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ORDINANCE No. S OF 1879.

Merchant Shipping.

(3.) The time (if less than twelve months) for which the said hull and equipments will be sufficient;

(4.) The limits (if any) beyond which, as regards the hull and equipments, the ship is, in the surveyor's judgment, not fit to ply; (5.) With reference to all steam-ships not coming within the provisions of the Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855, or of any Ordinance made in pur- suance thereof, if plying or intended to ply for hire, the number of passengers which such ship or vessel is, in the judgment of the sur- veyor, fit to carry, distinguishing, if necessary, between the respective numbers to be carried on the deck and in the cabins, and in the different parts of the deck and cabins; such numbers to be subject to such conditions and variations, according to the time of year, the nature of the voyage, the cargo carried, or other circumstances, as the Governor in Council may, from time to time, direct by any regulations. to be made by him for this purpose, and until such regulations are made and so far as the same shall not extend, according to the regula tions contained in table E in the schedule hereunto annexed.

(b.) And also a declaration of a Government surveyor containing statements of the following particulars, that is to say :—-

(1.) That the boilers and machinery of the steam- ship are sufficient for the service intended, and in good condition;

(2.) The time (if less than twelve months) for which such boilers and machinery will be sufficient;

(3.) That the safety valves and fire hose, when

requisite, are such and in such condition as are required by this Ordinance;