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CHINESE PASSENGERS' ACT.

And I do further declare, that the allowance of—

"Salted vegetables or pickles—b. per diem,"

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in the Dietary Scale, under Schedule A. of the aforesaid Act, shall hereafter be altered to-

Salted vegetable or pickles, b.

Pickles or pickled vegetables, not-salted,

alternate days.

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Given under my hand and Seal of the Colony, at the Government Office, Victoria, Hongkong, this 12th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, and in the twentieth year of Her Majesty's reign.

By His Excellency's Command,

[L.8.]

W. T. BRIDGES,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

NOTIFICATION.

Considerable difficulty and many disputes having arisen during the last emigration season consequent on the authorities at San Francisco having determined to enforce the operation of the United States' law on emigrant vessels arriving at that port: The undersigned deems it right to advise charterers and masters of ships conveying Chinese emigrants to ports in the United States, that although they have an undoubted right to clear hence under British law, it will be better for them, until the laws of the two countries on Chinese emigration be assimilated, that they should not enter into engagements to convey more passengers in their ships than will meet the requirements of the laws of the country to which they are proceeding.

The following extract from the United States' Passenger Act of 1855, is published for the information of those concerned :-

SEC. 1.-Tonnage Check, Computation of Children.

No greater number of passengers is to be carried than 1 to 2 tons. In the computation of passengers, infants under 1 year old are to be excluded, and two children between 1 and 8 years are to count as one passenger.

Space Check.

Where the height between decks is not less than 7 feet, 14 superficial feet are to be allowed to each passenger; where less than 7 feet, but not less than 6 feet, 16 superficial feet are to be allowed to each passenger,...

.....and 18 superficial

feet on the lower deck, not being an orlop deck.

Space to Passengers on different Decks.

No passengers are to be carried on a deck less than 6 feet high. Any master carrying more passengers than here allowed will be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be liable to a fine of fifty dollars and six months' imprisonment for each passenger in

excess.

Emigration Office, Hongkong,

H. G. THOMSETT, R.N.,

Emigration Officer, &c.

6th September, 1870.