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pased for the purpose of putting a stop to Chinese Cmmigration under Contracts of Service from

Woughtong

to

amy

but British

Pepesins by compelling the mover

or Master of every

"Chinese Passenger

"Ship" to apply for a License

before the Ship

for

The

can be laid on

Conveyance of Emigrants.

No such. Liceuse can be obtained

unless the Destination of the Ship be a British Port

The Ordinance mly applies Chinese Paperrger Ships" clearing from Wongkong, and

any place

in China,

yet

masmuch as

Chmrose Emigration to the West

Indies has been reopened at

Cantor and

inay papilly

be

revived at other Preaty Ports, it

would

Reen

to be

a.

good opportunity

while amending Ordiname No 44

of 1870, to extend it's operation,

as

regards British Ships, to the Treaty Ports.

This has been done in the

accompanying Draft Ordinance

substituting the interprctation the Tenu Chinese Passenger

Papergen

of "

"Ship" given by the Chinese Pasangan Act 1888" for that contained in Section II of 11:44 of 1870

Section IV

of the proposed

new Ordinance defines the Pradice

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