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the carrying of Passengers on
the Orlop deck) should be...
adhered to.
3). That the number
(63).
of
Passengers should be calculated
according to the superficies of the passenger decks
only
and not according to tonnage,
which is very differently calculated in ships of different
Nations.
(4). That a different scale
of Medicines and Surgical Instruments should be prescribed.
(5). That in calculating voyage for the purpose of shipping provisions
and Stores, the Emigration Officer
should be at liberty to take
into account the quality of
the ship
as well as the actual
average length of the voyage and
(6) That the regulations
enforced against ships taking passengers from Hong Kong should be enforced at the port of arrival on
ships taking Passengers from other parts of China.
6 And they observe as a reason for adhering
to the
present practice, that the deaths on voyages to California,
and Australia have not amounted
on many
many thousand
to 1% per cent Emigrants =
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