Certain Parts

of the Act not to extend to

are applicable, to all Ships carrying Passengers on any such "Colonial Voyage:" Provided always, that as to Ships carrying Colonial Voy- Passengers on any "Colonial Voyage," the Provisions of this Act shall not extend or apply so far as they relate exclusively to Passages from the United Kingdom to North America, and so far as they relate to the following Matters; (namely,) The giving of a Bond to Her Majesty :

ages.

Proviso as to

ages shorter

The keeping on board Copies of the Act, and Abstracts of any Order in Council:

The Return of Passage Money and Compensation in case the Party cannot be forwarded by the appointed Ship, or in case of Wreck:

The Payment of Subsistence Money in case of Detention: Provided also, that as to Ships carrying Passengers on any Colonial Voy-Colonial Voyage," whereof the Duration computed in the Manner herein-after mentioned shall be less than Three Weeks, in addition to the Matters lastly herein-before excepted, the Provisions of this Act shall not extend or apply so far as they relate to the following Subjects; (namely,)

than Three

Weeks.

Governor of

Colonies may, by Proclamation, declare

Length of
Voyage, and

substitute other

Articles of Food

and Medicine.

Proclamations

to be trans

mitted for Her Majesty's Con

firmation or Disallowance.

Attested Copy of such Pro

The Construction or Thickness of the Decks:

The Berths:

The Height between Decks:

Light and Ventilation:

Manning:

Passengers Cook and Cooking Apparatus :
The Surgeon and Medicine Chest:

The Maintenance of Passengers for Forty-eight Hours after
Arrival:

Provided also, that in the Case of such last-mentioned Voyage,
whereof the computed Duration is less than Three Weeks, the
Requirements of this Act respecting the Issue of Provisions
shall not, except as to the Issue of Water, be applicable to
any Passenger who may have contracted to furnish his own

Provisions.

LXII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Governor of any of Her Majesty's Possessions abroad, by any Proclamation to be by him from Time to Time issued for that Purpose (which shall take effect from the issuing thereof), to declare the Rule of Computation by which the Length of the Voyage of any Ship carrying Passengers from such Possession to any other Place whatsoever shall be computed for the Purposes of this Act, and to substitute for the Articles of Food and Provisions specified in this Act such other Articles of Food and Provisions as shall be a full Equivalent for the same, and also to declare what Medicines, Medical Instruments, and other Matters shall be deemed necessary for the Medical Treatment of the Passengers during such "Colonial Voyage:" Provided always, that every such Proclamation shall be transmitted by the Governor by whom the same may have been issued to Her Majesty, through One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, for Her Majesty's Confirmation or Disallowance: Provided also, that on the Production in any other of Her

Majesty's

Majesty's Possessions abroad of an attested Copy of any such clamation to be Proclamation as aforesaid under the Hand of the Governor of received as Evidence in the Colony wherein the same may have been issued, and under the Colony in the public Seal of such Colony, such attested Copy shall, in the which it may Colony wherein the same shall be so produced, be received as be produced. good and sufficient Evidence of the issuing and of the Contents

of any such Proclamation.

in the Colonies,

LXIII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Provisions for Governors of any such Possessions respectively to authorize such Survey of Ships Person or Persons as they may think fit to make the like Sur- and for apvey and Examination of "Passenger Ships" sailing from such pointing SurPossessions respectively as is herein-before required to be made geons thereto. by Two or more competent Surveyors in respect of "Passenger Ships" sailing from the United Kingdom, and also to authorize any competent Person to act as Medical Practitioner on board any "Passenger Ship" proceeding on a "Colonial Voyage" in those Cases where a Medical Practitioner would be required by this Act if the Ship were a "Passenger Ship" proceeding from the United Kingdom.

Governor

this Act, with

LXIV. Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing Power to the herein-before contained shall apply to any of the Territories or General of Places under the Government of the East India Company, or India in Counto any of the Governors appointed by the said Company, nor cil to adopt shall anything herein-before contained affect the Powers now certain Excepvested in the Governor General of India in Council to make tions, in India; Laws and Regulations whereby the Provisions of this Act, or such of them as to the said Governor General of India in Council shall seem expedient, shall or may be extended to the Territories and Places under the Government of the said Company, or for or in respect of which the said Governor General in Council has now by Law a Power of Legislation, but it shall be lawful for the Governor General of India in Council, from Time to Time, by any Act or Acts to be passed for that Purpose, to declare that this Act, or that any Part thereof, shall extend and apply to the Carriage of Passengers upon any Voyage from any Ports or Places within the Territories of the East India Company, to be specified or described in such Act or Acts, to any other Places whatsoever, to be also specified or described in such Act or Acts, and also in like Manner to authorize the Substitution, as respects such Voyages, of other Articles of Food and Provisions for those herein-before enumerated, and to declare the Rule of Computation by which the Length of any such Voyage shall be estimated, and to determine the Persons or Officers who shall be entitled to exercise or perform the Powers, Functions, or Duties herein-before given to or imposed upon the Emigration Officers and Officers of Customs in the United Kingdom, and to authorize the Employment on board any Ship of a Medical Practitioner duly qualified by Law to practise as a Physician, Surgeon, or Apothecary, within such Territories or Places as aforesaid; and to declare for the Pur- and to declare poses of this Act the Space necessary for Passengers in Ships the Space to be that may clear out from any Port or Place within the Terri- Passengers,

allotted to

tories and the Age at

which Two

Children may be computed

as One Passen

ger;

and the Mode of proceeding for Recovery

of Penalties in

India.

