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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST JULY, 1882.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 277.
The following Act to regulate the Immigration of Chinese into New Zealand, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st July, 1882.
NEW ZEALAND.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Title.
1. Short Title.
2. Interpretation.
3. Number of Chinese ships may carry.
ANALYSIS.
Penalty.
4. Master on arrival to give list of Chinese passen-
gers on board,
5. Ten pounds to be paid for each Chinese arriving by vessel. Not to apply to crew of vessel. 6. Penalty on. not paying for Chinese on arrival.
Vessel forfeited.
7. Certificate of sum paid to be given to Chinese,
and to be evidence.
8. Moneys to be paid into the Public Account. 9. Penalty on not having paid fee for entrance to
the Colony.
10. Governor may remit penalties, &c.
11. Justices may fix time for payment of penalties. 12. Penalties recovered in a summary manner. 13. Certificate of exemption from payment. 14. Certificate of exemption may be granted in cases of temporary absence from the Colony. 15. Governor may make regulations.
Title.
Short Title.
Interpretation.
Number of Chinese ships may carry.
Penalty.
Master on arrival to
passengers on board.
AN ACT to regulate the Immigration of Chinese.
[Reserved for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure.]
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-
1. The Short Title of this Act is "The Chinese Immigrants Act, 1881."
2. In this Act, if not inconsistent with the context,-
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"Chinese means any person born of Chinese parents, and any native of China or its dependencies, or of any island in the China seas, born of Chinese parents:
"Vessel" means any ship or other seagoing vessel of whatsoever kind or
description:
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Master" means the person, other than a pilot, for the time being in actual
command of any such vessel.
3. If any vessel shall arrive in any port in New Zealand, having on board a greater number of Chinese passengers than in the proportion of one to every ten tons of the tonnage of such vessel, according to the registry thereof if British, and if not, then according to the measurement prescribed by any Act for the time being in force regulating the measurement of British ships, the owner, charterer, or master of such vessel shall be liable, on conviction, to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds for each Chinese passenger so carried in excess.
4. The master of every vessel having Chinese on board shall, immediately on his give list of Chinese arrival in any port of the Colony, deliver to the Collector or other principal officer of Customs a list of such Chinese, specifying the name, the place of birth, the apparent age, and the former place of residence of each such Chinese. For any default in complying with this provision, such master shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred pounds.
Ten pounds to be
arriving by vessel.
5. Before making any entry at the Customs, and before any Chinese shall be per- paid for each Chinese mitted to land, the master shall pay to such Collector or other principal officer ten pounds for every such Chinese; and no entry shall be deemed to have been legally made, or to have any legal effect, until such payment shall have been made.
Not to apply to crew of vessel.
The sum of ten pounds aforesaid shall not be payable by or in respect of any Chinese who is one of the crew of any vessel. unless he lands with the intention of remaining in the Colony.