ORDINANCE No. 8 of 1871.
Chinese Emigration.
3. The passengers may supply their own provisions for the voyage and proper accommodation for the stowage, and sufficient cabooses for the cooking of such provisions must be allowed.
4. When the ship shall be destined to call at any port mentioned in the emigration officer's clearing certificate for fresh water or provisions, a supply of fresh water and provisions according to the scale hereinbefore contained for every day of the average voyage to such port shall, unless the emigration officer shall otherwise direct, be deemed to be in compliance with this Ordinance.
7. The emigration officer shall not give his certificate unless he shall be satisfied :-
1. That the ship is sea-worthy, and properly manned, equipped, fitted, and ventilated; and has not on board any cargo likely, from its quality, quantity, or mode of stowage, to prejudice the health or safety of the passengers.
2. That suitable medicines and medical stores, provisions, fuel and water have been placed on board, of good quality, properly packed and sufficient in quantity to supply the passengers on board during the intended voyage.
3. That all the requirements of this Ordinance have been complied with.
8. The emigration officer may in his discretion (subject in Hongkong to an appeal to the Governor) withhold his certificate in all cases where the intended passengers or any of them are under contracts of service; and he shall in no case 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 in case they shall have made any contracts of service that they comprehend the nature thereof; he shall also take care that a copy of the form of any 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 any such contracts are unfair, or if there is reason to suspect that fraud or violence have been practised in their collection or embarcation, he may detain the ship, and if he shall think fit, may order all or any of the passengers to be re-landed.
9. The emigration officer may, if he shall think fit, before granting his certificate, employ any duly qualified medical practitioner, master mariner, marine surveyor, or other person whose professional assistance and advice he may require for the purpose of ascertaining whether the requirements of this Ordinance have been duly complied with, and the costs and charges of obtaining such assistance and advice, shall be defrayed by the owners or charterers of the ship, whether the emigration officer shall grant his certificate or not.
10. The emigration officer shall from time to time fix a reasonable scale of fees and charges to be approved by one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, for the remuneration of any professional persons who may be employed by him under the last preceding regulation, and pending the approval or disapproval of such scale, the fees and charges therein specified shall be payable, as if the same had been approved in manner aforesaid.
11. The owners or charterers of every ship shall pay such fees for the remuneration of the emigration officer, as may from time to time be ordered under instructions from one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and until and subject to such instructions, the following fees shall be payable in addition to all fees chargeable under regulation 10:
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Passengers' own supplies.
Supplies at port of call.
Contents of certificate.
Examination of passengers and of contracts, if any.
Emigration officer may employ medical men, marine surveyors, and others.
Fees of professional persons employed.
Fees of emigration officer.
Upon the application for a certificate,
Upon the granting of the certificate,
$25.
$25.
[See order in Council 9th April, 1873. (Gazette 12th April, 1873.)]
12. In case default shall be made by the owners or charterers of the ship in the payment of any fees and charges to which they may be liable under this Ordinance, the ship may be detained by the British Consul, or if in Hongkong by the Governor, until such fees and charges shall have been paid.
Power to detain ship for non-payment of fees.
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