Art: XXI. All Chinese who have signed the contract shall proceed forthwith to the place where they are to be at the agent's disposal, where they shall receive clothing, and be at once taken on board the ship to convey them on their voyage.
Art: XXII. Any Chinese who at the time of signing the contracts or in the preceding examinations in the Superintendence shall declare themselves unwilling to emigrate, shall be taken to a separate place, in order that they may be sent back to their homes, at the expense of the Agent; to whom they shall be bound to reimburse the expense of their maintenance and half the cost of their passage money, in conformity with Art: 27%.
Art: XXIII. So long as the Superintendence shall not be established in a building capable of accommodating the total number of Emigrants to be shipped by any vessel, it shall be lawful to send them on board in two batches, ten days being the longest interval allowed to elapse between the first embarkation, conducted according to the method laid down in this Decree, and the last. In view of the approach of the N. E. Monsoon, the above period is extended to twenty days, and the number of successive shipments to three, in the case of vessels having a larger number of emigrants to take on board.
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Art: XXV. The medical men establishments must inspect the emigrants at the Superintendence on the days during which the said emigrants are lodged there.
Art: XXIX. Vessels about to carry emigrants must be in readiness to sail at the latest within 48 hours after the last embarkation has taken place.
Art. XXXI. To meet the expenses of the Superintendence and of the maintenance of the emigrants while lodged there, each Agent respectively shall pay the sum of one...