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Passengers' Contract Ticket ca. 1860
J.& J. Cooke, Londonderry
American Passenger Office
Strand Road, Londonderry
Passenger Contract Ticket
1 - A Contract Ticket in this Form must be given to every Passenger
engaging a Passage from the United Kingdom to any place out of Europe,
and not being within the Mediterranean Sea.
2 - The Victualling Scale
for the voyage must be printed in the body of the Ticket.
3 - All the
Blanks must be correctly 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 Passengers are
to embark must be inserted in Words and not in Figures.
5 - When once
issued, this Ticket must not be withdrawn from the Passenger, nor any
alteration, addition, or erasure, made in it.
No. ___
Ship Elizabeth, 770 Tons Register, to take in Passengers at
Londonderry,
for St. John New Brunswick, on the ___day of_______
I engage that the persons named in the margin hereof, shall be provided
with a Steerage Passage to _______ and shall be landed
at the Port of St. John. N.B., in North America, in the Ship Elizabeth,
with not less than
10
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 £ ______ in part payment.
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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 Water daily, exclusive of what is |necessary for Cooking
the Articles required by the Passenger Act to be issued in a Cooked
State; and a weekly allowance of Provisions according to the following
scale:-
3 1/2 lbs. Bread or Biscuit, not inferior in quality to Navy
Biscuit. 2 1/2 lbs Flour, 3 1/2 lbs Oatmeal, 2 lbs Potatoes, 1 1/2
lbs Beef, 1 lb Pork, 2 oz Tea, 1 lb Sugar, 2 ozs Salt, 1/2 oz Mustard,
1/4 oz. Pepper, 1 Gill Vinegar.
N.B. - The Passengers have only to
provide Beds, Bedding, and Mess
Utensils.
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Signature in full, ______________________________ |
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On behalf of J.& J. Cooke |
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£ ______________ |
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To be Paid at the Office
of J.& J. Cooke, Strand, Londonderry, on the __ day of _______
or deposit and
all claim to a Passage for forfeited. |
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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 Passenger
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.
SHIP ELIZABETH.
Counterpart of Passenger's Contract Ticket.
This part of the Contract Ticket is to be separated from the other
and to be delivered by the Passenger 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 not exceeding 10 Pounds.
CONTRACT TICKET
No. ___
I engage that the Persons mentioned below shall be
provided with a Steerage Passage to St. John
N.B. and be landed at the Port of St. John, N.B.,
in North America in the Ship Elizabeth, 770
tons with no less than Ten Cubic Feet for Luggage for each
Statute Adult, and shall be victualled during the whole Voyage
and according to the Dietary Scale prescribed by Law.
The
Ship to receive her Passengers at Londonderry on the
____ day of
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Passage money, including Government Dues, if any and all
$ / £ ______
Names / Ages / Souls equal to Statute Adults.
To be signed in full by the Party issuing the Ticket.
On behalf of J.& J. Cooke.
Insert Number of Souls and of Statute Adults respectively.
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