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CHINESE PASSENGERS' ACT.
to be approved by an emigration officer, enter into a bond to Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, in the sum of one thousand pounds.
Now the condition of this obligation is this, that if (in respect of the ship
•
whereof
is master) all and every of the requirements of the said Chinese Passengers' Act, and of the regulations contained in Schedule A. to the said Act annexed, or enacted by the Legislature of Hongkong, shall be well and truly observed and performed [§ in like manner as the same ought to be observed and performed in case the said ship were a British ship, and the said subject], then this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and effect.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the above-bounden presence of
and
a British
in the
PASSAGE FROM HONGKONG TO THE UNDERMENTIONED PLACES FOR
SHIPS PROPELLED BY SAILS IN THE MONTHS OF-
(Proclamation of Junuary 26th, 1856.)
October to
April to
October to
March.
[both inclusive.]
California or West Coast of
March. September. both inclusive.]
America, North of the 100 days. 75 days. New Zealand. Equator
Manila Singapore Batavia
April to September
75 days. 90 days.
20 days. 20 days.
20 days.
45 days.
120 days. 120 days.
30 days.
60 days.
45 days.
70 days.
Madras or Calcutta. Bombay....
50 days.
75 days.
60 days.
80 days.
60 days.
80 days.
65 days 85 days.
or
60 days.
80 days.
West Indies or East Coast
of America....
}
147 days. 168 days.
West Coast of America, South of the Equator... Sandwich Islands New Caledonia and New Hebrides, Fiji Islands, Tahiti, Society or Friend- ly Islands
Sydney,
Melbourne,
South Australia..
Western Australia
Tasmania
75 days. 56 days. Ceylon
100 days. 100 days. Mauritius or Bourbon....
Cape of Good Hope...
45 days. 60 days. Great Britain or Europe......162 days. 184 days. 65 days. 80 days. Siam
20 days. 45 days.
COMPUTATION OF LENGTH OF VOYAGE IN ANY CHINESE PASSENGER SHIP FROM THE NORTHERN PORTS OF CHINA TO THE UNDERMENTIONED PLACES. (Proclamation of March 12th, 1857.)
From Shanghai and Ningpo.
From Foochow.
From Amoy.
Oct. to Apr.to Oct. to Apr. to Oct. to Apr. to Mar. Sept. Mar. Sept. Mar. Sept.
Both inclusive. Both inclusive. Both inclusive
To California or West Coast of America, North of
the Equator....
90
70
95
73
97
74
>>
"2
West Coast of America, South of the Equator... Sandwich Islands......
100
100 115
115
117
117
70
52
73
54
74
55
33
New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Fiji Islands, Ta-
105
125
103
113
102
107
""
Sydney, Melbourne, or South Australia
65 100
62
Western Australia
50
80
47
Tasmania
70 100
67
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""
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New Zealand
Manila
,, Singapore
Batavia
Ceylon.....
Madras or Calcutta
80 110
77
100
15
40
12
ARRES
90
61
85
70
46
65
70
66
85
76
$5
30
11
25
25
65
22
55
21
50
35
80
32
70
31
65
50
90
47
80
46
75
55
95
52
85
51
80
3)
Bombay
65
100
63
90
62
85
Mauritius or Bourbon..
65
100
63
90
62
85
33
"
Cape of Good Hope ...
70 105
67
95
66
90
West Indies or East Coast of America
152
188 150
178
148 173
21
33
Great Britain or Europe.....
167
204 163
184
163
190
Siam
25
65
33
55
22
50
§ This clause to be inserted only in the case of a Foreign Chinese Passenger Ship.