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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; and shall carry them without un- necessary delay to the destination to which they have contracted to proceed.
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 comprehend 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 contracts 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 passengers to be re-landed.
SCHEDULE B.
Emigration Officer's Certificate, &c.
I hereby authorize the Chinese passenger ship sea for the port of
can legally carry
aduits, viz,:
children, and
to proceed to
in
; and certify that the said ship adults, and that there are on board passengers making in all
men
women,
male
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 superficial feet, being [here describe the space]; that the ship is properly manned and fitted, and that the means of ventilating the part of the between-deck appropriated to passengers are as follows [here describe the means of ventilation]; that the ship is furnished with a proper quantity of good provisions, fuel, and water for
days' issues to the passengers, according to annexed dietary scale, and with a proper quantity of medicines, instruments, and medical comforts according to the annexed scale of medical necessaries; that I have inspected the contracts between the emigrants and their intended employers (the terms of which are annexed to this certificate), and consider them reasonable; that no fraud appears to have been practised in collecting the emigrants; and that there are on board a surgeon + [and interpreter] approved by me, and designated [respectively
][the master of the ship for water and fresh vegetables] (Signed)
and
is to put in
Dated this
day of
·
and
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Emigration Officer.
SCHEDULE C.
Form of bond to be given by the Masters of Chinese Passenger Ships. Know all men by these presents, That we are held and firmly bound unto our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, in the sum of one thousand pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to be paid to our said Sovereign Lady the Queen, her heirs and successors; to which payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves and every of us, jointly, and severally, for and in the whole, our heirs, executors, administrators, and every of them firmly by these presents.
Sealed with our Seals.
18
day of
Dated Whereas by the Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855, it is enacted, that before any Chinese passenger ship shall clear out or proceed to sea on a voyage of more than seven days' computed duration, the master thereof shall, with two sufficient sureties
add,
* The scales must be those prescribed by the Regulation in Schedule 4.
In case the ship has been authorized to proceed without an Interpreter, omit the part between brackets, and "and that the ship has been authorized to proceed without an Interpreter.'
The part between brackets is to be inserted or not as may be required.
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