said Act.
Given under my hand and Seal of the Colony, at Government House, Victoria, Hongkong, this 28th Day of December in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty three and in the Seventeenth Year of Her Majesty's Reign.
S, G, BONHAM,
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
W, CAINE, Colonial Secretary.
Rice,...
14tb
1 p diem Firewood,
Salt Pork,
+
Salt,
Lard, Salted Fat, Fresh Fat or Oil, Joz Pickled Vegetables,...
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Pepper, Vinegar,
Tobacco, ...
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Water,
gallon 1
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3lbs loz
diem week
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pint
2
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Three weeks supply of Biscuit is to be placed on board, to be issued at the rate of 2lbs a day only when the weather is too bad for cooking, or when required by the Surgeon,
Peas or Beans may be substituted for Rice, and Opium for Tobacco, to the extent and in the pro- portion to be fixed by the Surgeon.
Half issues to be made to Children under ten years of age. The issues in accordance with this scale are to be made daily; the first issues to be made on the day of embarkation.
And I do hereby also further declare in pursuance of the said last mentioned Act, that Twelve instead of Fifteen feet shall be deemed a sufficient allowance of space for any Natives of Asia or Africa who may be conveyed from Hongkong through the Tropics.
And lastly, I do hereby further declare, that the medicines, medical instruments, and other matters necessary for the medical treatment of the Passengers during any such voyage, shall be as follows; namely:
For a Ship carrying 100 passengers and in like proportion for any greater or less number.
FOR 100
FOR
100
PERSONS.
PERSONS.
Calomel
3 ozs.
Senna Leaves
8 ozs
Blue Pill
Rhubarb Powder
2
Blistering Plaister
8
Sulphur Sublimed
16
Compound Jalap Powder
Sulphur Ointment
12
Ipecacuanha Powder...
Linseed Flour
4 lbs.
Opium
Country Soap
24 ozs.
Dover's Powder
2
Castor Oil
Magnesia
»
Oil of Pepperiaint
Epsom Salts...
6 lbs.
Adhesive Plaister Spread
6 bottles
2 ozs.
2 yds.
Chloride of Lime
20
Simple Ointment
16 ozs.
Tartar Emetic
4 drams,
Ringworm Ointment
16
Quinine
2 ozs.
Jeremie's Opiate
2oz phial
Antimonial Powder
Aromatic Spirits of Hartshorn
4 ozs.
Extract of Colocynth Compound
Cholera Pills in Phial
"
12 drams
Carbonate of Ammonia
Cubebs Powder
4 lbs.
Assafœtida
Sweet Spirits of Nitre
16 ozs.
Camphor
Copaiba
Camphorated Liniment
Sulphate of Copper
Catechu
Sulphate of Zine
Prepared Chalk
2
Lunar Caustic
16
2 2
1
4 drams
"
"
Tincture of Opium
8 ozs.
Prepared Lint
4 ozs.
Turpentine
116
Cloth for Bandages
2 pieces
1
INSTRUMENTS, &c.
Set of Amputating and other Surgical Instru- 1 Spatula.
ments.
1
Dressing Scissors.
1
One ounce glass measure.
1
Infusion box.
1
Minim glass measure.
1
Quire of Country paper,
1
Pestle and mortar (Wedgwool).
I
Penknife,
1
Set of weights and scales (grains in box).
2
Metal Bedpans.
1
Set of common splints.
2
Trusses for Hernia, Right and Left.
1
Set of Bleeding Lancets.
2
Male Syringes.
1
Silver Catheter.
ENGLISH LABELS TO BE AFFIXED.
The following articles must also be placed on board, to be issued on demand of the Surgeon Arrowroot, Barley, Oatmeal or Sago
Lime Juice
-
Rum or Brandy
Port Wine
Combs Razors
Soap
Sugar
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75 lbs...
36 Quart bottles
36
10
6
24
24
150 lbs
300
for 100 Persons.
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21
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