3. In the absence of a Forcepump and Hose, reaching fore and aft, a Ship must be provided with not less than 3 da. buckets, in case of fire.
4.Every Hatchway leading into passengers' quarters must be covered by a well secured House about sixfeet high, having as much ventilation as is compatible with strength, and being water tight. The Hatches are not to be used during voyage unless stress of weather demands it.
Note. When women are carried, they must have a separate hatchway entrance, apart from the Males; and the Male and Female quarters must be devided by a strong bulkhead with no door or aperture in it. The Fema quarters must be aft, as also the Water closets for their use. 5.-The Berths, Cooking cabooses, Water closets, &c., must be all properly secured; and the Master must provide himself! with two or three spare rice boilers, as they are very brittle, and liable to accident.
6. In the very important particular of ventilation, the Government Notification No. 51 of the 22nd April, 1850, i republished here, being not generally known.
No. 51.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified for the information of Masters of Ships carrying Chinese Passengers, and unprovided with the improved Applia, ∙ces usually found in Vessels of modern construction, and generally for the information of all interested, that in addition to a Windsail fr every Hatchway, it is required that a constant supply of fresh air be ensured to the between decks in bad weather, by fitting, at each end of the Space set apart for passengers, two Funnels of wood or metal, Four in all, with moveable heads, in manner following, that is to -the body of the air Fannel to reach from underneath the lowermost deck overhead to a height of 3 or 4 feet above the uppermost dat and to pass through holes cut for the purpose in either side of the deck, and made water-tight by a canvas coat or other suitable means.
The attention of the Emigration Officer has been called to the above regulation.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 22ud April, 1856.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Note. This Regulation will be strictly enforced, in every Vessel crossing the Tropics. And no vessel t which any part of the Passenger deck is in total darkness, requiring artificial light, consuming Oxigen, will be | passed by the Emigration Officer as fit to carry passengers.
Other questions affecting Chinese Passenger Ships such as Length of Voyages, regulating supply of provisions Cabin Passengers; Description and stowage of Cargo; Stowage of water, &c., &c., &c., and many items of detail differing u Vessels of different Tonnage and Build, and in those carrying a greater or less number of passengers, can be settled definitely on application to the Emigration Officer at this Office.
A. L. INGLIS, Emigration Officer.
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