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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH APRIL, 1874.
Hospital Ac-
commodation
(3.) For Every Offence against Paragraph 6, a Fine not ex- ceeding One hundred Dollars, or Imprisonment for a Term not exceeding Three Months.
(4.) For Every Offence committed by 3 Passage Broker against Paragraph 7, a Fine not exceeding One hundred Dollars, or Imprisonment for a Term not exceeding Three Months.
(5.) For Every Offence against Paragraph 8, a Fine not exceeding Fifty Dollars, or Imprisonment for a Term not exceeding Two Months.
(6.) For Every Offence against Paragraph 10, a Fine not
exceeding
Dollars, or Imprisonment not Months.
exceeding
Hospital and Medical Inspection.
VII. In every Chinese Passenger Ship there shall be a sufficient Space properly divided off to the Satisfaction of the Emigration to be provided, Officer at the Port of Clearance, to be used exclusively as a [Ord. 6 of 1859, Sec. 1.] Hospital or Sick Bay for the Passengers; this Space shall be either under the Poop, or in the Round-house, or in any Deck- house which shall be properly built and secured to the Satisfac- tion of such Emigration Officer, or on the upper Passenger Deck, and not elsewhere, and shall in no Case be of less Dimensions than Eighteen clear Superficial Feet for every Fifty Passengers and properly which the Ship shall carry. Every such Hospital shall be fitted with Bed Places, and supplied with proper Beds, Bedding, and Utensils, to the Satisfaction of the Emigration Officer at the Port of Clearance, and shall throughout the Voyage be kept so fitted and supplied.
fitted up.
Space for Hos- pital to be included in
2. In the Measurement of the Passenger Decks, for the Pur- pose of determining the Number of Passengers to be carried in Measurement any Chinese Passenger Ship, the Space for the Hospital shall be of Capacity for included.
Passengers. [Ibid, Sec. 2.]
Governor au-
3. The Governor is hereby authorized to appoint, at a Salary thorized to ap- not exceeding Two thousand Dollars per Annum, a Medical Officer point a Medical Officer at a whose Duty it shall be to inspect intending Emigrants and to Salary not ex- supervise all Matters and Things in any way relating to the ceeding $2,000 Comfort and Well-being of such Emigrants before their Departure and on their Voyage, and such Salary shall be in lieu of all Fees.
per Annum. [Ord. 12 of 1868, Sec. 9.]
Passengers and Crew to be examined before sailing by some Medical
4. No Chinese Passenger Ship shall clear out or proceed to Sea on any Voyage of more than Seven Days Duration, until the
proper Medical Officer as provided shall have certified to the Emigration Officer, and the said Emigration Officer shall not grant his Certificate unless he is satisfied, that none of Practitioner. the Passengers or Crew appear, by reason of any bodily or [Ibid, Sec. 3.] mental Disease, unfit to proceed or likely to endanger the Health or Safety of other Persons about. to proceed in such Vessel; and a Medical Inspection of the Passengers for the Pur- poses of giving such Certificate shall take place either on board the Vessel, or, at the Discretion of the said Emigration Officer, at such Time and Place on Shore, before Embarkation, as he may appoint; and the Master, Owner, or Charterer of the Ship, shall pay to the Emigration Officer a Sum at the Rate of Twenty-five current Dollars, for every Hundred Persons so ex- amined, and such Emigration Officer shall pay the same into the Treasury to the Use of the Crown.
Medical Inspection.
5. The Medical Inspection of Emigrants under Contracts of Ser- vice shall take place on Shore before Embarkation as well as on [Ibid, Sec.10.] board the said Ship after Embarkation, and the Emigration Officer shall not grant the Certificate required by "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855" unless he shall be satisfied that such double Ins- pection has been duly made, or has been dispensed with by the Sanction of the Governor.
be received on board without a Permit.
No Emigrant 6. It shall not be lawful for any Emigrant under Contract to embark or of Service to embark in any Chinese Passenger Ship or for the Master or other Person on board of a Chinese Passenger Ship to permit any such Emigrant to embark therein, unless such [Ibid, Sec.11.] Emigrant shall produce an Embarkation Permit from the Emi- gration Officer, who shall not grant the same unless he shall be satisfied that such Emigrant has undergone on Shore the Medical Inspection required by Law to be made before Embarkation.
Emigration Officer to ap point Time for Medical Ins-
pection after Embarkation. [Ibid,Sec.12.]
Chinese Medi-
cal Practi-
7. The Medical Inspection of Emigrants required to be made after their Embarkation in any Chinese Passenger Ship shall take place at such Time as the Emigration Officer shall appoint.
8. Any Chinese Medical Practitioner properly qualified to the Satisfaction of the Colonial Surgeon shall be eligible with Ap- tioners may be proval of the Governor for the Office of Surgeon of a Chinese