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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH NOVEMBER, 1872.
Proclamations of January 26th, 1856, and of November 17th, 1858,-Declare the length of certain
voyages.
Ordinance No. 11 of 1857,-Provides that no Chinese Passenger proceeding by a Chinese Passenger Ship shall be provided with a Passage Ticket except through the medium of a Licensed Passage Broker. Ordinance No. 6 of 1859,-Provides for the Hospital accommodation of Chinese Passenger Ships and permits the space appropriated for the Hospital to be included in the measurement of the capacity for Passengers.
The Hospital is to be provided with bed places, proper beds, bedding and utensils.
The Passengers and Crew are to be examined by a Medical Practitioner (changed to Medical Officer by Ordinance No. 12 of 1868), a fee at the rate of twenty-five ($25) dollars being paid for every hundred persons so examined.
Ordinance No. 12 of 1868,-Makes provision for Depôts in which Chinese Passengers shall, unless exempted therefrom by the Emigration Officer, lodge three days.
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It appoints a Medical Officer to inspect Emigrants.
It makes any Chinese Medical Practitioner, who is properly qualified to the satisfaction of the Colonial Surgeon, eligible, with the approval of the Governor, for the Office of Surgeon of a Chinese Passenger Ship within the terms of Schedule A of the Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855.
It prohibits Sailing Passenger Ships bound to any Port westward of the Cape of Good Hope leaving any Port in the Colony between the months of May and September inclusive.
Government Notification No. 52 of 6th May, 1869,-Directs that no Chinese Doctor shall take charge of a Chinese Passenger Ship, unless he has previously procured an approved Certificate; first as to his personal competency, and secondly as to the sufficiency of the Chinese Medicines he proposes to supply for the voyage.
Ordinance No. 4 of 1870,-Provides that no Chinese Passenger Ship shall proceed to sea without a License from the Governor, but it also permits His Excellency to grant exemption from the operation of this Ordinance, provided the Passengers proceeding shall be Free Emigrants and under no Contract of Service whatever.
Ordinance No. 8 of 1871,-Was introduced in order to give vessels, bound on voyages likely to occupy a less time than thirty (30) days, the privilege of conveying more Passengers than they can carry under the Imperial Act. The space appropriated to each Emigrant under this Ordinance is reduced from 12 to 9 superficial feet.
The Emigration Officer may allow such ships to carry Deck Passengers if he shall think The Diet is simplified, and Passengers are allowed to provide their own provisions. These vessels are not compelled to carry Surgeons.
proper.
Government Notification No. 107 of 17th May, 1872,-Prohibits Sailing Chinese Passenger Ships leaving Hongkong for the Australian Colonies, from the months of April to September inclusive.
Emigration under Contracts of Service is prohibited, unless the Emigrants shall be proceeding to British Colonies.
The Emigration Officer holds the Master of a Passenger Ship answerable for compliance with his requirements.
When a ship has been chartered for the conveyance of Chinese Passengers, the Master is to notify the Emigration Officer, in writing, to that effect, naming the Licensed Passage Broker authorised to issue Passage Tickets, and forwarding at the same time a copy of the Government Surveyor's Certificate of measurement.
The vessel will then be inspected by the Emigration Officer, who will pass or reject her as he shall see fit.
If the vessel is passed, the Agent or Charterer will make the usual application for a License, on a form to be obtained at this office, and if granted, the Master with two approved sureties must attend at the Emigration Office and execute the Bond required under Section 4 of the Chinese Passengers' Act.
The ship is then to be fitted with such berths, booby hatches, ladders, hospital, privies, &c., as may be directed by the Emigration Officer.
If the vessel is to carry Female Passengers, a place separated from the Male Passengers must be appropriated to their use, conveniences for them being placed aft.
Between the bunks of married couples, there must be a division board not less than 22 inches high.