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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH APRIL, 1874.
The Honorable the Acting Attorney General then movs that, as it is a case of emergency, the Standing Orders be suspended, and that the Bill be carried through its several stages at the present Sitting of the Council.
The Honorable the Colonial Secretary seconds the Motion,-which is carried.
The Bill is then read a second time, discussed in Committee, and passed without amendments,
bearing the Title of “An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to empower the Governor to exercise certain Powers under 'The Merchant Shipping Act, 1873,”—being “No. 1 of 1874.”
The Honorable the Colonial Secretary reports that the Finance Committee have sanctioned the
following Votes:--
Furniture,........
Supreme Court.
$ 362.80
Stoves for the Small-Pox Hospital at Stone Cutters' Island, $ 86.14
Medical Department.
Fire Brigade Department.
Salaries to 16 Chinese Firemen at $18 each per annum,
Repairs to Roof of Government Offices,..
Works and Buildings.
Light-houses.
Light-house Establishments (exclusive of Lights) :-
At Cape D'Aguilar,
At Cape Collinson,
At Green Island,
His Excellency adjourns the Council at a quarter past 4 o'clock.
Read and confirmed, this 9th Day of April, 1874.
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,
Clerk of Councils.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
$
288.00
.$4,800.00
$15,000.00 $ 450.00 $2,500.00
A. E. KENNEDY,
Governor.
The following Bills, which were read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this day, are published for general information.
By Command,
Council Chamber, Hongkong, 9th April, 1874.
Title.
Preamble.
Short Title.
Interpretation Clause. [18 & 19 Vic., c. 104.]
[Ord.3 of 1873, Sec. 2.]
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, Clerk of Councils.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to consolidate and amend the Law relating to Chinese Passenger Ships, and the Conveyance of Chinese Emigrants.
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1874.]
HEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the Law relating to Chinese Passenger Ships, and the Con- veyance of Chinese Emigrants: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
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I. This Ordinance may be cited for all Purposes as "The Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1874.”
II. In the Interpretation of this Ordinance :-
The Term "Chinese Passenger Ship" shall include every Ship carrying from any Port in Hongkong, and every Bri- tish Ship carrying from any Port in China, or within One Hundred Miles of the Coast thereof, more than Twenty Passengers being Natives of Asia;
The Expression "Chinese Emigrant Ship" shall mean any Ship not being a "Chinese Passenger Ship" lying in the Waters of the Colony, and fitting out or intended to be used for the Conveyance of Chinese Emigrants to be em- barked at any Port or Place out of the Colony;