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of the Bond.
It remains to advert to the duties to be performed by your commanding Officers of Her Majesty's ship, and by Projects Consents and Customs Officers.
With respect to the former - I presume that where a British Consul or Customs officer is present, the Commander of a ship of war would rather leave to them the duty of entering and searching any Chinese passenger ship which might come within their Jurisdiction.
In the case of British ships having on board emigrants to any Foreign port where there is no British Consul, it would be the duty of the Commander of any of Her Majesty's ships to enter and search them and to require the production of their Emigration papers, and in case of finding no such papers,
or if the Papers produced should be forged or fraudulently altered,
to seize the ship and send it to...