CO129-066 - Public Offices - 1857 — Page 9

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of his having carried in that tepel

number oplucigiants reccluded in the Clearing

a much larger.

than were

certificate of the Ecurigation Officer

at

(as Honghong

- Itate the opportunity of

Jejerring

papers disclose in the interpretation

to an error which there

of the Chinese Papenger Act by the

Authorities a

at Hongkong.

which is

adverted to ui H. Labou there's

despatch of 14th March last. The Regulations (213) in Schedule A

require

that the space appropriated.

in the "Foren Hecks"

to the Papengers

shall be in the proportion of 12, superficial fart per Adult, and

that a space of 15 superficial farb per adult shall be left clear on

the

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the Upper deck for the use of the

The effect is to prohibit

Sapengers.

the heathing of lunigauts mice Poop / Round house or fleck house, or any where buchen the "Ferran decks," and

the lipper deck.

to reserve

On

rufficient space for the use, 2.2. for the exercise, of the Eungants. - 3. By the flearing certificate o the Duke of Portland and John Calour, shoppears that the Eigen= - tion Offices had nncluded the Joop and fleck House which be designated (in correctly) as the repper w the space in which

Heck

levigants might be birthed, and thatke omits altogether the statement of the space reserved on the repper lleck for the

Papenger.

of

the

The effect was to authoring

the