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CHINESE PASSENGERS' ACT.
And I do further declare, that the allowance of-
"Salted vegetables or pickles- lb. per diem,"
239
in the Dietary Scale, under Schedule A. of the aforesaid Act, shall hereafter be altered
to-
alternate days,
Salted vegetable or pickles, lb. Pickles or pickled vegetables, not-salted, lb.,
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19
Given under my hand and Seal of the Colony, at the Government Offices, Victoria, Hongkong, this 12th day of March, in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, and in the twentieth year of Her Majesty's reign.
By His Excellency's Command,
[L.S.]
W. T. BRIDGES,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 51.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified for the information of masters of ships carrying Chinese pas- sengers, and unprovided with the improved appliances usually found in vessels of modern construction, and generally for the information of all interested, that in addition to a windsail for every hatchway, it is required that a constant supply of fresh air be ensured to the between decks in bad weather, by fitting at each end of space set apart for passengers, two funnels of wood or metal, four in all, with moveable heads in manner following, that is to say:-the body of the air funnel to reach from underneath the lowermost deck over-head to a height of 3 or 4 feet above the uppermost deck, and to pass through holes cut for the purpose in either side of the deck, and made water- tight by a canvas coat or other suitable means. The attention of the emigration officer has been called to the regulation.
By order,
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 22nd April, 1856.
An Ordinance to explain certain Enactments relating to Shipping. (29th May, 1856.)
No. 9 of 1856.
Whereas by "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," and "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855," the power to amend the said Acts in their application to this colony is, under certain conditions, reserved to this Legislature, and it is desirable to exercise the aforesaid power in manner hereinafter appearing. Be it 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 Chinese 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.
Secondly.-Every register, certificate, endorsement, declaration, or bond authorised or required by the said Ordinance, may be proved in any court of justice, or before any person having by law or by consent of parties authority to receive evidence, either by the production of the original, or an examined copy thereof, or by a copy thereof pur- porting to be certified under the hand of the Colonial Secretary or other person who for the time being shall happen to have charge of the original, which certified copy he is 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 docu- ment, when so proved as aforesaid, shall be received as prima facie evidence of all the matters therein recited or appearing.
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