No emigrant ship to go to
Rea without certificate. Form of Certificate:
1st Schedule.
No cer- tificate to be granted and no emigrant
ship to go to sea without licence.
Licence:
Different
kinds of.
General.
Special,
Outport
General or Special licence:
time and mode of
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specifying in such notice the name, destination, and pro- bable time of departure of such ship.
8.-(1.) No emigrant ship or British emigrant ship-shall clear out or proceed to sea on any voyage without a cer- tificate from the Emigration Officer.
(2.) Such certificate shall be in the form required by the Act or in the case of a ship under a special licence in the form contained in the 1st Schedule to this Ordinance.
9. No emigrant ship or British emigrant ship shall clear out or proceed to sea on any voyage and the Emigration Officer shall not grant the certificate unless the master of such ship is provided with a licence under the hand of the Governor and the public seal of the Colony or under the hand and seal of an Emigration Officer, to be obtained in manner hereinafter mentioned.
10. A licence granted under the provisions of this Ordi- nance may be :-
(a.) A General Licence granted under section 18
of this Ordinance.
(b.) A Special Licence granted under section 14
of this Ordinance.
(c.) An Outport Licence granted under section 12
of this Ordinance,
11. Whenever any emigrant ship is about to proceed to sea from the Colony on any long or short voyage the owners or charterers of such ship, or, if they are absent from the Colony, their respective agents, shall, before such plication for. ship is laid on for the conveyance of emigrants, apply in writing to the Colonial Secretary for a licence under the hand of the Governor and the public seal of the Colony for the conveyance of such emigrants.
Outport
licence:
time and
mode of ap. plication for,
General licence: power of Governor to grant.
Special licence: power of Governor to grant.
General
licence:
conditions
of grant of.
12. Whenever any British emigrant ship, which is not provided with a licence covering her intended voyage, is about to proceed with emigrants from any port in China, within 100 miles of the coast thereof, on any or short voyage, the owners or charterers of such ship, or, if they are absent, their respective agents, shall, before such ship is laid on for the conveyance of emigrants, apply in writing to the Emigration Officer at such port for a licence under his hand and seal for the conveyance of such emigrants on the intouded voyage only.
13. The Governor may grant to any vessel a general licence for any period, or for any number of voyages or for- voyages to and from any specified port, on the condition that the vessel provided with such licence shall carry only free Asiatic emigrants.
14. The Governor may grant a special licence for any period not exceeding 12 months, or for any number of voyages to be performed within 12 months, to any ship which is being regularly employed in the conveyance of public mails under contract with the Government of the State or Colony for which such mails are carried, or to any other ship which is approved by the Governor as a 1st class ship.
15. The grant of a general licones under the provisions of section 13 of this Ordinance shall be subject to the following conditions :-
(a.) The grant shall be in the absolute discretion
of the Governor.
(b.) The master of the ship in rospect of which application is made for a licence shall with 2 suflicient sureties to be approved by an Emigra- tion Officer enter into a joint and several bond in the sum of 1,000 pounds to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors in the form con- tained in the 2nd Schedule to this Ordinance. (c.) The owners or charterers of the ship in respect of which application is made for a licence or, if they are absent from the Colony, their respect- ive agents shall furnish all particulars, accord-