ORDINANCE No. 5 CF 1874. 1353
Chinese Emigration.
2. The last preceding condition as to provisions shall be deemed to have been complied with, Articles of food
mentioned in scale
may be varied.
in any case where by the special authority of the emigration officer, any other articles of
food shall have been substituted for the articles enumerated in the foregoing scale, as being
equivalent thereto .
3. The passengers may supply their own provisions for the voyage and proper accommodation Passengers' own
supplies.
for the stowage, and sufficient cabooses for the cooking of such provisions must be allowed.
7. The emigration officer shall not give his certificate unless he shall be satisfied :— Contents of
ertificate.
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 8 of this Ordinance have been complied with.
Power to withhold
8. The emigration officer may, in his discretion, (subject in Hongkong to an appeal to the Governor) certificate.
withhold his certificate in all cases where the intended passengers or any of them are under contracts
of service, and he shall in no case give his certificate until he shall have mustered the passengers, and Examination of
passengers and of
contracts, if any.
have ascertained to the best of his power that they understand whither they are going, and in case they
shall have made any contracts of service that they comprehend the nature thereof ; he shall also take
care that a copy of the form of any such contracts, or an abstract of their substance, signed by himself,
is appended to the said certificate : if any of the passengers are in bad health, or insufficiently provided
with clothing, or if any such contracts are unfair, or if there is reɛsɔn to suspect that fraud or violence
have been practised in their collection or embarcation , he may detain the ship, and , if he shall think fit,
may order all or any of the passengers to be re-landed.
9. The emigration officer may, if he shall think fit, before granting his certificate, employ any duly Emigration officer
may employ
medical men,
qualified medical practitioner, master mariner, marine surveyor, or other person whose professional marine surveyors,
and others.
assistance and advice he may require for the purpose of ascertaining whether the requirements of scction
8 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
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shall grant his certificate or not.
10. The emigration officer shall, from time to time, fix a reasonable scale of fees and charges to be Feesofprofessional
persons employed.
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.
11. The owners or charterers of every ship shall pay such fees for the remuneration of the emigration Feescerof cmigration
of .
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 10 : —
Upon the application for a certificate, ....... . $25
Upon the granting of the certificate,………………. ..$25
Provided always that no fecs shall be payable to the emigration officer of Hongkong, but in lieu thereof
the following stamp duties are hereby imposed , that is to say :
Upon every application for a certificate under article 2 of the regulations
contained in schedule B of the said Ordinance, a stamp duty of.........$ 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.
12. In case default shall be made by the owners or charterers of the ship in the payment of any Power to detain
ship for non
fees and charges to which they may be liable under section 8 of this Ordinance, the ship may be detained payment of fees.
by the British Consul, or if in Hongkong by the Governor, until such fees and charges shall have been
paid.