tories or Places under the Government of the East India Company, and the Age at which Two Children shall be considered equal to One Passenger in Ships that may clear out from any Port or Place as aforesaid; and also to declare in what Manner, and before what Authorities, and by what Form of Proceedings, the Penalties imposed and the Sums of Money made recoverable by this Act shall be sued for and recovered within any Places

or Territories under the Government of the East India Company, and to what Uses such Penalties shall be applied; and from and after the passing of such Indian Act or Acts, and whilst the same shall remain in force, all such Parts of this Act as shall be adopted therein shall apply to and extend to the Carriage of Passengers upon such Voyages as in the said Indian Act or Acts shall be specified: Provided always, that the said Indian Acts shall be subject to Disallowance and Repeal, and shall in the same Manner be transmitted to England to be laid before both Houses of Parliament, as in the Case of any other Laws or Regulations which the said Governor General in Council is now by Law empowered to make.

I hereby certify, that the Provisions actually laden on board this
Ship, according to the Requirements of the Passengers Act, are suffi-
cient for
Passengers, computed according to the Act.

Date

(Signed)

We hereby certify, That the above is a correct List of the Names and Descriptions of all the Passengers who embarked at the Port of

(Signed) (Countersigned)

Master.

Officer of Customs.

N.B.-Lines should be ruled in the same Form for any Additions to the List after the Ship first clears out; and similar Certificates be subjoined to such Additions, according to the Requirements of the Act.

SCHEDULE (B.)

Referred to in the 43d Section of this Act.

FORM of BOND to be given by OWNER or CHARTERER and MASTER.

KNOW all Men by these Presents, That we,

are held and firmly bound unto our Sovereign

by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland
Defender of the Faith,
in the Sum of One thousand Pounds of good and lawful
Money of Great Britain, to be paid to our said

the

Heirs and Successors; to which Payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves and every of us, jointly and severally, for and in the whole, our

The Clause

only when the Ship is to call at an intermediate Port to take in

Water, as provided by s. 23.

Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, and every of them, firmly by these Presents. Sealed with our Seals. Dated

this

Day of

Year

in the of the Reign of said Majesty, and in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and

Year of

WHEREAS by an Act passed in the theReign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled "An Act "for regulating the Carriage of Passengers in Merchant Ves"sels," it is amongst other things enacted, that before any "Passenger Ship" shall clear out or proceed on any Voyage to which the Provisions of the said Act shall extend, the Owner or Charterer, or, in the Absence of such Owner or Charterer, One good and sufficient Person on his Behalf, to be approved by the Chief Officer of Customs at the Port of Clearance, shall with the Master of the said Ship enter into a Bond to Majesty, Heirs and Successors, in the Sum of One thousand Pounds.

Ship

to

Now the Condition of this Obligation is such, that if the whereof is Master, bound is in all respects sea-worthy, *[and if the within Brackets said Ship shall call at the Port of and there is to be inserted shall be shipped on board at such Port pure Water for the Use of the Passengers, sufficient in Quantity to afford an Allowance of Three Quarts daily to each Passenger for the Period of Weeks on the Voyage from such Port to the final Port or Place of Discharge of such Vessel,] and if all and every the Requirements of the said Act, and of the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners acting in the Manner prescribed by the said Act, and of any Order in Council passed in virtue of the said Act, shall in all respects be well and truly performed, and if, moreover, all Penalties, Fines, and Forfeitures which the Master of such Ship may be adjudged to pay for or in respect of the Breach or Nonfulfilment of any of such Requirements as aforesaid shall be well and truly paid, then this Obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

of the Act.

*Insert Names and Addresses in full of the Witnesses.

Signed, sealed, and delivered by the above-bounden
in the Presence of *

N.B.-This Bond is exempt from Stamp Duty.

SCHEDULE (C.)

Referred to in the 44th Section of this Act.

Insert Chris FORM of PASSAGE BROKER'S BOND, with Two Sureties, to be approved by the Emigration Officer at the nearest Port.

tian and Sur

names in full, with Occupations and Address of each of the Parties.

KNOW all Men by these Presents, That we, A.B.* of

C.D. of, &c.

and D.E. of, &c.

are