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As to the objection, which I foresee, on the score of expense, I think no ship owner would object, knowing as he does that no wooden fittings are allowed to be carried from one voyage to another, whereas these, being almost entirely of iron could be stowed away when not wanted, and would last as long as the ship, with an occasional coat of paint.
Nothing of a dangerous or inflammable character should be carried as cargo (these are enumerated in Schedule E. p. 90 of the Rules), but the Surgeon Superintendent should satisfy himself on this head by asking the captain what the cargo consists of, and, if of rice, the usual cargo to the West Indies, see that all the openings into the hold are thoroughly closed, and that those which are not caulke (which should be those only which require to be left so as to give access to tanks, &c.) are covered with tarpaulins and properly secured by a bar and padlock, as rice gives off a nasty steam which should not be allowed to escape into the 'tween decks.
He should see that the deck is dry, which is not often the case if the ship is to sail during the S.W. monsoon, as the ships generally bring out a cargo of salt from home, and its deliquescence saturates the planks of the deck so thoroughly that after all the trouble that can be taken by Scouring repeatedly with fresh water and drying by means of lime and hot sand, they will again show damp the moment the ship gets within the influence of the sea air. It was this state of things and the fact that any fluid, ex- crementitious or other, spilt on the coolie deck, penetrated beyond the reach of any disinfecting powder, and was laid bare by the next day's holystoning that induced me in 1882 to recommend that holystoning should be done away with, and that the deck should be rendered watertight by being painted with coal tar or a mixture of that with carbolic acid, and it was this, as I have every reason to believe, which led to the directions on p. 89 of the new Regulations under the head of "painting of wood work," as I at the same time advised the abolition of whitewash with which the paint of the 'tween decks was covered, and by which it was ruined. Some people have objected to the change, as it renders the 'tween decks very dark, in fact this is the only objection which I have heard against the plan, but I cannot see that this should have much influence when weighed against the very obvious sanitary advantages, and I am not by any means wedded to the means of obtaining the advantages of rendering the deck and woodwork of the coolie deck impervious to noxious effluvia or fluids, but only to the principle, and, if any one can point how these
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