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might then exclude them by instruction to the Emigration Agent. If he decides against admitting a doctor, he should report his decision and the grounds of it for the consideration of the Secretary of State.
6. The sections (2+3) relating to Hospital accommodation are taken verbatim from the Emigrants Act 1855, and are therefore, unobjectionable.
By Section 4 it is provided that no Chinese Passenger shall clear out and be allowed to sail until the Emigrants have been inspected by a Medical Inspector and that for such inspection a fee of 25 Mexican Dollars per 100 Emigrants shall be paid by the Master. In case a medical Practitioner cannot be procured the inspection is to be made by the Emigration Agent and the same fee is to be paid. In either case the fee is paid to the Colonial Treasury. The fee as compared with that chargeable for the same service in this country (2 per hundred) appears to be high but we are aware that what is fair remuneration here might be quite inadequate in China. We only notice the matter as one not undeserving of attention.
8. The Ordinance shall not come into operation until confirmed...