No. 36.-Scale of Medicines and Medical Stores for Passenger Ships clearing under the Passengers Acts (a).

BOARD OF TRADE, July, 1875. The annexed scale of medicines, medical stores, and instruments for ships clearing under the Passengers Acts, other than steam ships engaged in the North Atlantic trade (6), has been issued and caused to be published by the Board of Trade, and is intended to supersede the scales hitherto in force. T. H. FARRER, Secretary.

THOMAS GRAY, Assistant Secretary.

Scale of Medicines and Medical Stores.

For every 100 passengers, when the length of the passage, computed according to the Passengers Acts, is 100 days and upwards. Half the quantity of the medicines indicated, but the same kind and quantity of medical stores should be taken when the passage is less than 100 days.

N.B.-There is a separate scale for North Atlantic steam passenger ships (a).

(a) See Passengers Act, 1855, s. 43, and M. S. Act, 1876, s. 20.

As to the medicines, medical stores and instruments to be provided for "all ships navigating between the United Kingdom and any place out of the same," see M. S. Act, 1867, ss. 4, 6, and "Forms," No. 39.]

(b) See "Forms," No. 37.

All pills to be made and marked 5 Pil. Aloes cum Myrrhâ.

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* One set only of these articles required, irrespective of number of passengers.

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1 trephine.

1 elevator.

1 Hey's saw.

1 trephine brush.

2 scalpels.

1 hernia knife.

2 trocars and canulas.

1 aneurism needle.

1 hernia director.

1 tourniquet.

2 silver catheters (Nos. 4 and 8).

4 elastic gum do. (Nos. 3, 5 and 7).

1 clinical thermometer.

1 hypodermic syringe.

1 dozen charged tubes for vaccination.

1 set of midwifery instruments.

N.B. Only one set of instruments required, without regard to the number of surgeons, passengers, or the

length of the voyage.

No. 37.-Scale of Medicines and Medical Stores for North Atlantic Steam Ships clearing under the Passengers Acts (a).

BOARD OF TRADE, Marine Department,
July, 1875.

The annexed Scale of Medicines and Medical Stores for North Atlantic Steam Ships clearing under the Passengers Acts has been issued and caused to be published by the Board of Trade. THOMAS GRAY, Assistant Secretary. T. H. FARRER, Secretary.

SCALE of MEDICINES, MEDICAL STORES, and INSTRUMENTS for NORTH ATLANTIC STEAM SHIPS only, where the voyage, computed according to the Passengers Acts, does not exceed 37 days. N.B.-There is a separate scale for longer voyages («).

(a) See Passengers Act, 1855, s. 43, and M. S. Act, 1876, s. 20.

See also "Forms,"

No. 36.