ORDERS IN COUNCIL respecting Apparatus for distilling Water, and defining Quantity of Fresh Water to be carried. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 6th day of May, 1857 : WHEREAS by the "Passengers Act, 1855," it is amongst other things enacted, that, before any passenger ship shall be cleared out, the emigration officer, at the port of clearance, shall satisfy himself that there is on board a sufficient quantity of pure water, carried in tanks or casks, to secure, throughout the intended voyage, the issue of three quarts daily to each statute adult for the use of the passengers, exclusive of the quantity required for cooking; and whereas it is also enacted, that it shall be lawful for her Majesty, by any Order in Council, to prescribe such rules and regulations as to her Majesty may seem fit, for permitting the use on board of passenger ships of an apparatus for distilling water, and for defining, in such case, the quantity of fresh water to be carried in tanks or casks for the passengers. Now, therefore, her Majesty doth, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, and in pursuance and in exercise of the authority vested in her by the said "Passengers Act, 1855," hereby order as follows: Any "passenger ship" propelled wholly by steam engines of not less power than is sufficient, without the aid of sails, to propel the ship at the rate of five statute miles an hour, may be cleared out and proceed on her voyage having on board, in tanks or casks, only half the quantity of pure water required by the said act to be carried for the use of the passengers; provided, 1. That there be on board such passenger ship an efficient apparatus, to be approved by the emigration officer at the port of clearance, for distilling fresh water from salt water; 2. That the owners, charterers, or masters of the ship, before clearance, lodge with such emigration officer a certificate from the engineer or surveyor of the Board of Trade, or other competent person to be named by the emigration officer, declaring that the apparatus has been, within the seven days immediately preceding the date of such certificate, examined by a competent person, and is then in good working condition, and stating the number of imperial gallons of pure fresh water which it is capable of producing in every twenty-four hours; 3. That the emigration officer is satisfied that this number of gallons is not less than the whole number of persons about to proceed on the intended voyage of such ship; that is to say, the whole number of cabin passengers, passengers, and crew; 4. That there is rated on the ship's articles, and on board the ship, some person who, to the satisfaction of the said emigration officer, shall be competent for the proper management of such distilling apparatus. And to prevent all doubts on the construction of this Order in Council, it is hereby further ordered, that the terms "passenger ship," "emigration officer," "statute adult,” and “master,” shall herein have the same significations as are assigned to them respectively in the said "Passengers Act, 1855." And the Right Honourable Henry Labouchere, one of her Majesty's principal secretaries of state, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly. WM. L. BATHURST. ORDERS IN COUNCIL, AS TO FRESH WATER. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of May, 1859: Present, The Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council. WHEREAS by the "Passengers Act, 1855," it is amongst other things enacted, that, before any passenger ship shall be cleared out, the emigration officer, at the port of clearance, shall satisfy himself that there is on board a sufficient quantity of pure water, carried in tanks or casks, to secure, throughout the intended voyage, the issue of three quarts daily to each statute adult for the use of the passengers, exclusive of the quantity required for cooking; and whereas it is also enacted, that it shall be lawful for her Majesty, by any Order in Council, to prescribe such rules and regulations as to her Majesty may seem fit, for permitting the use on board passenger ships of an apparatus for distilling water, and for defining, in such case, the quantity of fresh water to be carried in tanks or casks for the passengers. Now, therefore, her Majesty doth, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, and in pursuance and in exercise of the authority vested in her by the said "Passengers Act, 1855," hereby order as follows: Any passenger ship may be cleared out and proceed on her voyage having on board, in tanks or casks, only half the quantity of pure water required by the said act to be carried for the use of the passengers; provided, 1. That there be on board such passenger ship an efficient apparatus for distilling fresh water from salt water, of the description commonly known as Normandy's Patent, or of such other description as may, with the sanction of one of her Majesty's principal secretaries of state, be notified in the London Gazette as having been approved by the emigration commissioners; 2. That the owners, charterers, or masters of the ship, before clearance, lodge with such emigration officer