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

3. The space to be provided on the passenger decks shall be in accordance with the first paragraph of this table, but no ship shall carry upper deck passengers except as hereinafter pro- vided, unless she is furnished with a deck house or other per- manent protection against the weather for the number of passengers such structure will accommodate at 12 superficial feet and 72 cubic feet per adult passenger.

(b) Foreign Trade.

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

1. 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 fect of deck allotted to each statute adult passenger.

Provided that if the beight 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 3 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. 2. 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 shall be intended to carry passengers on the remaining spaces of the said upper deck or poop or deck house then 12 superficial feet of such remaining space shall be provided for each such upper deck passenger.

Generally.

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

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.

No part of the cargo or of the passengers' luggage or of the provi- sions, 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 nor unless the same is stowed and secured to the satisfaction of the Harbour Master: and the space occupied or rendered unavailable for the accommodation of the passengers shall (unless occupied by the passengers' luggage) be deducted in calculating the space.

There shall not be more than two tiers of berths on any one deck. Such provisions for affording light and air to the passenger decks shall be supplied as the circumstances of the case may in the judg- ment of the Harbour Master require. The passengers shall have the free and unimpeded use of the whole of each hatchway situated over the space appropriated to them and over each such hatchway there sball be erected such a booby hatch or other substantial covering as will afford it the greatest amount of light and air and of protection from wet as the case will admit.

(64) That in Table E the figures, "37", be substituted for the figures, "35", in the heading, and also in paragraph 1, and in paragraph 2 (ƒ); and that in paragraph 5 the word, "dollars", be omitted.

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(65) That in Table F the figures, " 38", be substituted for the figures, "36", in the heading. (66) That in third line of paragraph 7 of Table G the word "witnesses" be substituted for

the word witness.'

(67) That in the appendix to Table H the following amendments be made, namely

(1) That in sub-section (3) of No. 1 of the said appendix a comma be substituted for a semi-colon after "1855," and that the following words be added at the end of that sub-section :-" under the Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, or," and

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(2) That a new sub-section to be numbered (4) be inserted in the said appendix after the said sub-section (3), and that the suid new sub-section (4) run as follows:

(4) From the refusal of the Harbour Master to give a clearance

under this Ordinance."

(68) That in the heading of Table K (a) the figures, "22", be substituted for the figures,

"21".

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