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SCHEDULE (C).

FORM OF BOND to be given by the MASTER and by the OWNER or CHARTERER of a "Passenger Ship."

Heirs

18 & 19 VICT.

c. 119.

KNOW all Men by these Presents, that we,* are held and firmly bound unto our * Insert here Sovereign by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Christian Ireland Defender of the Faith, in the sum of Two thousand Pounds of good and and Surnames in lawful Money of Great Britain, to be paid to our said full, with Occuthe pations and and Successors; to which Payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves and Addresses of every of us, jointly and severally, for and in the whole, our Heirs, Executors, and each of the Two Administrators, and every of them, firmly by these Presents. Sealed with our Seals. Obligors. Dated this Day of One thousand eight hundred and fifty

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WHEREAS by the "Passengers Act, 1855," it is amongst other things enacted, that before any "Passenger Ship" shall clear out or proceed to Sea, the Master, together with the Owner or Charterer of the Ship, or in the Absence of such Owner or Charterer, or if the Master be the Owner or Charterer, One other good and sufficient Person, to be approved by the Chief Officer of Customs at the Port of Clearance, shall enter into a Bond to Heirs and Successors, in the Sum of Two thousand Pounds :

Majesty, whereof the above

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Now the Condition of this Obligation is such, that if the Ship bounden is Master, bound to is in all respects seaworthy, *[and if the said The clause Ship shall call at the Port of and there shall be shipped on board at such Port pure is to be inserted Water for the Use of the Passengers, sufficient in Quantity to afford an Allowance of Three only when the Quarts daily to each Statute Adult for the Period of Days on the Voyage from such Ship is to call at Port to the final Port or Place of Discharge of such Vessel,] and if (notwithstanding any an intermediate Penalty by the said Act imposed, and whether the same may have been sued for and recovered Water as proor not,) all and every the Requirements of the said Passengers Act, 1855, (except such of vided by s. 34, them as relate exclusively to Passage Brokers and Runners,) and of the Emigration Com- of the Act. missioners acting in the Manner prescribed by the said Act, and of any Order passed by Her Majesty in Council relating to "Passenger Ships" and now in force, shall in all respects be well and truly performed+ [and if the Master for the Time being of the said Ship shall submit himself, in like Manner as a British Subject being the Master of a British Passenger Ship, to to be inserted the Jurisdiction of the Tribunals in Majesty's Possessions abroad, empowered by the only in the Case of a Foreign Passaid Act to adjudicate on Offences committed against the said Act], and if moreover all senger Ship proPenalties, Fines, and Forfeitures which the Master of such Ship may be adjudged to pay for ceeding to any or in respect of the Breach or Nonfulfilment of any of such Requirements as aforesaid shall be well and truly paid, and if all Expenses incurred by the Secretary of State or any Governor or British Consular Officer under the Provisions of this Act shall also be well and truly paid, then this Obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

Signed, sealed, and delivered by the above-bounden

Presence of +

and

in the

§ [I hereby certify, that the above Bond was duly signed, sealed, and delivered according to the Law of Great Britain by the said Master of the said Ship the said (other Obligor) ].

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of the British

Colonies.

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Certificate to

be signed by the Chief Officer of Customs and forwarded with the Bond to the Colony, according to s. 64, of the Act.

SCHEDULE (D).

FORM OF PASSAGE BROKER'S ANNUAL BOND, with two sureties to be approved by the
Emigration Officer at the nearest Port.

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

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C. D. of, &c. and E. F. of, &c. are held and firmly bound unto our Sovereign by the tian and SurGrace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland names in full, Defender of with Occupations the Faith, in the sum of One Thousand Pounds of good and lawful Money of Great and Address of Britain, to be paid to our said the Heirs and Successors; to which of each of the Payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves and every of us, jointly and severally, for and in the whole, our Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, and every of them, firmly by these Presents. Sealed with our Seals.

One thousand eight hundred and fifty

Dated this

day of

WHEREAS by the "Passengers Act, 1855," it is amongst other things enacted, that no Person whatever, save as therein excepted, shall directly or indirectly act as a Passage Broker

Parties.

18 & 19 VICT. in respect of Passages from the United Kingdom to any Place out of Europe, and not being c. 119. within the Mediterranean Sea, or shall sell or let, or agree to sell or let, or be in anywise concerned in the Sale or Letting of Passages in any Ship, whether a "Passenger Ship" or otherwise proceeding from the United Kingdom to any such place as aforesaid, unless such Person, with Two good and sufficient Sureties, to be approved by the Emigration Officer at the Port nearest the Place of Business of such Person, shall have previously entered into s joint and several Bond to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, in the sum of One Thousand Pounds: And whereas the said C. D. and E. F. have been duly approved by the proper Emigration Officer as Sureties for the said A. B. :

* Insert the

Names and Addresses in full of the Witnesses.

