See that Report, referring to the mortality which occurred on board the "Guluare" on her voyage to Enbou, we observed, we presume that a duly qualified surgeon was on board in addition to "the native Doctor" - this sentence has been misunderstood as the expression on our part of an opinion, that the Law required the presence of a European legally duly authorized to practice.
M. Breau in his decision in the "Bithonia" pointed out that there was nothing in the Passenger Act to compel the Emigration Officer to require the production of a Medical Diploma - that the word "Surgeon" could not have been used in its strict sense as in the schedule of Medicines to be carried was specified a box of surgical instruments, with the qualification "if there be any person on board competent to use them" - and that the admission of a Foreign Practitioner was in accordance with the policy of the British Legislature in the case of vessels carrying Foreign Emigrants, as shown by the 42nd section of the Passenger Act.