(From a Supplement to the Government Gazette.)

By His Excellency Sir Charles Fitz Roy, Knight Companion of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c.

Whereas by an Act of the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland, passed in the twelfth and thirteenth year of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled, "An Act for regulating the Carriage of Passengers an Merchant Vessels," it is amongst other things 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 the said Act, and to substitute for the articles of food and provisions specified in the said Act, such other articles of food and provisions as shall be a full equivalent or 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 : Now, therefore, I, Sir Charles Augustus Fit. Roy, the Governor aforesaid, by this my Proclamation, issued for that purpose, do declare that the following shall be the rule of computation by which the length of the voyage of any ship carrying passengers from New South Wales to the places hereinafter enumerated shall be computed, for the purposes of the said recited Act, that is to say :-

And I do hereby further declare, that in addition to and irrespective of any provisions of their own, which any passengers may have on board, the master of every such ship shall make to each passenger during the voyage, including the time of detention, if any, at any port or place before the termination of such voyage, the following issues of pure water, and sweet and wholesome provisions, being in accordance with the dietary scale fixed in the said recited Act, (that is to say,) of water at least three quarts daily, and of provisions after the rate per week of two and a half pounds of bread or biscuit, not inferior in quality to what is usually called navy biscuit, one pound of wheaten flour, five pounds of oatmeal, two pounds of rice, two ounces of tea, half a pound of sugar, and half a pound molasses: Provided always, that such issues of provisions shall be made in advance, and not less often than twice a week, the first of such issues to be made on the day of embarkation: Provided also, that, potatoes, when good and sound, away be substituted for either the oatmeal or rice, in the proportion of five pounds of potatoes to one pound of oatmeal or rice.

And lastly, I do hereby further declare, that the medicines, medical instruments, and other matters necessary for the medical treatment of the passengers during any such voyage, shall be as follows, namely:

For every fifty statute adults, and in like proportion for any greater or less number.

Medical Comforts

For every fifty statute adults, and in like proportion for any greater or less number.

Given under my hand and the seal of the colony, at Government House, Sydney, this twenty-fourth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and in the thirteenth year of Her Majesty's reign.

(L.S.) Chs. A. Fitz Roy A. Fitz Roy
By His Excellency's command.
E. Deas Thomson.

SG & SGTL ; Vol 7 ; Pages 4 - 5 ; 5 Jan 1850.

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