Dietary scales of provisions. clearance shall in every such case declare the same in writing to be carried amongst the papers of the ship: Thirdly, That the ship shall have on board at the time a clearance is demanded tanks, or water casks, of the description hereinbefore mentioned, sufficient for stowing the quantity of water required for the longest of such portions of the voyage as aforesaid (7). 35. The master of every "passenger ship" shall, during the voyage, including the time of detention at any place before the termination thereof, issue to each passenger, or, where the passengers are divided into messes, to the head man for the time being of each mess on behalf and for the use of all the members thereof, an allowance of pure water and sweet and wholesome provisions, of good quality, according to the following dietary scale; (that is to say,) if the length of the voyage, computed as hereinbefore mentioned, shall not exceed eighty-four days for ships propelled by sails only, or fifty days for ships propelled by steam, or steam in aid of sails, then according to the dietary scale marked "A.;" but if the length of the voyage, computed as aforesaid, shall exceed eighty-four days for ships propelled by sails only, or fifty days for ships propelled by steam, or steam in aid of sails, then according to the dietary scale marked "B." Water. Three quarts of water daily to each statute adult, exclusive of the quantity hereinbefore specified as necessary for cooking the articles hereinafter required to be issued in a cooked state. Substitutions at the following rates may, at the option of the master of any "passenger ship," be made in the above dietary scales, that is to 1 lb. of flour or of bread or bis cuit, or 1 lb. of beef or of pork for {11b, of oatmeal or 1 lb. of rice 1 lb. of rice lb. of preserved potatoes 10 oz. of currants or 1 lb. of peas. for 1 lb. of oatmeal, or vice versa. 3 roasted and coro ond of coffee,} ground 2 lb. of treacle. I gill of mixed pickles for 1 gill of vinegar. Provided, that the substituted articles be set forth in the contract tickets (0) Penalty on of the passengers. In case of noncompliance with any of the requirements non-compliof this section, the master of the ship shall be liable for each offence to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds sterling. ance. 36. The messes into which the passengers in any passenger ship may be Size of messes. divided shall not consist of more than ten statute adults in each mess, and members of the same family, whereof one at least is a male adult, shall be allowed to form a separate mess. The provisions according to the above Provisions to scale shall be issued, such of them as require to be cooked, in a properly be issued daily, cooked state, daily before two o'clock in the afternoon, to the head person and articles for the time being of each mess on behalf and for the use of the members which require thereof. The first of such issues shall be made before two o'clock in the cooking to be afternoon of the day of embarkation to or for such passengers as shall be then on board (p). In case of noncompliance with any of the requirements of this section, the master of the ship shall for each offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds. cooked. authorize an 37. The said emigration commissioners for the time being, acting under Power to emithe authority of one of her Majesty's principal secretaries of state (q), may gration comfrom time to time, by any notice for that purpose, issued under the hands of missioners to any two of such commissioners, and published in the London Gazette, autho- alternative rize the issue of provisions in any "passenger ship" according to such dietary scale. other dietary scale (besides that hereinbefore prescribed) as shall in their opinion contain in the whole an equivalent amount of wholesome nutriment; and after the publication of such notice it shall be lawful for the master of any passenger ship" to issue provisions to his passengers either according to the scale by this act prescribed, or according to the scale authorized by the said commissioners, whichever may have been set forth in the contract tickets of the passengers: Provided always, that the said commissioners acting under such authority and (r) by such notice as aforesaid may revoke or alter any such dietary scale authorized by them, as occasion may require (8). (0) Sect. 71. (p) See the M. S. Act, 1876, s. 20. (9) Now the Board of Trade, see the M. S. Act, 1872, s. 5. (r) The words in italics in this section are repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 66), as to all her Majesty's dominions. (8) The following notice under this section was published in the London Gazette on the 29th of April, 1856:"Notice on the Dietary Scale under the Passengers Act, 1855. "Whereas by the 37th section of the Passengers Act, 1855, the Emigration Commissioners, acting under the authority of one of her Majesty's principal secretaries of state, may, by a notice issued under the hands of any two of "Now, in exercise of the power thus Power to com missioners to alter dietary scale. As to passengers' stewards. Penalty on noncom pliance. As to passenger cooks and cooking apparatus. Penalty on noncom pliance. 