THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH SEPTEMBER, 1874.
tion Officer for
7. On every occasion of the delivery to any passenger of Passage bro- such contract ticket as aforesaid, the passage broker who shall ker to attend have engaged to provide such passenger with a passage shall before Emigra- attend with him at the office of the Emigration Officer, in whose the purpose of presence the contract ticket shall be delivered to such passen- delivering the ger, and who shall explain to him the true intent and meaning contract of such contract.
tickets to passengers. [Ibid, sec. 7.]
8. No person shall fraudulently alter or cause to be altered, Contract after it is once issued, or shall induce any person to part with or tickets not to render useless or destroy any such contract ticket, during the be altered.
[Ibid, sec. 8.] continuance of the contract which it is intended to evidence.
produce their
9. No licensed passage broker shall, as agent for any person, Agents not to whether a licensed broker or not, receive money for or on act without account of the passage of any passenger on board a Chinese written autho- passenger ship, without having a written authority to act as such rity, and to agent, or on the demand of the Emigration Officer, refuse or fail authority on to exhibit his licence and such written authority; and no demand. person whether as principal or agent shall, by any fraud, or [Ibid, sec. 9.] by false representation as to the size of the ship or otherwise, or by any false pretence whatsoever, iuduce any person to engage any passage as aforesaid.
10. Every emigration passage broker who shall contract with Notice of every any intending emigrant for a passage in such ship shall contract with forthwith give notice in writing to the Emigration Officer of emigrants to every such contract, specifying the name, age and sex of such emigrant and the name of such ship.
be given to Emigration Officer. [Ord. 12 of 1868, sec. 8.]
11. All violations or disobediences of, or defaults in compli- Penalties for ance with, the provisions of this section shall be heard and offences. determined in a summary way; and on conviction of such offences, Ord. 11 of
1857, sec. 10.] the respective offenders shall be sentenced to pay the several penalties, or in default of the payment thereof, to suffer the several terms of imprisonment respectively hereinafter specified:-
(a.) For every offence against paragraph 1, a fine not exceeding four hundred dollars, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.
(b.) For every offence against paragraph 5, a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six weeks.
(c.) For every offence against paragraph 6, a fine not ex- ceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.
(d) For every offence committed by a passage broker against paragraph 7, a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.
(e.) For every offence against paragraph 8, a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months.
Hospital and medical inspection.
VII. In every Chinese passenger ship, except ships about to Hospital ac- proceed on a voyage of not more than thirty days' duration with- commodation
to be provided, in the meaning of section VIII of this Ordinance, there shall be a sufficient space properly divided off to the satisfaction of the Emi- Ord. 6 of
1859, sec. 1.] gration Officer at the port of clearance, to be used exclusively as a 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 which the ship shall carry. Every such hospital shall be fitted and properly with bed places, and supplied with proper beds, bedding, and fitted up. utensils, to the satisfaction of the Emigration Officer at the port of clearance, and shall throughout the voyage be kept so fitted and supplied.
2. In the measurement of the passenger decks, for the pur- Space for hos- pose of determining the number of passengers to be carried in pital to be any such Chinese passenger ship, the space for the hospital. shall be included.
included in measurement of capacity for passengers. [Ibid, sec. 2.]
point a medical
3. The Governor is hereby authorized to appoint, at a salary Governor au- not exceeding two thousand dollars per annum, a medical officer thorized to ap- whose duty it shall be to inspect intending emigrants and to officer. supervise all matters and things in any way relating to the [Ord. 12 of comfort and well-being of such emigrants before their departure 1868, sec. 9.] and on their voyage, and such salary shall be in lieu of all fees.
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