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1546 ORDINANCE No. 8 of 1879 .


Merchant Shipping.


TABLE (E. )

Spaces to be allotted to passengers in ships not within the
"Chinese Passengers ' Act, 1855."

Between the 15th of October, and the 31st of May, inclusive :
1. The space to be provided on the between decks shall be for the lower
between decks 12 superficial and 84 cubic feet of space for each passenger ;
and in the upper between decks there shall be 9 superficial and 54 cubic
feet for each passenger.

2. On the upper or weather deck there shall be provided 4 superficial feet of
deck space for exercise for the crew and for every passenger accommodated
in the between decks ; and if it shall be intended to carry passengers on
the remaining spaces of the said weather deck than 12 superficial feet of
such remaining space shall be provided for each such upper deck pas
senger.

Between the 1st of June, and the 14th of October, inclusive : --

3. The space to be provided in the between decks shall be in accordance with
the first paragraph of this 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.

Generally.

Deck passengers may be carried between Hongkong and Swatow during both.
seasons.
Passengers are not to be carried on more than two decks on any one voyage.
The superficial area of a deck shall mean the area of the deck itself exclusive of
skylights, hatchways and other encumbrances .



TABLE (F. )

1. The owner of any steam vessel of less than fifty tons burden desirous of obtaining a licence to
carry passengers for hire within the waters of the Colony, or to any place outside of the waters of the
Colony, shall cause the said vessel to be surveyed by a Government surveyor or surveyors.
2. A certificate of the Government surveyor or surveyors, shall contain statements of the following
particulars :
a. That the hull, length- breadth - -depth = -tons, is sufficient for the service
intended, and in good condition.
b. The number of passengers which the vessel is fit to carry , being, for vessels plying beyond
the waters of the Colony, at the rate of ten superficial feet of the upper or weather
deck, and at the rate of ten superficial feet of the deck immediately below the upper
deck, for each passenger and member of the crew ; and for vessels plying within the
waters of the Colony, at the rate of seven superficial feet per passenger and member of
the crew.