38. Every "" passenger ship" carrying as many as one hundred passengers shall have on board a seafaring person, who shall be rated in the ship's articles as passengers' steward, and who shall be approved by the emigration officer at the port of clearance, and who shall be employed in messing and serving out the provisions to the passengers, and in assisting to maintain cleanliness, order, and good discipline among the passengers, and who shall not assist in any way in navigating or working the ship. In case of noncompliance with any of the requirements of this section, the master of the ship shall for each offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds nor less than five pounds sterling (q). 66 39. Every passenger ship" carrying as many as one hundred passengers shall also have on board a seafaring man, or if carrying more than three hundred "statute adults," two seafaring men, to be rated and approved as in the case of passengers' stewards, who shall be employed in cooking the food of the passengers: A convenient place for cooking shall also be set apart on deck; and a sufficient cooking apparatus, properly covered in and arranged, shall be provided, to the satisfaction of the said emigration officer, together with a proper supply of fuel adequate, in his opinion, for the intended voyage. In case of noncompliance with any of the requirements of this section, the master of the ship shall for each offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds nor less than five pounds sterling (9). vested in us, we, the undersigned Emi- 66 'DIETARY SCALE C. For Voyages exceeding eighty-four days Beef or pork, or partly one Preserved meat. lb. oz. 2000 Per week per statute adult. Salt. Pepper, black or white, Preserved and dried vege- lb. oz. portions Two Per week per statute adult. 1 gill With such power of substitution the above articles as is given in the 37th section of the Passengers Act, 1855. For Children between one and four years of age, in addition to half rations of the above-named articles. Preserved milk. Condensed egg For Children between four Water Per week. 3 gills "Given under our hands this 26th day of April, 1856. "T. W. C. MURDOCH, "C. ALEXANDER WOOD, "Emigration Commissioners. "Emigration Commission, 8, Park Street, Westminster." (2) See the M. S. Act, 1876, s. 20. 40. In every foreign "passenger ship" in which as many as one-half In what cases of the passengers shall be British subjects, unless the masters and officers interpreters to or not less than three of them shall understand and speak intelligibly the be carried. English language, there shall be carried, where the number of passengers does not exceed two hundred and fifty, one person, and where it exceeds two hundred and fifty, two persons, who understand and speak intelligibly the language spoken by the master and crew and also the English language, and such persons shall act as interpreters, and be employed exclusively in attendance on the passengers, and not in the working of the ship; and no such ship shall clear out or proceed to sea without having such interpreter or interpreters on board; and the master of any such foreign ship clearing out or proceeding to sea without having such interpreter or interpreters on board as aforesaid shall for each offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds nor less than five pounds sterling. Penalty. a medical man must be 41. Every "passenger ship" shall in the following cases(r) carry a duly In what cases qualified medical practitioner, who shall be rated on the ship's articles: First, when the duration of the intended voyage, as hereinbefore computed, exceeds eighty days in the case of ships propelled by sails, carried. and forty-five days in the case of ships propelled by steam, and the number of passengers on board exceeds fifty: Second, whenever the number of persons on board (including cabin passengers, officers, and crew) exceeds three hundred : In case of noncompliance with any of the requirements of this section, the Penalty. master shall for each offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds nor less than twenty pounds sterling. 42. No medical practitioner shall be considered to be duly qualified for Qualification the purposes of this act unless authorized by law to practise in some part of of medical her Majesty's dominions, or in the case of a foreign ship, in the country man. to which such ship may belong, as a physician, surgeon, or apothecary, nor unless his name shall have been notified to the emigration officer at the port of clearance, and shall not be objected to by him, nor unless he shall be provided with proper surgical instruments to the satisfaction of such officer: Provided nevertheless, that where the majority of the passengers in any "passenger ship," or as many as three hundred, are foreigners, any medical practitioner who may be approved by such emigration officer may be carried therein. In case any person shall pro- Penalty. ceed or attempt to proceed as medical practitioner in any passenger ship" without being duly qualified as aforesaid, or contrary to any of the requirements of this section, such person and all persons aiding or abetting therein shall for each offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds nor less than ten pounds sterling. 