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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 3, 1915.

Scale for Indians.

Atta or Rice,

per day. 14 lbs.

Fresh vegetables, which will keep for short voyages,

such as sweet potatoes,

i b.

onions, turnips, carrots, and pumpkins,

Ghee,

4

Oz.

Salt,

0z.

Sugar,

N

Tea,

Chillies,

Turmeric,

Garlic,

Ginger,

Firewood, Water,

OZ,

OZ.

Oz.

OZ.

02.

Oz.

lbs.

1 gallon,

Powers of

Officer.

5.-(1.) The Emigration Officer may at any time enter and inspect the ship and the accommodation, provisions, Emigration and stores provided for the emigrants, and may require 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 emigrants.

(2.) If in any such case the Emigration Officer discovers that the number of emigrants on board or intended to be carried upon that voyage exceeds the number authorized by the licence, or that any condition of the licence or any of these Regulations has been broken, he may detain the ship until the emigrants in excess of the legal number are landed or until the condition of the licence or the regulation in question is fully complied with, and he shall forthwith report the circumstances to the Governor.

any

Production of emigra- tion papers at port of

6. The master of every British ship shall, on demand, produce his emigration papers to the British Consul at port to which the licence extends, or, in case such port is in His Majesty's Dominions, to any officer appointed or destination. authorized by the local Government in that behalf.

7. All emigrant ships must be provided with boats and Life saving life saving appliances in accordance with the provisions of and fire Table "A" of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, appliances. as if they were sea-going ships having passenger certi- ficates under section 10 of the said Ordinance, and every emigrant ship shall carry a fire engine or force pump with sufficient hose to reach fore and aft and at least three dozen fire buckets.

THE SIXTH SCHEDULE. REGULATIONS RESPECTING SHIPS UNDER LICENCE ON LONG VOYAGES.

Section 22 (3).

without

1. No emigrant ship licensed under the provisions of Prohibition this Ordinance shall clear out or proceed to sea on any long of ship voyage unless the master thereof has received from an departing Emigration Officer a copy of these Regulations and a certificate. certificate in the form provided in Schedule B to the Act, nor until the master has entered into a Bond in the form provided in Schedule C to the Act.

2. No Emigration Officer shall be bound to give such Application certificate until 7 days after receiving from the owners for certificate or charterers of the ship, or, if they are absent, from and notice

requisite. their respective agents, an application in writing for the same and a notice that the ship is laid on for conveyance of emigrants aud of her destination and date of sailing nor unless there are on board a medical officer and interpreter duly approved of by such Emigration Officer.

3. After receiving such application and notice, the Emi- Inspection gration Officer and any person authorized by him in that of ship. behalf, shall be at liberty at all times to enter and inspect

the ship and the fittings, provisions and stores therein, and any person impeding such entry or inspection or refusing

to allow the same, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 100 dollars for each offence.

tion of

4. The following conditions as to the accommodation of Accommoda- emigrants shall be observed to the satisfaction of the emigrants. Emigration Officer :-

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(1.) that the ship is seaworthy and properly manned, equipped, fitted, lighted and ventilated, that she is in a state of perfect cleanliness and that she has if necessary been disinfected;

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