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Section 22.

Prohibition of ship departing without certificate.

Application for certi- ficate and notice.

Inspection of ship.

Accommoda- tion of emigrants.

Stowage

of cargo. provisions, etc.

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THE FOURTH SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS RESPECTING SHIPS UNDER GENERAL

OR OUTPORT LICENCE ON SHORT VOYAGES.

1. No emigrant ship licensed under general or outport licence under the provisions of this Ordinance shall clear out or proceed to sea on any short voyage unless the master thereof has received from an Emigration Officer a copy of these Regulations and acertificate in the form in the Schedule to these Regulations, nor until the master has entered into the bond in the form set ont in the 2nd Schedule to the said Ordinance,

2. No Emigration Officer shall be bound to give such certificate until 7 days after receiving from the owners or charterers of the ship, or, if they are absent, from their respective agents, an application in writing for the same and a notice that the ship is laid ou for the conveyance of emigrants.

3. After receiving such application, the Emigration Officer, and any person authorized by him in that 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.

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

(1.) that the ship is in a state of perfect cleanliness

and if necessary has been disinfected;

(2.) that the space appropriated to the emigrants between decks is clean, properly lighted aud ventilated, and contains at the least 9 super- ficial and 54 cubic feet on the upper between decks and 18 superficial and 126 cubic feet of space on the lower between decks for every adult emigrant on board, that is to say, for every emigrant above 12 years of age and for every 2 emigrants between the ages of one and 12 years; and that the height between decks is at least 6 feet;

(3.) that the accommodation for female emigrants between decks is separate from that provided for male emigrants;

(4.) that a space of 4 superficial feet per adult is left clear on the upper deck for the use of the emigrants;

(5.) that sufficient latrines, both as to condition and number, are provided in suitable parts of the ship;

(6.) that a reasonable space is set apart, properly divided and fitted up, as a sick-bay or hospital;

(7.) in the measurement of the passenger decks, for the purpose of determining the number of emigrants to be carried in any such ship, the space for the sick-bay or hospital shall be in- cluded.

5. No part of the cargo or of the provisions, water, or stores shall be carried on the upper deck, or on the passen- ger decks, unless, in the opinion of the Emigration Officer, the same is so placed as not to impede light or ventilation or to interfere with the comfort of the emigrants nor unless the same is stowed and secured to the satisfaction of the Emigration Officer; and the space thereby occupied or rendered unavailable for the accommodation of the emigrants shall be deducted in calculating the space by which the number of passengers is regulated.