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CHINESE PASSENGERS ACT.
4.-No Emigration Officer shall give the Certificate required by the Chinese Passengers' Act 1855 in respect of any Chinese Passenger Ship, unless he be satisfied as aforesaid with the hospital Accommodation in such Ship provided, and with the sanitary state of the Crew and Passengers thereto belonging.
5. This ordinance shall not come into operation until Her Majesty's Con- firmation thereof shall have been proclaimed in this Colony by His Excellency the Governor.
6. In the interpretation of this Ordinance the term Chinese Passenger Ship shall have the same meaning as is attached thereto under the Act of Imperial Parlia- ment passed in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Years of the Reign of Her present Ma- jesty known as the Chinese Passenger Act, 1855.
7. This Ordinance may be cited for any purpose whatever under the name of Chinese Passenger's Health Ordinance.
SUMMARY OF CHINESE, PASSENGER ACT.
EMIGRATION OFFICE, HONGKONG, 26th December, 1860. Whereas much ignorance prevails in this Port as to the Law and Regulations af- fecting Chinese Passenger Ships leading io perpetual reference, by Ship Masters and Merchants, to the Emigration Officer, for information on matters of ordinary detail and standing Rule and whereas the Laws and Regulations alluded to are contained in various Imperial Acts, Local Ordinances and Proclamations and decisions of the Emi- gration Commissioners on matters arising out of the working of the system since it came into force :-(some of which documents are not easily procurable by the parties interested) it is therefore considered expedient by the Emigration officer to publish in a condensed form the leading Rules in force in this Port relating to all Private Chinese Passenger Ships and Passengers, and as far as the provisionss of the Imperial Act are concerned, to Ships chartered by a British Government Emigration Agent.
Any vessel clearing with more than 20 Asiatic Passengers, on any Voyage of more than 7 days duration, is a "Chinese Passenger Ship" under the Act.
1.-The Ship laid on for passengers, the Master will notify the Emigration Officer by Letter of the fact, specifying the estimated number of passengers she can carry by Surveyor's Certificate, her destination, and the name of the Licensed Passage Broker employed.
Note. After which, the Emigration Officer will take an early opportunity to
inspect the Ship.
2. When the full quantity of passengers' provisions is on board the Master shall
off® notify the Emigration Officer of the fact, who will as soon as possible thereafter, go and inspect them.
Note. The provisions must be all placed in the "Tween decks or on the Up-
per deck, and not be stowed away in the Hold, until after inspection.
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3. When the Ship is ready to receive the passengers on board, the Passage Broker will bring a written notice to that effect from the Master, when a time will be fixed for the atten lance of the passengers at this Office to have their contract passage tickets explained and signed, in the presence of the Broker or his deputy.
Note. This notice must be given at least 24 hours before the passengers ap- pear at this Office, and on the same day the Master, with two approved sureties, will attend and execute the Bond under Section 4 of the Chinese Passenger Act 1855, and deposit the following documents.- 1.-Government Surveyor's Certificate of measurement and seaworthiness. 2.-Master's Certificate relative to Chinese Doctor (provided he fails in se- curing an European Surgeon for a reasonable remuneration.)