ORDINANCE No. 8 of 1871.
Chinese Emigration.
7. This Ordinance shall not come into operation until Her Majesty's confirmation thereof shall have been proclaimed in the Colony by the Governor.
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Suspending clause.
SCHEDULE A.
Voyages referred to in section 4.
FOR STEAMERS
whose steam power shall be sufficient without the aid of sails to propel them at the rate of five statute miles in the hour.
Voyages from Hongkong, Swatow, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo, Shanghai, and any port in Formosa to
Calcutta.
Pegu.
Sumatra.
Java.
The Straits Settlements. Labuan,
Sarawak. Manila.
Bangkok.
Saigon.
Hue.
Japan.
FOR SAILING VESSELS.
Voyages from Hongkong, Swatow, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo, Shanghai, and any port in Formosa to
From October to March, both inclusive.
From April to September, both inclusive.
Sumatra.
Java.
The Straits Settlements.
Labuan.
Manila.
Bangkok. Saigon. Hue.
Labuan. Manila.
Bangkok
Saigon. Hue.
SCHEDULE B.
Regulations referred to in section 5 respecting Chinese passenger ships to which this Ordinance applies.
1. No ship shall clear out or proceed to sea unless the master thereof shall have received from an emigration officer a certificate in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, for which a fee of $1 shall be payable, and a certificate in the form contained in Schedule C annexed thereto, nor until the master shall have entered into the bond prescribed by section 4 of the "Chinese Passengers Act, 1855."
2. No emigration officer shall be bound to give such certificate till seven days after receiving an application in writing for the same from the owners or charterers of the ship, or if absent, from their respective agents, specifying the name of the ship, her tonnage, the port of destination, the proposed day of departure, the number of passengers intended to be carried, and whether such passengers or any of them are under contracts of service.
No ship to depart without certificate [Added to by Ordinance No. 18 of 1872.]
Application for same. [Added to by Ordinance No. 13 of 1872.]