No British Passengers shall sail with a greater Number of Persons than One for every Five Tons Burthen, with out a Licence from Commissioners of Customs. six, this Act shall come into and be and continue in full Force and Operation for regulating Vessels carrying Passengers to Foreign Parts. - II. AND be it further enacted, That no British Ship (1) Vessel carrying carrying any Passenger or Passengers shall sail from any Port or Place in the United Kingdom to or for any Port or Place out of Europe, and not being within the Streights of Gibraltar, with more Persons on board, including the Master and Crew, than One for every Five Tons of her Burthen, without a Licence under the Hands and Seals of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, under the Penalty of Fifty Pounds for every Person exceeding such Proportion, to be paid by the Master of such Ship: PROVIDED always, that no such Licence shall be granted for any Ship to carry any greater Number of Persons, including the Master and Crew, than in the Proportion of -One Person for every Two Tons of the Burthen (2) of such Ship or Vessel, except as herein-after provided in the Case of Ships sailing from Ireland to the British Possessions in North America: (3) PROVIDED also, that Two Children under Fourteen Years of Age, or Restriction as to Licence. How Children to be computed. Vessels laden not to carry Person to every Two Tons unoccupied with Goods. Three Children under Seven Years of Age, shall in all Cases be computed as One Person, for the Purposes herein-before mentioned. III. AND be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the Master of any Ship-laden with Goods and more than One Merchandize for Exportation, which shall sail from any Port or Place in the United Kingdom to or for any Port or Place out of Europe, and not being within the Streights of Gibraltar, to receive or take on board a greater Number of Persons, including the Master and Crew, computed as aforesaid, than in the Proportion of One Person for every Two Tons of such Ship remaining unladen with Goods and Merchandize, under the Penalty of Twenty Pounds for every Person exceeding such Proportion, to be paid by the Master of such Ship: PROVIDED always, that every clear integral Space between the Deck and the Cargo of every Ship which shall have but One Deck, - or between the Decks of any Ship having more Decks than One, such Space being unoccupied with Goods or Merchandize, or with Stores, Provisions, What Space deemed equivalent to Two Tons. - (1) As to Foreign Ships, see § 18. and 19. (3) See § 17. Water, or Baggage, and being Six Feet in Length, Two Feet Six Inches in Breadth, and being of the whole of the Height between Decks, or being Five Feet Six Inches in Height, if there be only One Deck, shall be deemed to be and shall be equivalent to Two Tons of such Ship remaining unladen. (1) IV. AND be it further enacted, That every British Tonnage how to Ship shall be deemed to be of such Burthen as is set be ascertained. forth in the Certificate of the Registry of such Ship, and the Burthen of every Foreign Ship shall be ascertained by Admeasurement, in the Manner directed by any Act now in force or hereafter to be made respecting the Admeasurement of British Ships for the Purpose of being registered. --- Collector. V. AND be it further enacted, That the Master of List of Persons every British Ship carrying Passengers as aforesaid, and on board to be having more Persons on board, including the Master and delivered to the Crew, computed as aforesaid, than One for every Five Tons of the Burthen of such Ship, previously to his leaving the Port from whence he shall be bound, shall deliver to the Collector and Comptroller of His Majesty's Customs at such Porta List, containing the full Number of the Crew, and also the Number of the Passengers, with their Names, Ages, and Descriptions, and the Places to which they are to be respectively conveyed, for the Purpose of being registered at such Port; and if the Number of such Persons shall exceed Fifty, such Ship shall not be cleared out, unless the Owner or Owners, or the Master, shall have given Bond to His Majesty, with Two sufficient Sureties, such Bond to be without Stamp, and to be taken by and left in the Hands of the Collector or Comptroller of the Customs of the Port from whence such Ship shall be cleared out, in an Amount equal to the Sum of Twenty Pounds for each Passenger, whether Child or Adult, on board such Ship, with Condition that such Ship is seaworthy, and properly stored with Water and Provisions, and shall have for the Voyage a Surgeon, with a Medicine Chest properly stored with Medicines, as (1) The total Number of Souls is limited by the total Quantity of such Spaces so unoccupied, without regard to Apportionment, either as Living Rooms or Births; but no one Space less than Six Feet, &c. is to make Part of the Total; and the Total must not exceed the Admeasurement Tonnage; see § 2, and 4, Bond to be given that the Vessel is seaworthy and properly stored, &c. Penalty on Masters taking than allowed, 50. for each. herein-after provided ; - and that every such Passenger, if alive, shall be landed at the Port or Ports to which such Passenger shall have contracted to be conveyed, unless landed elsewhere at his or her own Desire. VI. AND be it further enacted, That if the - Master of any British Ship, having a Licence to carry Passengers more Passengers in the Manner herein-before directed, shall take on board, or if he or the Owner or Owners of any such Ship shall engage to take on board, any Person or Persons exceeding the Number mentioned and specified in such Licence, - such Master, Owner or Owners, shall severally forfeit and pay the Sum of Fifty Pounds for each and every Person so taken or engaged to be taken beyond the Persons specified in such Licence. Allowance of Provisions. Penalty on Master failing to give the Allowance of VII. AND be it further enacted, That every such Ship, having a Licence as aforesaid, shall