CO129-263 - Acting Governor Barker Governor Sir Robinson - 1894 [5-8] — Page 224

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At all events the safeguards and is to provide proper board of British vessels carrying emigrants, chiefly by preventing overcrowding by insuring against the reasonable possibilities of a ship's exhausting her stock of provisions before arriving at her destination through having her voyage unduly lengthened by storing weather, break-down of machinery, or other cause,

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In the absence of any scale fixed by law many are opposed to any rule as to how much a ship may in 24 hours, I am of opinion that, for the ordinary ship of 200 tons, 200 miles a day is a very reasonable scale notwithstanding the 1884 Proclamation assumed 168 miles to be reasonable.

Also for purposes of emigration safeguards and to provide as before stated I consider that an allowance of 25% on a six days voyage is reasonable, this allowance will make the voyage between Chefoo and Wladivostock to be a 7½ days voyage, rather than 7 days, that is to say the voyage will occupy more than 7 days.

For an emigrant ship starting on a voyage of 1,200 miles with - probably a large number - assuming a large number of emigrants, the voyage should, as a safeguard, be provisioned 25% longer for 6 days, or for 7½ days.

The fact that there are ships which can sail twice that number of miles or for 7½ days viz: "over 7 days." The fact of there being intermediate Ports does not materially...