New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-21
EMIGRANT PASSAGE REGULATIONS.

To he Editor of The " Tribune
SIR: trust you will permit me- on the princple Of
fair play, to state few facts within my Own know
le0se respecting the rules and restrictions under
which emigrants are conveyed from ports in the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to this
country. For over seven years have commanded
passenger chip out of the port of NewYork and con-
slider my self qualified therefore, to speak on the sub
ject
Fast. As regards the quantity and quality Of food
which, BY the law in England, eyc-y ?,sse"sser is en-
titled TO receive, and which he invariably does re-
ctive: Every adult passenger from England to North
America sailing between the l4th of October and the
10Th Of JsLuary, must receive the following amount
of food every week Of such voysge b. oatmeal, u
d. bre ad 10 rice, ID. -four, ID sugar, o. tea,
o. salt beside quarts Of water daily. As for the
quality Of such food il lie examiner with great strict
ntss By the Emigration officers, who always hold or
have held commissions in the Royal Navy They
examine il in its unlocked and its cooked stie and
will lot psss any Article which has not stood this test.
Besdes the passengers cooks are strictly Questioned
and tried as TO their knowledge of the way Of cook
Ing viii not DO allowed TO ship for that duty IN
lees they be found reasonably qualified.
The law, that Of June 80, 1852 under which the
scale of provisions Is f1ed declares that all articles
required TO be cooked rice and ostmes shall be 10.
sued in a cooked state. Accordingly, this done.
But il is invariably found after the ship has been
short tire at sea that the emigrants earnestly desire
and strongly solicit that the articles shall not be
cooked for them The fact s each set OF people have
their own peculiar habits and tastes Of preparing
food or prefer to cook in their own way. TIE Irish
engraI las been used TO sort Of food the Eagh
to another the Scotch 10 another yet and 50 OH. No
captain, with hundreds Of passen gers, as we COM
monty have do other than let them cook for them
selves, if tLey demand il. The consequences would
be most dangerous, in such caes.
Tie preservation Of the hexth Of the passengers Is
the iniertst a. well as the duty OF shipo~ners and
Captains. Unless health be maintained, 10y great
CLEANLINESS constsnt ventilation, wholesome foo1
AID comp. tent medical assistance what more likely
among large mas Of passengers, than Ia orsakinS
CIT of diae,se by which the officers and sailors OF the
chip are as liable to be smitten down a. the pasen-
gers Themselves There Fever was any insinusuon
more or iust ard brutal than that which have seen
in print cuIng this very week, to the effect that ship
ogLers are cutie inoe rent TO the heath OF passen-
gers ard indeed have rather an interest In their dy
irg OF before they reach their journeys end, mas
much as each death would save two dollars head,
payable as Communication money The mercantile
marine Of this City, dare affirm, have too high a
reputation for kincly conduct on al OCCASIONS 70 be-
affected By a charge Of inhrmanity such az this On
the strict letter Of the law, ship need not carry
medical man duly qualified as surgeon, physician,
and accoucheur) unless her passengers exceed Ger.
tain humber. Our chips keep to this limit bu.
carry medical whether the number Of passengers
be smaller or larger than the prescribed number.
And whereas, the Eng Law epscts that tro passen.
gers over the eye Of and under that of fourteen
shall be equivalent to one adult, our American ships