English years later I
and Ohriever.
and Chinese and those of five
German Incidentally it may
be observed
that the undated Regulations in English of 1876 are printed, paper water-marked 1890.
The later Regulation bear date... "Kanton 17 January, 1881.
8th
A comparison of the earlier regulations with those in force for British ships at present has been made -
par. 15.
of
-advisedly_ the Report of the Trade Committee dealing with existing circumstances therefore
if the Consul's letter with enclosures is in the nature of
a correction of the Report furnished by the Committee he must be content to have the Regulations now first heard of compared with the Regulations for British Shipping now in force.
The German Regulations of 1876 read as an excellent code of suggestions but when analysed the deceit becomes
apparent ;
for instance with regard to Rule VI for 300 passengers there must be two boats, the sizes of the boats are not specified, nor the accommodation for each passenger. Two 10 foot dinghies would comply with the Regulations.
British regulation require 10 cubic feet of boat space for every adult individual -
26 of 1891, Schedule A. General Rules - Boats, Cubic capacity.
A boat 28 ft. long (2) 8' 6" broad and 3'6" deep will be regarded as having a capacity of 28 x 8.5 x 3.5 = 499.8, or 500 cubic feet, but the regulations under review merely state there are to be two boats for 300 passengers -
"600 Bouts"
Again 3 boats for 900 and so on.
rule III the final clause, a fine not exceeding $30.
A Master might carry 300 passengers in excess or not have a boat aboard and he is only liable to a fine of $10.00, British law sec. 56 Act 1 of 1889 imposes a