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SCHEDULE (A.)

REGULATIONS RESPECTING CHINESE PASSENGER SHIPS.

Note. The Breach of any of these Regulations by the Person in charge of any Chinese Passenger Ship is punishable by For- feiture of the Ship, and every Person concerned in such Breach is liable to a Fine of One hundred Pounds for each Offence. I. No Chinese Passenger Ship shall clear out or procced to Sea on any Voyage of more than Three Days Duration without a Certificate from an Emigration Officer; nor on any Voyage of less than Three Days without a written Authority from such Officer, and such Certi- ficate and Authority shall be in the Form provided by the Chinese Passenger Act 1 1855.

II. No Emigration Officer shall be bound to give such Certificate or Authority in respect of any Chinese Passenger Ship till Fourteen Days after receiving Notice that the Ship is to carry Passengers, and of her Destination, and of her proposed Day of Sailing, nor to give such Certificate unless there are on board a Surgeon and Interpreter appointed by such Emigration Officer.

III. After receiving such Notice the Emigration Officer shall be at liberty at all Times to enter and inspect the Ship, and the Fittings, Provisions, and Stores therein, and any Person impeding him in such Entry or Inspection, or refusing to allow of the same, shall be liable to a Fine of One hundred Pounds for each Offence.

IV. The Emigration Officer shall not give his Certificate unless the following Conditions shell have been performed to his Satisfaction i (1.) The Ship shall be sea-worthy, and properly manned, equipped, fitted, and ventilated; and shall not easy/any Cargo likely, from its Quality, Quantity, or Mode of Stowage, to judice the Health or Safety of the Passengers:

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(2.) The Space appropriated to the Passengers in the "Tween the ca Deckshell contain Twelve Superficial and Seventy-two Cubical Feet of Space for every Adult on board; that is to say, for every Passenger above Twelve Years of Age, and for every Two Pas- berwar the ages of one -year

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clear on the Upper Deck for the Use of the Passengers; That (4.) Provisions, Fuel, and Water shall be placed on board, of good Quality, properly packed, and sufficient to supply the Pas- sengers

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V. The Master of any Chinese Passenger Ship proceeding on a Voyage of more than Three 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 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 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,

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 com- prehend 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 Con- tracts are unfair, or if there is Reason to suspect that Fraud or Violence have been practised in their Collection or Embarkation, he may detain the Ship, and, if he shall think fit, may order all or any of the Pas- sengers to be re-landed.

SCHEDULE (B.)

EMIGRATION OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE, &C.

I hereby authorize the Chinese Passenger Ship

to proceed to Sea; and I certify that the said Ship can legally carry- Adults, and that there are on board

Passengers, making in all

Women,

Adults, viz.,

Male Children, and

Men,

Female Children, such Children being between the Ages of One and Twelve Years; that the Space set apart and to be kept clear for the Use of such Emigrants is as follows:-On the Upper Deck,

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