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Table D.

Spaces to be allotted to passengers in ships employed in foreign trade.

General regulations as to accommodation for passengers.

No. 10 of 1899.

MERCHANT SHIPPING.

(c) The space to be provided on the passenger decks shall be in accordance with the 1st paragraph of the Table, but no ship shall carry upper deck passengers except as hereinafter provided, unless she is furnished with a deck house or other permanent protection against the weather for the number of passengers such structure will accommodate, at 12 superficial feet and 72 cubic feet per adult passenger.

Foreign Trade.

2. In the case of a passenger ship which is employed in trading or going between Hongkong and some place situate beyond the following limits, namely, the Coast of China, Formosa, Cochin China, and the Philippine Islands:-

(a) The space to be provided under the poop or in the round-house or deck-house or on the upper passenger deck shall be not less than 15 clear superficial feet of deck allotted to the use of each statute adult passenger, and on the lower passenger deck not less than 18 clear superficial feet of deck allotted to the use of each statute adult passenger:

Provided that if the height between the lower passenger deck and the deck immediately above it is less than 7 feet, or if the apertures (exclusive of side scuttles) through which light and air are admitted together to the lower passenger deck are less in size than in the proportion of square feet to every 100 superficial feet of that deck, the ship shall not carry a greater number of passengers on that deck than in the proportion of one statute adult to every 25 superficial feet thereof; and

(b) On the upper deck or poop or deck-house there shall be provided 5 superficial feet of deck space for exercise for every passenger accommodated on the passenger decks and under the poop and in the deck-house; and if it is intended to carry passengers on the remaining space of the said upper deck or poop or deck-house then 12 superficial feet of such remaining space shall be provided for each upper deck passenger.

Generally.

3. (a) Deck passengers may be carried only within the limits prescribed above for the Coasting Trade and between 15th October and 31st May inclusive.

(b) Deck passengers may be carried between Hongkong and Swatow during both seasons.

(c) Passengers are not to be carried on more than two decks on any one voyage.

(d) The superficial area of a deck shall mean the area of the deck itself exclusive of skylights, hatchways, and other incumbrances.

(e) No part of the cargo or of the passengers' luggage or of the provisions, water, or stores, whether for the use of the passengers or of the crew shall be carried on the upper deck or on the passenger decks unless the same is so placed as not to impede light or ventilation or to interfere with the comfort of the passengers, or unless the same is stowed and secured to the satisfaction of the Harbour Master; and the...

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