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under the Ordinance, was dealt with in my last re
Confine myself to repeating that the difference t
and Hongkong figures may probably be due to the 1
made by Hongkong for encumbrances, both in the "
on the weather deck, and also to the elimination
spaces which, according to the strict letter of ti
"exercising spaces", but which, in practice, are a
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A used by the coolies by their own choice, and are, therefore, included as passenger space, because long experience has shown that they will be so used anyway. It would appear that the Hongkong Sur- veyors measure the ships as rigidly as the strictest interpreta- tion of the rules will allow, whereas the Swatow Surveyor, using reasonable discretion founded on thorough cognizance of the trade, takes a more practical, if less draconio, view,
At present, British ships, and ships of other nations, tak- ing coolies to Bangkok or Saigon, where non-British ships are not bound by British regulations, are measured under the same rules, save that British ships are not allowed so many weather deck pas-
sengers, and, indeed, during the "typhoon season* (June 1 to Oct- ober 14), are not allowed to carry any. All ships must provide 9 8q.ft. of 'tween deck space and 4 sq. ft. of weather deck air- ing space for each coolie carried below, sanh Chinese cabin pas-
senger, and each of the crew. Any surplus weather deck is used
for weather deck passengers who, in British ships, must have 16
sq. ft. per coolie and, in foreign ships, 12. For instance, the German 8.6. "Rajaburi" could carry from Swatow to Bangkok 1226 coolies, but when she became the British s.8. "Thaoshowfu", her
complement was 1142 a difference of 84. Here we have the case of a ship with a large amount of weather deck space, providing, under British rules, accommodation for 255 weather deck passen- gers and, under Herman rules, accommodation for 339. Moreover, under the German Mag, she can carry these weather deck passen- gers all the year round, while, under the British flag, she may not carry them during the typhoon season. Hence it follows that,
given