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the crow,

during the intended

voyage, accord-

ing to the following senle :-

for every passenger per diem not less than-

Rice or bread stuffs

Dried and salt fish

or

Chinese condiment and curry

stuff's

Fresh vegetables, which will

keep for short voyages

14 tbs.

04 lbs.

1 02.

such as sweet potatoes, } 14 lbs. turnips, carrots, and pump- kins

Firewood

Water (to be carried in tanks

or sweet casks)

2 do.

1 gallon.

(2.) the last preceding condition as to provisious shall be deemed to have been complied with in any case where, by the special anthority of the Emigration Officer, any other articles of food have been substituted for the articles enumerat- ed in the foregoing scalo, 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.

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, equipped, fitted, lighted, and venti- Inted, 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; (8.) that all the requirements of the Asiatic Emi- gration Ordinance, 1914, have been complied with; and

(4.) that the intending passengers who are malos under the age of 16 years or females havo been passed by the Secretary for Chinese

Affairs.

Officer.

9. The Emigration Officer may at any time enter and Power of iuspect the ship and the accommodation, provisions, and Emigration stores provided for the Asiatic passengers, and

inay re- 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.

emigrants ill

10. The Emigration Officer may in all cases if any of the Detention of passengers are in bad health or insufficiently provided with ship if any clothing, or if there is reason to suspect that fraud or or under violence has been practised in their collection or embark- certain other stion, detain the ship, and, if he thinks fit, order all circum. or any of the passengers to be re-landod,

stances.

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

medical men, practitioner, master mariner, marine surveyor, or other marine person whose professional assistance and advico he may surveyors, require for the purpose of ascertaining whether the re- and others. quirements of the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1914, have been duly complied with, and the costs and charges of obtaining such assistance and advice shall be defrayed by the owners or churterers of the ship, whether the Emigra- tion Officer grants his certificato or not.