be provided with such a Supply of good and wholesome - Water as will afford an Allowance of Five Pints of Water daily during the Voyage for every Person (including the Master and Crew), and computing Two Children under Ten Years of Age as One Person, which Supply of Water shall be stowed below the Lower Deck, if there be Two Decks, or Five Feet Six Inches at least below the Deck, if there be only One Deck; and every such Ship shall also be provided with such a Supply of - Provisions as will afford an Allowance for every such Person, during the Voyage, of One Pound Weight of Bread or Biscuit, and One Pound Weight of Beef, - or Three Quarters of a Pound Weight of Pork, daily, and also Two Pounds Weight of Flour, - and Three Pounds Weight of Oatmeal, or of Pease, or of Pearl Barley, — and Half a Pound Weight of Butter, weekly; the said Allowance to commence on and be computed from the Day the Ship takes her Departure from the Port at which she shall be cleared outwards. VIII. AND be it further enacted, That the Master of such Ship-failing to give out the Allowance of Provisions and Water herein-before specified, if required to do so, Provisions, 10. shall forfeit the Sum of Ten Pounds of lawful Money for each and every such Neglect or Omission. Passengers may be relanded on IX. PROVIDED always, and be it enacted, That if any Passenger who has entered into any Contract &c. or Agreement for the Voyage on board any such Ship, Application to shall signify to the Collector or Comptroller, or other the Collector, proper Officer of the Customs, or to any Justice of the Peace or other Magistrate in the United Kingdom, that he or she is desirous of being relanded, and of not proceeding on any such Voyage, it shall and may be lawful to and for such Collector or Comptroller, or other proper Officer of the Customs, or for such Justice of the Peace or other Magistrate, and they are hereby empowered and required, to take such Passenger, together with his or her Baggage, out of the Ship, and to set such Passenger free from his or her Engagement, reserving to either Party any legal Claim which may arise in consequence sthereof.... - such X. AND be it further enacted, That if after any such Ship shall have been cleared out the Master of such to Ship shall unship or reland, or permit or suffer to be unshipped or relanded, any Water or Provisions, Master shall forfeit the Sum of Five hundred Pounds: PROVIDED always, that if any Passenger shall be relanded, and shall not proceed, then it shall and may be lawful for such Master to unship or reland, under the Inspection of the proper Officers of the Customs, at the Port where such Passenger shall be relanded, a Quantity of Water and Provisions not exceeding the Proportion sufficient for the Allowance of every such Passenger so relanded. pro¥ 9di garuh,no2r99 dove - 900.pn eg XII. AND be it further enacted, That no British Ship having a Licence to carry Passengers as aforesaid, carrying Fifty Persons or upwards, including the Master or Crew, computed as aforesaid, shall be cleared out at any Port of the United Kingdom, unless such Ship shall be provided with a- Surgeon, who is to continue during the whole of the Voyage, and who shall produce, to the Penalty on Master relanding Provisions, 500l.; except Provisions of any relanded. Passenger Bedding to be aired, and Vessel fumigated, on Penalty of 201 No British 50 Persons shall Vessel carrying be cleared out unless provided with a Surgeon. properly stored 6o GEO. 4. Officer of the Customs at the Port where the Ship is to be cleared, a Certificate of his having passed his — Examination at Surgeons Hall in London, or at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh or Dublin, or before the Medical Faculty of the University of Glasgow. XIII. AND be it further enacted, That every such Surgeon to be provided with a Surgeon shall have a Medicine Chest properly stored Medicine Chest with Medicines, in proportion to the Number of Persons with Medicines. on board such Ship, of the Kind and according to the Assortment generally used and made for the like Voyages on board of His Majesty's Ships of War; - and before any such Ship shall be allowed to be cleared out, such Surgeon shall specify upon Oath, before the Collector or Comptroller of the Customs at the Port from whence such Ship is to be cleared out, the Contents of such Medicine' Chest; and shall further make Oath, that the Medicines are of good and proper Quality, and of the Assortment generally used and made for the like Voyages on board of His Majesty's Ships of War, to the best of his Knowledge and Belief, and that he is engaged, and does intend to go the Voyage as Surgeon on board such Ship; - and the Affidavit of every such Surgeon shall be deposited and preserved in the Custom House where the Clearance of such Ship shall be granted; and the Owner or Master of every such Ship failing to provide a Surgeon so qualified, and a Medicine Chest properly stored as aforesaid,shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Twenty Pounds for every Person on board, including the Master and Crew. Penalty on Master not providing a Surgeon, &c. Vessels to be marked with a P. Officers of the XIV. AND whereas it is expedient that some certain Mark should be placed on certain British Ships or Vessels carrying Passengers, that they may at all Times be known at Sea by His Majesty's Ships and Vessels of War or Revenue; be it therefore enacted, THAT the Letter P. shall be painted in White at least Three Feet in Length, and of proportionate Width, on the Quarters of every British Ship carrying Passengers as aforesaid, and having more Persons on board, including the Master and Crew, computed as aforesaid, than One for every Five Tons Burthen of such Ship, -under the Penalty of the Forfeiture of One hundred Pounds by the Master of such Ship on Failure of having such Mark. XV. AND be it further enacted, That all Captains and Navy, Consuls, Officers commanding His Majesty's Ships of War or Reve |