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VI. The Emigration Officer shall not give his Certificate until he shall have mustered the Passengers, and have ascertained to the best of his Power that they understand whither they are going, and comprehend the Nature of any Contracts of Service which they have made; he shall also take care that a Copy of the Form of such Contracts, or an Abstract of their Substance, signed by himself, is appended to the said Certificate: If any of the Passengers are in bad Health, or insufficiently provided with Clothing, or if the Contracts are unfair, or if there is Reason to suspect that Fraud or Violence have been practised in their Collection or Embarkation, he may detain the Ship, and, if he shall think fit, may order all or any of the Passengers to be re-landed.
in
SCHEDULE (B.)
[L.S.]
is
Emigration Officer's Certificate. &c. I hereby authorize the Chinese Passenger Ship
to proceed to Sea for the Port of ; and I certify that the said Ship can legally carry
Adults, and that there are on board Passengers, making in all
Adults, viz.,
Men,
Women,
Male Children, and
Female Children, such Children being between the Ages of One and Twelve Years; that the Space set apart and to be kept clear for the Use of such Emigrants is as follows:-On the Upper Deck, Superficial Feet, being [here describe the Space], and in the Between Decks
Superficial Feet, being [here describe the Space]; that the Ship is properly manned and fitted, and that the Means of ventilating the Part of the Between Decks appropriated to Passengers are as follows, [here describe the Means of Ventilation]; that the Ship furnished with a proper Quantity of good Provisions, Fuel, and Water for
Days' Issues to the Passengers according to the annexed Dietary Scale, and with a proper Quantity of Medicines, Instruments, and Medical Comforts according to the annexed Scale of Medical Necessaries; that I have inspected the Contracts between the Emigrants and their intended Employers (the Terms of which are annexed to this Certificate), and consider them reasonable; that no Fraud appears to have been practised in collecting the Emigrants; and that there are on board a Surgeon and Interpreter] approved by me, and designated (respectively
and]
[The Master of the Ship is to put into
for Water and fresh Vegetables.]
(Signed)
Dated this
Day of
and
18
* These Scales must be those prescribed by the Regulations in Schedule A.
Emigration Officer.
In case the Ship has been authorized to proceed without an Interpreter, omit the Part between Brackets, and add "and that the Ship has been authorized to proceed without an Intrepreter.”
The Part between Brackets is to be inserted or not, as may be required.
SCHEDULE (C.)
Form of Bond to be given by the Masters of Chinese Passenger Ships.
Know all Men by these Presents, That we are held and firmly bound unto our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, in the Sum of One thousands Pounds of good and lawful Money of Great Britain, to be paid to our said Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and Successors; to which Payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves and every of us, jointly and severally, for and in the whole, our Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and every of them, firmly by these
Presents.
Day of
18
*
Sealed with our Seals.
Dated this Whereas by the Chinese Passenger Act, 1855, it is enacted, that before any Chinese Passenger Ship shall clear out or proceed to Sea on a Voyage of more than Seven Days' computed Duration, the Master thereof shall, with Two sufficient Sureties to be approved by an Emigration Officer, enter into a Bond to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, in the Sum of One thousand Pounds.
Now the Condition of this Obligation is this, that if (in respect of the Ship
whereof
is Master) all and every of the Requirements of the said Chinese Passenger Act, and of the Regulations contained in Schedule (4.) to the said Act annexed, or enacted by the Legislature of Hongkong, shall be well and truly observed and performed [*in like Manner as the same ought to be observed and performed in case the said Ship were a British Ship, and the said
a British Subject], then this Obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full Force and Effect.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the above-bounden
No. 13.
and
, in the Presence of
* This Clause to be inserted only in the Case of a Foreign Chinese Passenger Ship.
JOHN BOWRING.
PROCLAMATION.
By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Cole of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, and C Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China.
Whereas by an Act of the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland passed in this the Eighteentha Nineteenth Years of Her Majesty's Reign, entitled An Act for the Regulation of Chinese Passenger Ships, under third clause thereof it is enacted, that "it shall be lawful for the Governor of Hongkong to declare by Proclamat "for the purposes of this Act, what shall be deemed to be the duration of the Voyage of any Chinese Passenger Ship
Now therefore I, SIR JOHN BOWRING, Governor as aforesaid, by this my Proclamation issued for that purpo do dec'are that the following shall be the Rule of Computation by which the Length of the Voyage of any Ship car ing Chinese Passengers from Hongkong to the several Places hereinafter mentioned shall be computed, for purposes of the Act above referred to; that is to say:-
Passage from Hongkong to the undermentioned Places for Ships propelled by Sails.
California or West Coast of America, North of the Equator, West Coast of America South of the Equator,
Sandwich Islands,
New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Feejee Islands, Tahiti, Society or Friendly Islands,
Sydney, Melbourne, or South Australia,
Western Australia,
Vin Diemen's Land,
New Zealand,
Manila,
Singapore,
IN THE MONTHS
October to March. | April to Septembe
(both inclusive.)
100 days.
75 days.
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