1084 1 OF 1889. ) CHINESE EMIGRATION CONSOLIDATION .
( B. )
Form of Emigration Officer's Certificate.
1, A.B., emigration officer for the Colony of Hongkong, do hereby certify
as follows :
1. That the Chinese passenger ship A.B., master, is specially
licensed under the provisions of The Chinese Emigration Consolidation
Ordinance, 1889 .
2. That the said ship is licensed to carry adults, of whom none
are to be under any contract of service whatever.
( C. )
Form of Bond to be given by the Master of Chinese Passenger
Ships holding Special Licences.
Kwon all men by these presents that we, A.B., of and C.D.,
of are held and firmly bound unto our Sovereign Lady
Queen Victoria, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith , in the
sum of one thousand pounds of good and lawful money of Great
Britain , to be paid unto our said Sovereign Lady the Queen , Her
Heirs and Successors; to which payment well and truly to be made,
we bind ourselves and every of us jointly and severally for and in
the whole, our lieirs and executors administrators, and every of
them , firmly by these presents .
Sealed with our seal ,
Dated this day of 18
Whereas by “ The Chinese Passengers Act , 1855,” it is enacted that
before any Chinese passenger ship shall clear out or proceed to sea
on a voyage of more than seven days' computed duration, the master
thereof shall, with two sufficient sureties to be approved by an
Emigration Officer, enter into a bond to Her Majesty, Her lleirs
and Successors in the sum of £ 1,000 .
Now the condition of this obligation is this, that if ( in respect of the steam
ship whereof is master) all and every
the requirements of the said Chinese Passengers Act, and of The Chinese
Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1889 , and of the regulations contained
in the schedule to the said ordinance annexed shall be well and truly per
formed [ iu like manner as the same ougiit to be observed and performed in
case the said steamship were a British ship, and the said
a British subject ]* then this obligation to be void , otherwise to remain in full
force and effect.
Signed , sealed and delivered by the above bounden and
in the presence of
*
The words within brackets to be inserted only in the case of a foreign Chinese
passenger ship.
(D. )
Regulations for Passenger Steamers licensed under Section 21.
( See Imperial 1. No steamer licensed under this ordinance shall clear out or proceed to
Act, par. 4. ]
sea until the master thereof shall have received from the emigration officer a
copy of these regulations, and a certificate in the form annexed hereto, which