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judging as to the truth or otherwise of his statements; and additional questions being saked in the event. of the officer feeling any doubt about him), the ticket was stamped, the man allowed to go, and the next nan's examination proceeded with.
.5. In the case of women and children, the same procedure was adoptel, with the following additions, Photographs were required of each person,
one copy being affixed to the passade ticket, and the other door rataina3] in the office: More searching questione #ara saked; and were supple- nentad occasionally by still further queries by the Officer from the Registrar General's Office. Phe stamp of the Bridgration ficer was
always impressed so as to involve the photograph as well as the passa£3 tioket, in order to prevent. substitution.
3. A farther examination of all enidrabts was subsequently helt on board the ship, shortly before sailing, by an officer Zanorally a Buropean Boarding Hticar raprasanting the migration Officer.
This
sxamination consisted of merely counting the male enigrants, and seeing
that each had his parande ticket, duly stamped. The women and children
were also compared with the photographs on their tickets.
In 1901, an amending ordinance (No. 3/7 of 190i) was passol, and
was incorporated in the principal ordinance in "Carrington's” edition.
This ordinanca provided, inter alia, for making personation a penal
offence, and for transferring the examination of women and children to
the Registrar General.
8. A further amending ordinance was passed in 1901, (No. 13 of 1904),
which related solely to contract emidration to South Africa.
3.- Pran 1903 antil 1903, the examination of Free Vale Paidrante con-
tinued to be carried out. as described above." No casas of personation
occurred that were capable of proof, though it was more than suspected
that. many took place, but. the majority of the38 406 nera not cases in
which prosecution would have been desirable: they were, for the most
part dua, to respectable Chinese, oli residents in the Straits Settlements
who
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