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which in
Course
of
their
Imperial Passengers Act 1855
to Foreign Vessels
it
may put into
Port, and
voyage
British
requesting that you
would favour us
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advised by the Emigration
Commissioners in
connection with
this subject. In
Compliance with the
request contained in your
letter
we have perused the
Case
and
have the honour to Report
That the main object
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of
the 18 & 19 Vict.
cap. 119
is
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to secure to health and
Comfort of passengers proceeding
on long voyages from a
British
port, whether in
a
British
or
Foreign vessel, by insisting
that adequate provision be made
and precautions taken to
carry out that object. It was
extended
Measure
its protection in some
respects to passengers brought from a long voyage
to a British
port, but the passengers
whose protection is contemplated
seem to be those who are
brought into, or
taken from
the
United Kingdom,
not those who merely
touch