Treatment of passengers
nt sea.
Mustering of passengers by master.
Life saving appliances.
Small stores.
List of passengers.
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6. The master of any emigrant ship or British emi- grant ship proceeding ou a long voyage shall during the whole of the intended voyage, make issues of provisious, fuel and water, according to the aforesaid Dictury Scale, and shall not make any alteration, except for the manifest advantage of the passengers, in respect of space allotted to them as aforesaid, or in respect of the means of ventilation, and shall not ill-use the passengers, or require them (except in case of necessity) to help in working the vessel; and shall issue medicines aud medical comforts, as shall be requisite, to the best of his judgment, and shall call at suel parts as may he mentioned in the Emigration Officer's clearing certificate for fresh water and other necessaries ; and shall carry them without unnecessary delay to the destination to which they are bound.
7. The Emigration Officer shall not give his certificate until he shall have mustered the passengers and have ascertained to the host of his power that they understand whither they are going. If any of the passengers are in had health or insufficiently provided with clothing or if there is reason to suspect that frand or violence have been practised in their collection or embarkation be derain
may the ship and, if be shall think fit, may order all or any of the passengers to be re-landed.
8. All emigrant ships or British emigrant ships must be provided with boats and life saving appliances in accordance with the provisions of Table "A" of the Mer- chant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, (Ordinance No. 10 of 1899), and every emigrant ship or British emigrant ship shall carry a fire engine or force pump with sufficient hose to reach fore and aft and at least three dozen fire buckets.
9. Each emigrant ship or British emigrant ship shall carry the following small stores 2→→
Brooms,.....
Lanterns with Locks,
Cooking Spades,
Meat Choppers,
Wood Choppers,
Chopping Boards,
Rice Baskets, ..
SMALL STORES.
..24 for every 100 passengers.
2
£7
21
3
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3
15
13
3
12
1
23
"
10
21
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35
57
+
MI
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Iron Dishes, 18 inches,. ..... 10 Rubbish Tubs, ...............
A Bed, Blanket and Pillow for each person the Hospital
can accommodate.
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12 Blue Lights, and 12 Rockets,
10. Before the Emigration Officer can muster the pas- sengers, he must be furnished with a passenger list in the form following:-
List of Chinese Passengers on board the Ship ....of the burden of ........ tous, of which is Master for the proscut voyage............ which belongs to the Port of.....
is to sail from Hongkong on the.......
day of...............19 and is bound to the final Port of
.consisting of...... ................male adults
female adults.... ...male children and
female
children under 12 years age, making a total of Chinese Passengers, said Steamer being entitled, under
“The Chinese Passengers Act, 1855," to carry Chinese Passengers.
Name of Surgeon,.. Name of Interpreter,
| Male.
Female.
Agc.
Age.
Alults,
First Class
Chinese.
Second Class
Storage.
SUMMARY,
Adults,
European.......| Chinese,.........
Europeak,
L'hinese,
European,.....!
Male.
Female.
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Children. Total.
Male.
Female.
HA
Crow, including Master and all Persons on Ship's Articles,
Total number of souls on board. .............................
Victoria, Hongkong, the.........................................day of.....................................................10
Master..........................Ship ...................................................
THE SEVENTH SCHEDULE.
FORM OF EMIGRATION PASSAGE BROKER'S ANNUAL BOND, WITH TWO SCRETIES TO BE APPROVED BY
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THE SECRETARY FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS.
Know all meu by these presents, that we, 4.B.,” of
C.D., of
and E,F., of
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are held and firmly bound auto Our Sovereign Lord King George V in the sum of five thousand dollars, to be paid to Our said Sovereign Lord the King, His Heirs aud Successors; to which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves, and every of us jointly and severally, our heirs, executors and administrators, and the heirs, executors, and administrators of each of ne, and cach and every of them, firmly by those prasents, scaled with our Rcals.
Dated this day of
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Whereas by the Asiatic Emigration Ordinauce, 191, it is amongst other things enacted that no person shall carry on the business of a passage broker in Ilongkong, in respect of any emigrant ship, or shall be in anywise concerned in the sale or letting of passages in any such ship, unless such person bas, with two good and sufficient sureties to be approved of by the Secretary for Chiucsc Affairs, previously entered into & joint and several bond to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, in the sum of five thousand dollars; and whereas the said C.D. and E.F. have been approved of by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs as sureties for the said A.B.:
Now the condition of this obligation is that if the above- bounden A.B. shall well and truly observe and comply with all the requirements of the said recited Ordinance, so far as the same relate to passage brokers, and further, shall weil and truly pay all lines, forfeitures, and penalties, and also all sums of money, by way of subsistence money, or of return passage money, aud compensation to any passenger, or on his account, and also all costs which the above- bounden A.B. may at any time bo adjudged to pay under or by virtue of any of the provisions of the said recited Ordinance or of the Chinese Passengers Act, 1855, of the Imperial Parliament, then and in such case this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force.
Sigued, sealed, and delivered,
by the above-bounden A.B., C.D,
and E.F., in the presence of †
• Insert personal and family names in full, with the occupation
and muldrers of each of the parties,
[usert the narcs and addresses in full of the witnesses.
Section 30.
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