60

" from any Port in Hongkong houg

or

" and every British ship carrying

Port in China "pour any " within 100 miles of the coast

"thers of more than 20 persons Native.

cannot be a

of

Asia" There

question, therefore,

that a British ship carrying passengers between Amoy and Manila is in the meaning of

the Act a "Chinese Passenger ship?

By the 4th section it is provided that no Chinese Passenger ship shall proceed to sea on a voyage of more than ...

days

And

OC

without Emigration papers

Chinese Passenger

any

ship proceeding

on such a

voyage

1

voyage

without such papers, is

by the 8th section liable to

the penalty imposed by his Excellency in Council by a Proclamation

on the 26 January last under the provisions of the Chinese Passenger Act, the length of voyage from Hongkong to

Manila is declared to be 20

days - but we are not aware whether a Proclamation has

been issued by him declaring

the length of voyage from the Ports of China to other places. We presume, however, that

without such

a

Proclamation, any court

before which the

question

arises

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