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CHINESE PASSENGERS ACT.
LV
enacted and ordained by His Excellency, The Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
Firstly, The British Flag may be lawfully used by any Chi- nese resident within the meaning of Ordinance No. 4 of 1855 on board of any ship or vessel registered in this colony in the name of the said resident under the Ordinance aforesaid.
Chinese residents may use the British
Flag in_colonially re- gistered vessels.
Colonial Registers,
&c., may be proved by production of Origin- als or Copies.
Secondly, Every Register, Certificate, Endorsement, De- claration, or Bond authorised or required by the said Ordin- ance, may be proved in any Court of Justice, or before any person having by law or by consent of parties authority to re- ceive Evidence, either by the production of the Original, or an examined Copy thereof, or by a Copy thereof purporting to be certified under the hand of the Colonial Secre- tary or other person who for the time being shall happen to have charge of the Or- ginal, which certified Copy he is hereby required to furnish to every person applying at a reasonable time for the same and paying therefor the sum of one Dollar for every such certified Copy; and every Document, when so proved as aforesaid, shall be received as prima facie Evidence of all the matters therein recited, stated, or ap- pearing.
D-finition of a 10- yage of more than se- ven days duration.
Thirdly, Any Chinese Passenger Ship clearing out of pro- ceeding to sea from any port in this Colony or in China, or within a Hundred Miles of the Coast thereof, or any Voyages to any other Port or Ports, for the purpose of commencing at or from any such Port or Ports as last aforesaid a Voyage of more than seven day's duration, shall be deemed to have cleared out or proceeded to sea upon the said last mentioned Voyage from the said first mentioned Port within the meaning of the Chinese Passengers" Act. 1855.”
This Ordinance shall not come into operation until Her Majesty's confirmation thereof shall have been proclaimed in this Colony by His Excellency the Governor.
Ordinance not to come into operation until confirmed and proclaimed.
An Ordinance for Licensing and Regulating Emigration Passage Brokers. (3rd November, 1857.) No. II of 1857.
Whereas it is expedient to amend existing legislation with Preamble. reference to Emigrants: Be it Enacted and Ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, by and with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof as follows;
No Person to act
without having enter- as a Passage Broker
First.-From and after the passing of this Ordinance, no Person shall act as a Passage Broker or in procuring Passen- gers, for or in the Sale or letting of Passages in any Emigrant ship, unless he shall with two sufficient Sureties to be approveded into a Bond and by the Emigration Officer, have entered into a joint and several | obtained a License. Bond in the sum of Five Thousand current dollars to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, according to the Form contained in Schedule A, hereunto annexed, which Bond shall be renewed on each occasion of obtaining such License as hereinafter mentioned, aud shall be deposited with the Emigration Officer; nor unless such Per- son shall have obtained a Licence to let or sell Passages, nor unless such License shall be then in force; and where different members of the same Firm act as Passage Brokers, each Person so acting shall comply with the Terms of this section.