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PROCLAMATION.

No. 27.

JL

Offer Administering the Government.

By His Excellency CLAUD SEVERN, the Officer Administering the Government of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice Admiral of the same,

Whereas by section 3 of the Chinese Passengers Act 1855 it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor of Hongkong by proclamation for the purposes of the said Act among other things to declare what shall be deemed to be the duration of the voyage of any Chinese passenger ship:

And whereas by section of the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance 1015 it is enacted that in the said Ordinance the term "long voyage means any voyage within the meaning of the said Act which is declared by proclamation by the Governor to be a voyage of more than 30 days duration and that the term "short voyage" means any voyage within the meaning of the said Act of more than 7 days duration but not exceeding 30 days duration and any other voyage which may be declared by proclamation by the Governor to be a short voyage:

And whereas various proclamations have been issued in pursuance of the aforesaid powers and it is expedient that the said proclamations should be consolidated with amondments and additions and that the said proclamations should be revoked :

Now therefore I CLAUD SEVERS the Officer Administering the Government of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Aduriral of the same in virtue und exercise of the aforesaid powers do hereby proclaim and declare that all proclamations heretofore made in pursuance of the aforesaid powers declaring what should be deemed to be the duration of the voyages of Chinese passenger ships are hereby revoked and that for the purposes of the said Act and the said Ordinance the voyage of any ship from Ilongkong or from any part in China or within 100 miles of the coast thereof to any port in any of the following places shall be deerned to be a short voyage of more than 7 days duration but not exceeding 30 days duration :-

Australia.

Bismarck Archipelago.

Borneo, the island of

Burna.

Caroline Islands.

Ceylon.

Elice Islands,

Federated Malay States. Gilbert Islands. Guam.