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7. The following conditions as to provisions shall be Conditions-as observed, to the satisfaction of the Emigration Officer

(1.) provisions, fuel, and water shall be placed on board, of good quality, properly packed, and sufficient for the use and consumption of the passengers, over and above the victualling of the erew, during the intended voyage, accord- ing to the following scale :—

for every passenger per diem not less than-

Rice or bread stuff's

Dried salt fishi

and

or

Chinese condiment and curry

stuffs

Fresh vegetables, which will·

keep for short voyages

such as sweet potatoes,

turnips carrots, and pump- kins

Firewood

1 lbs.

04 Hbs.

1 Oz.

14 lbs.

2 do.

I gallon.

Water (to be carried in tanks

or sweet casks) (2.) the last preceding condition as to provisions shall be deemed to have been complied with in any case where, by the special authority of the Emigration Officer, any other articles of food have been substituted for the articles enumerat- ed in the foregoing scale, as being equivalent thereto; and

(3.) the passengers may supply their own pro- visions for the voyage, and proper accommoda- tion for the stowage and sufficient cabooses for the cooking of such provisions must be allowed

to provisions.

8. The Emigration Officer shall not give his certificate Conditions unless he is satisfied :—

precedent to grant of

(1.) that the ship is senworthy, clean, and properly certificate.

manned, cquipped, fitted, lighted, and venti- lated, and has not on board any cargo likely, from its quality, or mode of stowage, to prejudice the health or safety of the passengers : (2.) that suitable medicines and medical stores, provisions, fuel, and water have been placed on board, of good quality, properly packed, and sufficient in quantity to supply the passengers on board during the intended voyage; (3) that all the requirements of the Asiatic Emi- gration Ordinauce, 1912, have been complied with; and

(4.) that the intending passengers who are males under the age of sixteen years or females have been passed by the Registrar General.

9. The Emigration Officer may at any time outer and Power of inspect the ship and the accommodation, provisions, and Emigration stores provided for the Asiatic passengers, and may re- Officer. quire the master or any other person to produce the licence and the ship's papers for his inspection, and, if he thinks necessary after inspecting the ship's papers, he may muster and inspect the Asiatic passengers.

10. Where the intended passengers or any of them are under contract of service, the Emigration Officer shall take care that a copy of the form of any such contracts, or an abstract of their substance, signed by himself, is appended to the said certificate, and in all cases if any of the pas- sengers are in bad health or insufficiently provided with clothing, or if there is reason to suspect that frand or violence has been practised in their collection or embark- ation, he may detain the ship, and, if he thinks fit, order all or any of the passengers to be re-landed.

Contract or abstract to be appended to certificate.

11. The Emigration Officer may, if he thinks fit, before Power to granting his certificate, employ any daly qualified medical employ

medical men, practitioner, mister mariner, marine surveyor, or other marine person whose professional assistance and advice he may surveyors, require for the purpose of ascertaining whether the re- and others. quirements of the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1912, have been duly complied with, and the costs and charges of obtaining such assistance and advice shall be defrayed by the owners or charterers of the ship, whether the Emigra- tion Officer grants his certificate or not,

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