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CHINESE PASSENGERS' ACT.
Linseed Flour....
Country Soap.
Castor Oil....
Oil of Peppermint
Adhesive Plaster, spread
Simple Ointment
Ringworm Ointment..
Jeremie's Opiate....
......
Aromatic Spirit of Hartshorn...
Cholera Pills in Phial.....
4 lb.
24 oz.
6 bottles.
2 oz.
2 yards.
16 oz.
16
2
งง
""
4 "
Phial.
12 drams.
4 lb.
Cubebs Powder
Sweet Spirits of Nitre...
Cupaiba
Sulphate of Copper
Do.
Zinc
Lunar Caustic.....
Lime Juice .....
Rum or Brandy
.16 oz.
.16
2
1
11
4 drams. .36 quarts.
36
"
235
INSTRUMENTS, &c.
1 Set of Amputating and other Surgical Instruments (if there be any person on
board competent to use them.)
1 One Ounce Glass Measure.
1 Minim Glass Measure.
i Pestle and Mortar (Wedgewood.)
1 Set of Weights and Scales (Grain in box.)
1 Set of common Splints.
1 Set of Bleeding Lancets.
1 Silver Catheter.
1 Spatula.
1 Dressing Scissors.
1 Infusion Box.
1 Quire of Country Paper.
1 Penknife.
2 Metal Bed Pans.
2 Trusses for Hernia, right and left.
2 Small Syringes.
4 Ounces prepared Lint.
2 Pieces Cloth for Bandages.
V.—The master of any Chinese passenger ship being a British ship and proceed- ing on a voyage of more than seven days' duration shall, during the whole of the intended voyage, make issues of provisions, fuel and water, according to the aforesaid dietary scale, and shall not make any alteration, except for the manifest advantage of the passengers, in respect of the space allotted to them as aforesaid, or in respect of them (except in case of necessity) to help in working the vessel; and shall issue medicines and medical comforts, as shall be requisite, to the best of his judgment, and shall call at such ports as may be 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 have contracted to proceed.
VI. The emigration officer shall not give his certificate until he shall have mustered the passengers, and have ascertained to the best of his power that they understand whither they are going, and comprehend the nature of any contracts of service which they have made; he shall also take care that a copy of the form of such contracts, or an abstract of their substance, signed by himself, is appended to the said certificate: If any of the passengers are in bad health, or insufficiently provided with clothing, or if the contracts are unfair, or if there is reason to suspect that fraud
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