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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH JANUARY, 1889.
Preamble.
No. 1 of 1889.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Council thereof, to consolidate the Law relating to Chinese Passenger Ships, and the Conveyance of Chinese Emigrants.
LS
BE
G. WILLIAM DES VŒUX.
[18th January, 1889.]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
Short title.
Interpretation
clause.
[18 & 19 Vic.
e. 104. No. 5
of 1874 s. 2.]
[Ibid. sec. 3.]
[Ibid. sec. 2.]
Ibid. sec. 2.]
[18 & 19 Vic.
c. 104, No. 5 of 1874 sec. 1.3
[Ibid, sec. 1]
[Ibid. sec. 1.]
[Ibid, sec. 1.]
[No. 5.0£ 1874
B. 15.)
[Ibid s. 15.]
[Ibid. 15.]
PRELIMINARY.
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1889.
2. In the interpretation of this Ordinance :—
The term Chinese Passenger Ship, shall include every ship carrying from any port in Hongkong, and every British ship carrying from any port in China, or within oue hundred miles of the coast thereof, more than twenty passengers being natives of Asia;
The term Fittings shall include any article capable of being used as part of the tackle, apparel, furniture, or equipment of a ship;
The expression Prohibited Fittings shall mean any fittings prohibited by this Ordinance, or by a Proclamation of the Governor;
The expression Emigration Officer shall include any person deputed or authorized by the Emigration Officer to execute any power or perform any duty vested in or imposed upon him by this Ordinance;
The word Colony shall include all Her Majesty's Possessions abroad not being under the Govern- ment of the Viceroy of India;
The word Governor shall signify the person for the time being lawfully administering the Government of such Colony;
The term British Consul shall include any person lawfully exercising Consular authority on behalf of Her Majesty in any foreign port;
The word Ship shall include all sea-going vessels;
The word Building, in relation to a ship, shall include the doing any act towards or incidental to the construction of a ship, and all words having rela- tion to building shall be construed accordingly;
The word Equipping, in relation to a ship, shall include the furnishing a ship with any tackle, apparel, furniture, provisions, arms, munitions, or stores, or any other thing which is used in or about a ship for the purpose of fitting or adapting her for the sea, and all words relating to equipping shall be construed accordingly;
The words Ship and Equipment, shall include a ship
and everything in or belonging to a ship,
The term Commander or Master of any Ship shall include any person for the time being in command or charge of the same.