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Passengers' own Supplies.
Contents of Certificate.
Power to with-
ORDINANCE No. 3 OF 1874.
Chinese Emigration.
3. The Passengers may supply their own Provisions for the Voyage and proper Accommodation for the Stowage, and sufficient Cabooses for the Cooking of such Provisions must be allowed.
V. The Emigration Officer shall not give his Certificate unless he shall be satisfied:-
1. That the Ship is sea-worthy, and properly manned, equipped, fitted, and ventilated; and has not on board any Cargo likely, from its Quality, Quantity, or Mode of Stowage, to prejudice the Health or Safety of the Passengers.
2. That suitable Medicines and Medical Stores, Provisions, Fuel and Water have been placed on board, of good Quality, properly packed and sufficient in Quantity to supply the Passengers on board during the intended Voyage.
3. That all the Requirements of Section VIII of this Ordinance have been
complied with."
VI, The Emigration Officer may, in his Discretion, (subject in Hongkong hold Certificate. to an Appeal to the Governor) withhold his Certificate in all Cases where the
intended Passengers or any of them are under Contracts of Service.
Emigration Off- cer may employ Medical Men, Marine Sur- veyors, and others.
Fees of Profes- sional Persons employed.
Fees of Emigrs- tion Officer,
Power to detain Ship for non-
In Case of false
VII. The Emigration Officer may, if he shall think fit, before granting his Certificate, employ any duly qualified Medical Practitioner, Master Mariner, Marine Surveyor, or other Person whose Professional Assistance and Advice he may require for the Purpose of ascertaining whether the Requirements of Section VIII of this Ordinance have been duly complied with, and the Costs and Charges of obtaining such Assistance and Advice, shall be defrayed by the Owners or Charterers of the Ship, whether the Emigration Officer shall graut his Certificate or not.
VIII. The Emigration Officer shall, from Time to Time, fix a reasonable Scale of Fees and Charges to be approved by one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, for the Remuneration of any Professional Persons who may be employed by him under the last preceding Regulation, and pending the Approval or Disapproval of such Scale, the Fees and Charges therein specified shall be payable, as if the same had been approved in Manner aforesaid.
IX. The Owners or Charterers of every Ship shall pay such Fees for the Remuneration of the Emigration Officer, as may, from Time to Time, be ordered under Instructions from one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and until and subject to such Instructions, the following Fees shall be payable in Addition to all Fees chargeable under Regulation X:---
Upon the Application for a Certificate,
Upon the Granting of the Certificate,
..$25 ..$25
Provided always that no Fees shall be payable to the Emigration Officer of Hongkong, but in lieu thereof the following Stamp Duties are hereby imposed, that is to say:-
Upon every Application for a Certificate under Article II of the Regulations contained in Schedule B of the said Ordinance, a Stamp Duty of
$ 1
Upon every Certificate granted under Article 1 of the said
Regulations, a Stamp Duty of
.$ 1
And "The Stamp (Amendment) Ordinance, 1868," shall be read as if the Stamp Duties hereby imposed were inserted in the Schedule thereof.
X. In Case Default shall be made by the Owners or Charterers of the Ship in the Payment of any Fees and Charges to which they may be liable under Payment of Fees. Section VIII of this Ordinance, the Ship may be detained by the British Consul, or if in Hongkong by the Governor, until such Fees and Charges shall have been paid. XI. The Emigration Officer may withhold his Certificate or revoke the Particulars, Ship same at any Time before the Departure of the Ship if it shall appear to his may be detained Satisfaction that any Particulars contained in the Application in Writing which and Certificate cancelled,
shall have been made for the same or any other Particulars which may have been furnished to him by or on Behalf of the Owners, Charterers, or Master of the Ship in relation thereto, are untrue, and that the Conditions of Section VIII of this Ordinance have not been complied with; and in every such Case It shall be lawful for the British Consul, or if in Hongkong for the Governor, to seize and detain the Ship until the Certificate, if already granted, shall have been delivered up to be cancelled.
ORDINANCE No. 3 of 1874.
Chinese Emigration.
X11. The Master of every British Ship shall, during the whole of the Treatment of Intended Voyage, make Issues of Provisions, Fuel and Water, according to the Passengers at
Sea. aforesaid Dietary Scale, to all the Passengers except such as shall have supplied themselves therewith, and shall not make any Alteration except for the manifest Advantage of the Passengers, in respect of the Space allotted to them as aforesaid, or in respect of the Means of Ventilation, and shall not ill-use the Passengers, or require them (except in Case of Necessity) to help in working the Vessel; and shall issue Medicines and Medical Comforts, as shall be requisite, to the best of his Judgment, and shall call at such Ports as may be mentioned in the Emigra- tion Officer's Clearing Certificate for fresh Water and other Necessaries; and shall carry the Passengers without unnecessary Delay to the Destination to which they have contracted to proceed.
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of Destination.
XIII. The Master of every British Ship shall withit. 24 Hours after his Production of Arrival at the Port of Destination and at any Port of Call, produce his Emigration Emigration Papers to the British Consul (if any) at such Port or in Case such Port shall be Papers at Port in Her Majesty's Dominions to any Officer appointed or authorized by the Local Government in that Behalf. It shall be lawful for auch Consul or other Officer to enter and inspect such Ship, and in Case the Master shall obstruct or refuse to assist him in the Discharge of such Duty, or shall without reasonable Cause fail to produce his Emigration Papers as aforesaid, he shall be liable to a Fine of Five hundred Dollars, and the Ship may be detained by the British Consul, or if in Her Majesty's Dominions, by the Local Government, until such Fine shall have been paid and the Emigration Papers shall have been given up.
tion Officer where
XVI. In all Ports and Places where no Emigration Officer shall have been British Consul appointed, the British Consul shall, until such Appointment, and at all Times deemed Emigra pending the Vacancy of such Office, be deemed to be the Emigration Officer for no such Officer is
appointed. the Purposes of these Regulatious.
(F.)
Under Section VIII Paragraph 2.
FOR STEAMERS
Whose Stear Power shall be sufficient without the aid of Sails to propel them at the rate of Five Statute Miles in the Hour. Voyages from Hongkong, Swatow, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo, Shanghai, and any Fort in Formosa, to—
Calcutta. Pegu. Sumatra,
Java.
The Straits Settlements.
Labuan.
Sarawak.
Manila. Bangkok. Japau.
FOR SAILING VESSELS,
Voyages from Hongkong, Swatow, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo, Shanghai, and any Port in Formosa, to—
From October to March, both inclusive.
Sumatra.
Java.
The Straits Settlements.
Labuan.
Manila.
Bangkok.
From April to September, both in-
clusive.
Labuan. Manila.
Baugkok.
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