પ
18
19
Powers of
Officer.
Firewood,
.....2 lbs.
...1 gallon.
Waler, (to be carried in tanks or
sweer casks),.
or according to a scale at lust equivalent to
the foregoing.
5. (1) The Emigration Officer may at any time enter Emigration and inspect the ship and the accommodation, provisions, and stores provided for the Asiatic passengers, and may require the master or any other person to produce the licence and the ship's papers for his inspection, and, if he thinks necessary after inspecting the ship's papers, he may muster and inspect the Asiatic passengers.
Production
of emigra-
tion papers
at port of
destination.
Fectiou 22 (8).
(2.) If in any such case the Emigration Officer discovers that the number of passengers on board or intended to be carried upon that voyage exceeds the number authorized by the licence, or that any condition of the licence or any of these Regulations has been broken, he may detain the ship until the passengers in excess of the legal number are Innded or until the condition of the licence or the regulatiou in question is fully complied with, and he shall forthwith report the circumstances to the Governor.
6. The master of every British ship shall, on demand, produce his emigration papers to the British Consul at any port to which the licence extends, or, in case such port is in His Majesty's Dominions, to any officer appointed or authorized by the local Government in that bebalf.
(4.) that a space of five superficial feet por adult is left clear on the upper deck for the use of passengers
(5.) that sufficient Intrines, both as to condition and number, are provided in raitable parts of the ship:
(6.)--() that there is a sufficient space, properly divided off and located to the satisfaction of the Emigration Officer at the port of clearance, to be used exclusively as a hospital and shall in no case be of less dimensions than eighteen clear superficial feet for every fifty passengers whom the ship carrics;
(6) that every such hospital shall be frted with bed places and supplied with proper beds, bedding and utensils, to the satisfaction of the Emigration Officer at the port of clearance, and shall throughout the voyage be kept so fitted and supplied;
(7.) in the measurement of the passenger decks, for the purpose of determining the number of pas- sengers to be carried in any such ship, the space for the sick-bay or hospital shall he includet:
(8.) that provision, fuel and water have been placed ou board, of good quality, properly packed, and sufficient to supply the passengers on board during the declare duration of the intended voyage according to the following scale :-
DIETARY SCALE.
Rice,...
Ib. 1 per diem.
Prohibition
of ship departing
without certificate.
Application
THE SIXTH SCHEDULE,
REGULATIONS RESPECTING SHIPS UNDER LICENCE UN LONG VOYAGES.
1. No emigrant ship or British emigrant ship licensed under the provisions of this Ordinance shall clear out or proceed to sea on any long voyage unless the master thereof has received from an Emigration Officer a copy of these Regulations and a certificate in the form provided in Sche- dule B to the Act, nor until the master has entered into a Bond in the form provided in Schedule C to the Act,
2. No Emigration Officer shall be bound to give such for certificate certificate until seven days after receiving from the own- and notice ers or charterers of the ship, or, if they are absent, requisite.
from their respective agents, an application in writing for the same and a notice that the ship is laid on for couvey- ance of Asiatic emigrants and of her destination and date of sailing nor unless there are on board a medical officer and interpreter duly approved of by such Emigration Officer.
Jospection of ship.
Accommoda
tion of pas- sengers
3. After receiving such application and notice, the Emi- gration Officer and any person authorized by bim in that behalf, shall be at liberty at all times to cuter and inspect the ship and the fittings, provisions and stores therein, aud any person impeding such entry or inspection or refusing to allow the same, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $100 for each offence.
4. The following conditious as to the accommodation of passengers shall be observed to the satisfaction of the Emigration Officer :--
(1,) than the ship is seaworthy and properly manned, equipped, fitted, lighted and ventilated, that she is in a state of perfect cleanliness and that she has if necessary been disinfected; (2.) that the space appropriated to the passengers between decks contains at the last twelve superficial and seventy-two cubic feet of space for every adult on board, that is to say, for every passenger above twelve years of age, and for every two passengers between the ages of one year and twelve years; and that the height between decks is at least six feet;
(3.) that the accommodation for female passengers between decks is separate from that provided for uale passengers;
Salt Beef,
Salt Pork,
Salt Fish,... Fresh Beef or Mut-
"
on alternate days.
ton, in tius,
Salted Vegetables,
Pickles,
Fresh Vegetables,
as Yams, Pump-
門
Imperial qts. 3 a day.
kins, &c.,
Water,
Firewool,
Ths. *
Tex,
uz,
01
5
Lime or Lemon Juice,
and Sugar,
77
2 a week.
NOTE. Fresh Vegetables to be issued during the first month of the voyage only, unless the Mastor shall obtain a fresh supply en route when these articles may be again supplied in the above proportion.
(9.) that medicines and medical comforts have been placed on board according to the following scale
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