66 43. The owner or charterer of every "passenger ship" shall provide (s) for Medicines and the use of the passengers a supply of medicines, medical comforts, instru- medical comments, and other things proper and necessary for diseases and accidents forts. incident to sea voyages, and for the medical treatment of the passengers during the voyage, including an adequate supply of disinfectant fluid or agent, together with printed or written directions for the use of the same respectively; and such medicines, medical comforts, instruments and other things shall, in the judgment of the emigration officer at the port of clearance, be good in quality, and sufficient in quantity, for the probable exigencies of the intended voyage, and shall be properly packed and placed under the charge of the medical practitioner, when there is one on board, to be used at his discretion. In case of noncompliance with any of the Penalty. requirements of this section, the master of the ship shall for each offence (r) See post, "Orders in Council." See also the M. S. Act, 1854, s. 230. (s) See the M. S. Act, 1867, ss. 4-7, the M. S. Act, 1876, s. 20, and post, "Forms," Nos. 36, 37. Medical inspection of passengers and medicines, &c. Penalty. Relanding of passengers on account of sickness or for purifying ships. Penalty. Passengers' As to return of passage be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds nor less than five pounds sterling (8). 44. No "passenger ship," except as hereinafter provided, shall clear out or proceed to sea until some medical practitioner, to be appointed by the emigration officer at the port of clearance, shall have inspected such medicines, medical comforts, and other articles as are required to be supplied by the last preceding section, and also all the passengers and crew (t) about to proceed in the ship, and shall have certified to the said emigration officer, that the said ship contains a sufficient supply of medicines, medical comforts, disinfecting fluid or agent, instruments, and other things requisite for the medical treatment of the passengers during the intended voyage, nor until such medical practitioner shall have certified, and the said emigration officer shall be satisfied, that none of the passengers or crew appear, by reason of any bodily or mental disease, unfit to proceed, or likely to endanger the health or safety of the other persons about to proceed in such vessel. Such medical inspection of the passengers shall take place either on board the vessel, or, at the discretion of the said emigration officer, at such convenient place on shore before embarkation as he may appoint; and the master, owner, or charterer of the ship shall pay to such emigration officer a sum at the rate of twenty shillings for every hundred persons so examined (u): Provided also, that in case the emigration officer on any particular occasion shall be unable to obtain the attendance of a medical practitioner, it shall be lawful for the master of any such ship to clear out and proceed to sea, on receiving from the said emigration officer written permission for the purpose. In case any "passenger ship" shall clear out or proceed to sea without having complied with all the requirements of this section, the master of such ship shall for each offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds nor less than five pounds sterling. 45. If the emigration officer at any port shall be satisfied that any person on board or about to proceed in any passenger ship" is by reason of sickness unfit to proceed, or is for that or for any other reason likely to endanger the health or safety of the other persons on board, the said emigration officer shall prohibit the embarkation of such person, or if embarked shall require him to be relanded; and if such emigration officer shall be satisfied that it is necessary, for the purification of the ship or otherwise, that all or any of the passengers or persons on board should be relanded, the said emigration officer may require the master of the ship to reland all such passengers or persons, and the master shall thereupon reland such passengers or persons, with so much of their effects and with such members of their families as cannot in the judgment of such emigration officer be properly separated from them; and in case of noncompliance with any of the requirements of this section, the master, owner or charterer of the ship shall for each offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred pounds nor less than ten pounds; and any passenger or person embarking after such prohibition, or refusing or neglecting to leave the ship when so directed to be relanded, shall be liable to be summarily removed, and to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings for each day which he shall remain on board after the giving of such prohibition or direction. 46. Any passenger (v) so relanded on account of the sickness of himself or of any member of his family who may not be re-embarked and finally sail in such ship, or any emigration officer on his behalf, shall be entitled See the M. S. Act, 1876, s. 20. "General Table of Fees charged under the authority of the Board of Trade." (v) See the Passengers Act, 1863, s. 11. |