a certificate from some competent person to be named by the emigration officer, declaring that the apparatus is of one of the descriptions above specified, and that it has been, within the seven days immediately preceding the date of such certificate, examined by a competent person, and is then in good working condition, and stating the number of imperial gallons of pure fresh water which it is capable of producing in every twentyfour hours; 3. That the emigration officer is satisfied that this number of gallons is not less than the whole number of persons about to proceed on the intended voyage of such ship; that is to say, the whole number of cabin passengers, passengers, and crew; 4. That there is rated on the ship's articles, and on board the ship, some person or persons who, to the satisfaction of the said emigration officer, shall be competent for the proper management and repair of such distilling apparatus. And to prevent all doubts on the construction of this Order in Council, it is hereby further ordered, that the terms "passenger ship," "emigration officer," "statute adult," and "master," shall herein have the same significations as are assigned to them respectively in the said "Passengers Act, 1855." And the Right Honourable Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart., one of her Majesty's principal secretaries of state, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly. WM. L. BATHURST. ccxcix List of SURGICAL and MIDWIFERY INSTRUMENTS which the Surgeon of a Passenger Ship should possess. A pocket dressing-case, containing scalpel, two bistouries (blunt-pointed and sharp), gum-lancet, tenaculum, forceps, spatula, scissors, two probes, silver director, caustic-case, curved needles of different sizes. Lancet-case with at least four lancets.-Case of tooth instruments.—Midwifery forceps and trachea tube.-Set of silver and gum elastic catheters, including female catheter and some bougies.-One amputating knife and catlin, one amputating saw, one Hey's saw, tourniquet.-Silk of different sizes for ligatures and sutures. Desirable Additions. Cupping apparatus.-Trocar and canula.—Trephine and elevator.-Craniotomy forceps, perforator, and blunt hook. N.B. The surgeon should be provided with the British Pharmacopoeia. SCALE OF MEDICINES for every 100 Passengers in " Passenger Ships,” where the length of the Voyage computed according to the Passengers Act is 100 Days and upwards. The Medicines are to be prepared according to the British Pharmacopoeia. List of Medicines, &c. required for every 100 Persons.-All the Volatile Medicines and Acids to be put in Stopper Bottles. Before the Extracts are placed in the Jars they are to be wrapped in Bladder or Oil Silk. lb. oz. 04 Acid Acetic. 0000 1 ,, Hydrocyanic. 0 3 Sulph. Dil. with sand. 0 12 Tartaric. 0 4 Ammon. Carb. Terebinth. Croton. 1 0 0 4 0 8 0 3 0 0 Creosoti. Cupri Sulph. 04 Emplas. Cantharidis. Ipecac. Prep. c. Opio. Jalapæ. Kino c. Opio. Potassæ Nitrat. These Articles may be omitted in Ships carrying fewer One Set only of these Articles for the Ship. than 100 Passengers. Ships carrying less than 100 Passengers; * Yard of Oiled Silk. 1 Set of straight Splints. oz. 1 Box of Small Scales and 1 Wedgwood Mortar Pestle. 1 Wedgwood Funnel. 1 Iron Mortar and Pestle. 1 Plaster Spatula. 2 Skins of Leather. 1 Pill Tile. and 1 Tin Bath, 2 ft. by 18 in. A 2-gallon Water Filter. Whenever necessary, and especially when Cholera prevails as an epidemic, the Emigration Officer will require at least three times the above quantity of Oil of Turpentine, with a supply of Cayenne Pepper and Mustard. List of Surgical and Midwifery Instruments which the Surgeon of a Passenger Ship should possess. A pocket dressing-case, containing scalpel, two bistouries (blunt-pointed and sharp); gum-lancet; tenaculum, forceps, spatula, scissors, two probes, silver director, caustic case, curved needles of different sizes. Lancet-case with at least four lancets. Case of tooth instruments. Midwifery forceps and trachea tubes. Set of silver and gum elastic catheters, including female catheter and some bougies. One amputating knife and catlin, one amputating saw, one Hey's saw, tourniquet. Silk of different sizes for ligatures and sutures. British Pharmacopoœia. Cupping apparatus. Desirable Additions. Trocar and canula. Trephine and elevator. Craniotomy forceps, perforator, and blunt hook. SCALE OF MEDICINES for "Passenger Ships" where the Length of Voyage computed according to the Passengers Act is under 100 Days. The Medicines are to be prepared according to the British Pharmacopoeia. MEDICINES. 3. 4. 5. For 500 6. 1. 2. For 100 For 200 For 300 For 400 For 600 Passengers. Passengers. Passengers. Passengers. Passengers. Passengers. 8 pounds 12 pounds 16 pounds 20 pounds 24 pounds 28 pounds ounce 1 ounce 1 ounce 2 ounces 2 ounces 3 ounces 44" 2 2} 3 Laudanum 63 " 21 2 " 6 2 drchms 3 drchms 4 drchms 4 drchms 6 99 4 drchms 4 drchms 2 ounces 2 ounces 3 ounces 6521OO523 12 62122 2 drchms 3 drchms 4 drchms 5 drchms 5 drchms 6 drchms 8 ounces 12 ounces 16 ounces 18 ounces 20 ounces 24 ounces 3 pounds 4 pounds 5 pounds 6 pounds 1 ounce 1 ounce 2 ounces 2 ounces 3 ounces 3 ounces |