LVIII
CHINESE PASSENGERS ACT.
Existing Regula- tions to continue in force.
Passenger ships, and in the case of British Ships for the Treatment of Passengers therein while at sea, with a view to the better securing the Health of Passengers in such Ships:
Be it enacted and ordained, by His Excellency the Governor of Hong- kong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof as follows:---
1.-No Chinese Passenger Ship shall clear out or proceed to sea on any voyage of more than seven day's duration, with- out strictly conforming in every respect with the Regulation contained in Schedule (A) annexed to the Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855, and hereto- fore in force under the Second Section of the said Act. Provided always, that for voyages to places Eastward of the Cape of Good Hope or on the West Coast of America, a Chinese Medical Practitioner properly qualified to the satisfaction of the Emigration Officer, shall be considered a Surgeon in terms of the said Schedule in all cases where a properly qualified European or American Surgeon is not found ready to take Medical charge of the Ship on the payment of such remuneration as to the Emi- gration Officer shall appear reasonable.
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2. In every Chinese Passenger Ship shall be sufficient Hospital accommo- space properly divided off to the satisfaction of the Emigration dation to be provided. Officer at the Port of clearance to be used exclusively as a Hospital or Hospitals for the Pasengers; this space shall be under the Poop, or in the Round house, or in any Deck-house which shall be properly built and secured to the satisfaction of such Emi- gration Officer, or on the upper Passenger Deck, and elsewhere, and shall in no case be less than eighteen clear superficial Feet for every Fifty Passengers which the Ship shall carry. Such Hospital shall be fitted with Bed Places, and supplied with proper Beds, Bedding, and utensils, to the satisfaction of the Emigration Officer at the Port of Clearance, and throughout the Voyage kept so fitted and supplied. 3.-In the Measurement of the Passenger Decks, Poop, Round-house, or Deck-house, for the purpose of determining the Number of Passengers to be carried in any Chinese Passenger Ship, the Space for the Hospital shall be included.
Space for Hospital to be included in Mea-
surement of capacity for Passengers.
Passengers and Crew to be examined
4.-No Chinese Passenger shall clear out or proceed to Sea on any voyage as aforesaid until some Medical Practitioner shall have certified to the Emigration Officer, and the said Emi- before sailing by some gration Officer, shall be satisfied, that none of the Passengers Medical Practitioner. or Crew appear, by reason of any bodily or mental Disease, unfit to proceed, or likely to endanger the Health or Safety of other Persons about to proceed, in such Vessel; and a Medical Inspection of the Passengers for the purpose of giving such Certificate, shall take place either on board the vessel, or, at the discretion of the said Emigration Officer, at such convenient place on shore, before embarkation, as he may appoint; and the Master, Owner, or Charterer of the Ship, shall pay to such Medical practi- tioner a Sum at the rate of Twenty five Mexican Dollars, for every Hundred Persons so examined: if the Emigration Officer on any particular occasion shall be unable to obtain such certificate as aforesaid, or the attendance of a Medical Practitioner within a reasonable time, or without payment of an Inspection Fee at a higher rate than that hereby ordained, then it shall be lawful for the said Emigration Officer to dispense with such Medical Inspection as aforesaid, and to satisfy himself by his own personal examination, (for which he shall receive the Fee herein before ordained to be paid) of the fit sanitary state of the Crew and Passengers: Provided also, that all Fees received under this Section by the Emigration Officer or Colonial Surgeon of Hongkong shall be within Three Days after the receipt thereof paid over by the Officer receiving them into the Treasury, to the use of the Crew.
Certificate not to be
Chinese granted unless sani-
5.-No Emigration Officer shall give the Certificate required by the ChinesePassengers' Act. 1855, in respect of any Chinese
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