January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, prescribed certain rules for permitting the use on board passenger ships propelled by steam engines of less than a certain power, and on board passenger ships propelled by sails, of a certain apparatus for distilling fresh water from salt water:

And whereas it is expedient to repeal the said Order in Council, and to issue in lieu thereof the order hereinafter contained :

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 repeal the said Order in Council of the ninth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, except in so far as the same repeals a certain Order in Council of the thirteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, and doth hereby order as follows:Any passenger ship propelled by sails only, or by steam engines of 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 of the quantity of pure water required by the said Act to be carried for the use of the passengers, provided the following conditions be observed; that is to say:

1. That there be on board such ship an efficient apparatus for distilling fresh water from salt water, of the description commonly known either as Normandy's Patent, as Winchester and Graveley's Patent, or as Chaplin and Company's Patent.

2. That the owners, charterers, or master of such ship, before clearance, lodge with such emigration officer a certificate from the engineer or surveyor of the Board of Trade, or from some other competent person to be named by such emigration officer, declaring that within seven days immediately preceding the date of such certificate, the apparatus has been examined by him, 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; and further declaring that the apparatus on board is either Normandy's, Winchester and Graveley's, or Chaplin and Company's Patent, as the case may be.

3. That in every case such emigration officer shall be satisfied that the number of gallons of pure water which the apparatus is so certified to be capable of producing, 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 that there is 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 Edward Cardwell, one of her Majesty's principal secretaries of state, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

ARTHUR HELPS.

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 skin.

* These articles may be omitted in ships carrying fewer than 100 passengers.

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.

By order of the Board,

Government Emigration Board,

8, Park Street, Westminster, February, 1864.

S. WALCOTT.

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 Pharmacopœia.

The above scale must be accurately and carefully made up of the best medicines; the bottles well corked; properly labelled, "and" marking the formula of each prescription. The castor oil not sent in stone jars. When the passengers exceed 600 the only extra medicine required will be half a pound of Castor oil and one pound of Epsom salts for every 25 passengers.

Government Emigration Board,

8, Park Street, Westminster, February, 1864.

By order of the Board,

S. WALCOTT.

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 two lancets.
Case of tooth instruments.
Midwifery forceps.

Set of silver and gum elastic catheters, including female catheter and some bougies.

One amputating knife and katlin; one amputating saw; one Hey's saw; tourniquet; Liston's bone nippers. Silk of different sizes for ligatures and

sutures: