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The policy of Legislature insticated in the 'Passengers' Act 1855 is in harmony with what I + conceive to be the policy of the Chinese Passengers Act 1855 . The 1192 Section of Cect first named provides that where the majority of the passengers passenger ship are foreigners, any medical practitioner

who may

be

3

in

any

the

approved by

the Emigration Officer may

be carried therein; - in other

cases

the medical

Practitioner

is required to possess a legal

authority to practise.

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Considering, then, that

of

a shict interpretation the word Surgeon in the

Chinese

Regulations for

Passinger Skips would y make other part of the Regulations

nonsense, while a liberal construction would

simply make the act imposed on the Chine & Passenger Traffic in harmony with Imperial Legislation

for other frants of

I

world,

the

am of opinion

that the Regulations will

be legally complied with

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