Now the Condition of this Obligation is such, that if the above-bounden A. B., a d every Agent whom he may employ in his Business of a Passage Broker, shall well and truly observe and comply with all the Requirements of the said recited Act, so far as the same relate to Passage Brokers, and further shall well and truly pay all Fines, Forfeitures, and Penalties, and also all Sums of Money, by way of Subsistence Money, or of Return of Passage Money and Compensation, to any Passenger, or on his Account, together with all Costs which the above-bounden A. B., or any of his Agents as aforesaid, may at any time be adjudged to pay under or by virtue of any of the Provisions of the said recited Act, then and in such case this Obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full Force.

Signed, sealed, and delivered by the above-bounden A. B., C. D., and E. F., in the Presence of*

N.B.-This Bond is to be executed in Duplicate, in the Presence of and to be attested by an Emigration Officer or his Assistant, or an Officer of Customs, or a Magistrate, or a Notary Public. One part is to be deposited with the Emigration Commissioners in London, and the other Part with the Emigration Officer at the Port nearest to the Place of Business of the Broker. Each Member of a Firm or Partnership who acts as a Passage Broker must give a separate Bond with Two Sureties.

[The Bond is exempt from Stamp Duty, but must be renewed annually with Licence).

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tian and Sur

names in full, with the Address and

Trade or Occu

SCHEDULE (E).

FORM of PASSAGE BROKER'S LICENCE." A. B.t of in the having shown to the satisfaction of me (or us) the undersigned, that he hath given Bond to Majesty, as by the "Passengers Act, 1855," required, and also given Fourteen Days' previous Notice to the Emigration Commissioners of his Intention to make Application for a Licence to carry on the Business of a Passage Broker in respect of passages from the United Kingdom to any Place out of Europe, and not being within the Mediterranean Sea, I (or we), the undersigned, having had no sufficient Cause shown to me (or us), and seeing no valid Reason why the said A. B. should not receive such must be correctly Licence, do hereby license and authorise the said A. B. to carry on the Business of a Passage Broker as aforesaid until the End of the present Year, and Thirty-one Days afterwards, unless this licence shall be sooner determined by Forfeiture for Misconduct on the Part of the said A. B. as in the " Passengers Act, 1855," is provided.

pation of the

Party applying

for the Licence,

inserted. If a Member of a

Firm, the Christian and Surnames of all the Members must be given.

Given under my Hand and Seal (or our respective Hands and Seals), this
185 at

Signature

(L.S.)

day of

Justices of the Peace, Police, or Stipendiary Magistrate, or Sheriff or Steward, or Sheriff or Steward Substitute, as the Case may be.

*N.B.-Each Member of a Firm or Partnership who acts as a Passage Broker must have a separate

Licence.

• Insert the Christian and Surnames in full, with the Address and Occupation of the Paity.

SCHEDULE (F).

FORM of NOTICE to be given to the Emigration Commissioners by Justices granting a Licence.

Gentlemen,

THIS is to give you Notice, That we (or I), the undersigned, did on the

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Day of

to carry on the Business of a Passage Broker under

Justices of the Peace, or as the case may be.

To the Emigration Commissioners, London.

SCHEDULE (G).

FORM of NOTICE to be given to the Emigration Commissioners by any Applicant for a Passage

Gentlemen,

I, A. B. of

in

Broker's Licence.

apply, after the Expiration of Fourteen

18 & 19 VICT.

c. 119.

The Chris

do hereby give you notice, That it is my Intention to clear Days from the putting of this Notice into the tian Names and Petty Sessions to be held + (or to the Police Surname in full, or if in Scotland to as the Case may be,) for a Licence to carry on the Business of a Passage Broker under the Provisions of "The Passengers Act, 1855."

Post, to the Justices to be assembled in
or Stipendiary Magistrate for the City or Borough or District of
the Sheriff or Steward of

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with the Ad

dress and Trade

or Occupation of the Party apply

ing for a Licence, must be here correctly inserted.

+ The Place or District in which the Party giving the Notice has his Place of Pusiness.

SCHEDULE (H).

FORM of NOTICE to be given by the Justices to the Emigration Commissioners of Forfeiture,

Gentlemen,

of a Passage Broker's Licence.

THIS is to give you Notice, That the Licence granted on the Day of to act as a Passage Broker, was on the

to A.B.* of

185

Day of

in now last past duly declared by me (or us) the undersigned Justices of the Peace in Petty Sessions assembled, to be forfeited.+

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The Christian and Surnames in full,

with the Address and Trade or Occupation of the Party, to be here inserted.

+ Here state generally the Reason of Forfeiture.

SCHEDULE (I).

FORM of APPOINTMENT of Passage Broker's Agent.

DIRECTIONS.

I, A. B., of, &c. (or as the Case may be) One of the Partners and on behalf of the Firm Insert in the of, &c. (name all the Partners and the Style of the Firm) carrying on the Business of proper Places the do hereby nominate and appoint you, C. D. of, &c., to act as my Christian and A gent and on my Behalf in the Sale or Letting of Passages and otherwise in the Business Surnames in full, of a Passage Broker, according to the Provisions of "The Passengers Act, 1855."

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COUNTERPART OF CABIN PASSENGER'S CONTRACT TICKET.

SCHEDULE (K.)

