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