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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

5. The First Rule of the Fourteenth
   Section of the said "Passengers Act, 1855,"
   which limits the Number of Persons to be
   carried in a Passenger Ship by her registered
   Tonnage, together with so much of the con-
   cluding Portion of the same Section as relates
   to such Rule, is hereby repealed, except so
   far as relates to any Penalty incurred or
   legal Proceedings taken thereunder.

6. In the Passenger Lists required by the
   Sixteenth and Seventeenth Sections of "The
   Passengers Act, 1855," to be delivered by
   the Master of every Ship before demanding
   a Clearance, there shall be set forth, in
   addition to the other Particulars required by
   "The Passengers Act, 1855," the Names of
   all Cabin Passengers on board such Ships,
   specifying whether they respectively are
   under or over Twelve Years of Age, and at
   what Place the Passengers and Cabin Pas-
   sengers respectively are to be landed, and
   the Schedule B. to the said Act shall be
   altered accordingly.

7. The Limit of the Penalty imposed by
   the Eighteenth Section of the said "Passen-
   gers Act, 1855," on Persons convicted of
   getting on board any Passenger Ship with
   Intent to obtain a Passage therein without
   the Consent of the Owner, Charterer, or
   Master thereof, and on Persons aiding or
   abetting in such fraudulent Attempt, shall
   be extended from Five Pounds to Twenty
   Pounds.

8. Notwithstanding the Prohibition con-
   tained in the Twenty-ninth Section of the
   said "Passengers Act, 1855," Horses and
   Cattle may be carried as Cargo in Passenger
   Ships, subject to the following Conditions:
   (1.) That the Animals be not carried on
   any Deck below the Deck on which
   Passengers are berthed, nor in any
   Compartment in which Passengers are
   berthed, nor in any adjoining Com-
   partment, except in a Ship built of
   Iron, and of which the Compartments
   are divided off by Water-tight Bulk-
   heads extending to the upper Deck:
   (2.) That clear Space on the Spar or
   Weather Deck be left for the Use and
   Exercise of the Passengers, at the
   Rate of at least Ten Superficial Feet
   for each Statute Adult:
   (3.) That no greater Number of Passen-
   gers be carried than in the Proportion
   of Fifteen to every One hundred Tons
   of the Ships registered Tonnage:
   (4.) That in Passenger Ships of less than
   Five hundred Tons registered Tonnage
   not more than Two Head of large
   Cattle be carried, nor in Passenger
   Ships of larger Tonnage more than
   One additional Head of such Cattle
   for every additional Two hundred
   Tons of the Ships registered Tonnage,
   nor more in all in any Passenger Ship
   than Ten Head of such Cattle: The
   Term "large Cattle" shall include
   both Sexes of horned Cattle, Deer,
   Horses, and Asses; Four Sheep of
   either Sex, or Four Female Goats,
   shall be equivalent to, and may, subject
   to the same Conditions, be carried in
   lieu of One Head of large Cattle :
   (5.) That proper Arrangements be made,
   to the Satisfaction of the Emigration
   Officer at the Port of Clearance, for
   the Housing, Maintenance, and Clean-
   liness of the Animals, and for the
   Stowage of their Fodder:
   (6.) Not more than Six Dogs, and no Pigs
   or Male Goats, shall be conveyed as
   Cargo in any Passenger Ship: For
   any Breach of this Prohibition, or of
   any of the above Conditions, the
   Owner, Charterer, and Master of the
   Ship, or any of them, shall be liable
   for each Offence to a Penalty not
   exceeding Three hundred Pounds nor
   less than Five Pounds.

9. The Requirements of the Thirty-fifth
   Section of the said "Passengers Act, 1855,"
   that Six Ounces of Lime Juice should be
   issued weekly to each Statute Adult on
   Voyages exceeding Eighty-four Days in
   Duration for Sailing Vessels, or Fifty Days
   for Steamers, shall be confined to the Period
   when the Ship shall be within the Tropics;
   during the other Portions of the Voyage the
   Issue of Lime Juice shall be at the Discretion
   of the Medical Practitioner on board; or, if
   there be no such Practitioner on board, at
   the Discretion of the Master of the Ship.

10. In addition to the Substitutions in
    the Dietary Scales specified in the Thirty-
    fifth Section of the said "Passengers Act,
    1855," soft Bread baked on board may be
    issued, at the Option of the Master of any
    Passenger Ship, in lieu of the following
    Articles, and in the following Proportions;
    (that is to say,) One Pound and a Quarter
    of a Pound of such soft Bread may be issued
    in lieu of One Pound of Flour, or of One
    Pound of Biscuit, or of One Pound and a
    Quarter of a Pound of Oatmeal, or of One
    Pound of Rice, or of One Pound of Peas.

11. The Forty-sixth Section of the said
    "Passengers Act, 1855," shall be applicable
    to Cabin as well as to other Passengers
    landed on account of Sickness; and the Pas-
    sage Money of all Cabin or other Passengers
    so landed may be recovered in the Manner
    pointed out in the said Act, upon the Delivery
    up of their Contract Tickets, and notwith-
    standing that the Ship may not have sailed:
    Provided always, that in the case of Cabin
    Passengers so landed One Half only of their
    Passage Money shall be recoverable.

12. The Twelfth, Fifty-first, Fifty-third,
    and Fifty-fourth Sections of the said "Pas-
    sengers Act, 1855," shall be and the same
    are hereby repealed, except as to the Re-
    covery and Application of any Penalty for
    any Offence committed against the said Act,
    and except so far as may be necessary for
    supporting or continuing any Proceeding
    heretofore taken or hereafter to be taken
    thereunder; and in lieu of the Enactments
    contained in such Sections the Enactments