This Counterpart is to be produced by the Owner, Charterer, or Master of the Ship
to the Emigration Officer at the Port of Embarkation (or, if no such Officer, to the
Officer of Customs), or to any one appointed by him to receive it, under a Penalty for
Default not exceeding 101.

These Directions form Part of, and must appear on, each Contract Ticket.

1. A Contract Ticket in this Form must be given to every Cabin
Passenger engaging a Passage in a "Passenger Ship" from the
United Kingdom to any place out of Europe, and not being within
the Mediterranean Sea, under a Penalty not exceeding 501.

2. Unless the Passengers are to have a Free Table, the Victualling
Scale for the Voyage must be appended to the Contract Ticket.

3. All the Blanks must be correctly and legibly filled in, and
the Ticket must be legibly sigued with the Christian Names and
Surname and Address in full of the Party issuing the same.

4. The Day of the Month on which the Ship is to sail must be
inserted in Words and not in Figures only.

5. When once issued, this Ticket must not be withdrawn from the Passenger, nor any Alteration or Erasure made in it, unless with his Consent.

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These Directions, and the "Notices to Passengers" below, form Part of, and must appear on, each Contract Ticket.

Ship

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CABIN PASSENGER'S CONTRACT TICKET.

1. A Contract Ticket in this Form must be given to every Cabin
Passenger engaging a Passage in a "Passenger Ship" from the
United Kingdom to any Place out of Europe, and not being within
the Mediterranean Sea, under a Penalty not exceeding 50%.

2. Unless the Passengers are to have a Free Table, the Victualling
Scale for the Voyage must be appended to the Contract Ticket.

3. All the Blanks must be correctly and legibly filled in, and
the Ticket must be legibly signed with the Christian Names and
Surname and Address in full of the Party issuing the same.

4. The Day of the Month on which the Ship is to sail must be
inserted in Words, and not in Figures only.

5. When once issued, this Ticket must not be withdrawn from the Passenger, nor any Alteration or Erasure made in it, unless with his Consent.

Tons Register, to sail from

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185

for

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12 Years

not less than

12 Years.

and under.

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in

with

Cubical Feet of Luggago

for each Person, and that such Person shall be
victualled as
Class Cabin Passenger

during the Voyage, and the Time of Detention at
any Place before its Termination; and I further
engage to land the Person aforesaid, with
Luggage, at the last-mentioned Port, free of any
Charge beyond the Passage Money aforesaid;
and I hereby acknowledge to have received the
Sum of £
full Payment of such Pas-
part f sage Money.

in

Signature in full.

Place and date.

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1. If Cabin Passengers, through no Default of their own, fail to obtain a Passage in
the Ship, and on the Day named in this Contract Ticket, they may obtain Redress for
Breach of Contract by summary process under the 73rd Section of the "Passengers
Act, 1855."

This Ticket

2. Cabin Passengers must produce, on Demand, their Contract Tickets to the Government Emigration Officer under a penalty not exceeding 102. should therefore bo preserved and kept in readiness to be produced on board the Ship. N B.-This Contract Ticket is exempt from Stamp duty

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SCHEDULE (L).

Those Directions and the "Notices to Passengers "below, form part of, and must appear on, each Contract Ticket.

for

Names.

Ship

Ages.

of on the

Equal to
Statute
Adults.

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I engage that the Person named in the Margin hereof shall be provided with a Steerage Passage to, and shall be landed at, the Port of in the Ship with not less than Ten Cubic Feet for Luggage for each Statute Adult, and shall be victualled during the Voyage and the Time of Detention at any Place before its Termination, according to the subjoined Scale, for the Sum of £ including Government Dues before Embarkation, and Head Money, if any, at the Place of Landing, and every other Charge, except Freight for Excess of Luggage beyond the quantity above specified, and I hereby acknowledge to have received the Sum of £ full

in

part payment.

The following Quantities, at least, of Water and Provisions (to be issued daily) will be supplied by the Master of the Ship, as required by Law, viz. to each Statute Adult 3 Quarts of Water daily, exclusive of what is necessary for cooking the Articles required by the Passengers Act to be issued in a cooked state; and a Weekly Allowance of Provisions according to the following Scale:

[Here insert the Victualling Scale intended to be used on the Voyage. This must be either the Scale prescribed in the 35th Section of the Passengers Act, 1855, or that Scale modified by the Introduction of Articles authorised by the Act, to be substituted for Oatmeal, Rice, and Potatoes].

[N.B.-If Mess Utensils and Bedding are to be provided by the Ship, the Stipulation must be inserted here.]

Signature in full.
Place and date.

[If signed by a Broker or Agent, state on whose behalf.]

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*Insert Number of Souls and of Statute Adults respectively.

NOTICE TO PASSENGERS.

1. If Passengers, through no Default of their own, are not received on board on the day named in their Contract Tickets, or fail to obtain a Passage in the Ship, they should apply to the Government Emigration Officer at the Port, who will assist them in obtaining Redress under the Passengers Act.

2. Passengers should carefully keep this part of their Contract Ticket till after the End of the Voyage.

N.B.-This Contract Ticket is exempt from Stamp Duty.

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