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No. 1 of 1889.

Conditions

CHINESE EMIGRATION.

3. Deck passengers may be carried, at seasons allowed by law, on as to carriage such conditions as may be prescribed under instructions from one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and, until and subject to such instructions, on the conditions following:-

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Conditions

as to provi- sions.

(1) a suitable awning with screens shall be provided on deck, sufficient for the protection of the passengers from the sun and from rain;

(2) the space appropriated to suph deck passengers shall contain at the least 16 superficial feet for every adult, that is to say, for every passenger above 12 years of age and for every two passengers between the ages of one and 12 years; and

(3) in case deck passengers are carried in addition to other passen. gers for whom accommodation between decks is provided, the space to be appropriated for deck passengers shall be reckoned exclusively of the space of 4 superficial feet per adult required to be left clear on the upper deck for the use of such other passengers.

4. The following conditions as to provisions shall be observed:- 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 crew, during the intended voyage according to the following scale-

For every passenger per diem not less than-

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Water, (to be carried in tanks or sweet casks).........1 gallon. or according to a scale at least equivalent to the foregoing.

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

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

* As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 51 of 1911.

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