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3. After the passing of this Act no certificate of naturalisation shall be issued to any Chinese on any ground whatever, and all Chinese leaving the Colony, except those who have been. naturalised therein, shall, on returning, be subject to all the provisions of this Act.

11. No Chinese who shall arrive in this Colony after the passing of this Act shall be permitted to engage in the work of any gold, silver, or other mine, or in any mining pursuit whatever, without express authority under the hand and seal of the Minister in charge of the Department of Mines.

Secs. 3 and 11 of 52 Vict., No. 4.

13. The penalties and restrictions imposed by this Act shall not, nor shall any of them, be held to be applicable in respect of any Chinese being one of the crew of any vessel arriving in any port in New South Wales, and who shall not be discharged therefrom, or land, except in the performance of his duties in connexion with such vessel.

Sec. 18 of 52 Vict., No. 4.

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SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

6. The above-mentioned Acts shall not prevent the landing of any of the officers or of the crew of any vessel during her stay in any port of South Australia, subject to such regulations ensuring the departure of all such officers and members of the crew with their ship as the Governor in Council may prescribe.

No. 672, sec. 6.

NEW ZEALAND.

17. (1.) Every Asiatic, not al- already naturalised, within the Colony is hereby declared to be an alien within the meaning of "The Aliens Act, 1880."

18.(1.) After the coming into operation of this Act no letters or certificate of naturalisation shall, on any ground whatever, be issued to any Asiatic being a Chinese, and every such Asiatic who leaves the Colony, not having been pre- viously naturalised therein, shall, on returning, be deemed to be an Asiatic arriving in the Colony for the first time, and shall be subject to the provisions of this Act ac- cordingly. Provided that this section shall not apply to any minister or teacher of the Christian religion duly accredited to the satisfaction of the Colonial Secre-

tary.

(2.) For the purposes of this section"Chinese means any person of the Chinese race.

(3.) The Colonial Secretary, or any person appointed by him for the purpose, may decide upon his own view and judgment whether any person applying for naturali. sation is a Chinese within the meaning of this section. Provided that this section shall not apply to any Chinese who, prior to the 1st day of September 1896, have communicated to the Colonial Secretary their desire to be

naturalised.

No. 64, secs. 17 (1) and 18.

11. The foregoing provisions of this Act shall not apply to any Asiatic being one of the crew of any ship arriving in any port or place in New Zealand.

Provided that if such Asiatic is discharged or landed in New Zealand, or if at any time he goes, or is permitted to go on shore, except in the performance of his duties in connexion with such ship, both he and the master of the ship are, severally, liable to a penalty of 100Z,

Provided also that on the ar- rival of any vessel having Asiatics on board as part of the crew, the captain shall, in the presence of an officer of Customs, muster the mid crew, and give the names and and number to the said officer of Customs, and that immediately prior to the departure of the said vessel the captain shall again muster the said crew, and, if the original number be not accounted for, then for any shortage in number the captain shall pay the sum of 1007, each for those so missing.

Sec. 11, No. 64,

TASMANIA.

11. The said sum of 107. shall not be payable by or for, nor shall the pensities or restrictions im- posed by this Act, nor any of them, be held applicable in respect of any Chinese, being one of the crew of any vessel arriving in any port or place in Tasmania, and who shall not be discharged there- from or land except in the per- formance of his duties in connexion with such vessel.

No. 9, sec. 11.

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The position of coloured British subjects under these Bills in New South Wales and New Zealand has already been noticed.

The restriction on Chinese in sec. 11 of the New South Wales Act is in the Act of 1888, and we have no information as to how it has worked nor any complaint in regard to it. As every coloured person who went into a mining district would have to prove that he came into the Colony before the Act was passed, the restriction must be practically probibitive. It is presumed that, as regarda coloured persons other than Chinese, "the passing of the Act"

would be held to be the passing of this Act, not the Act of 1888, the provisions of which are extended to Asiatics generally by the Bill under consideration.

Crews of Vessels. All the Colonies grant exemption to the crews of vessels, but the mem- bers of such crews are not to land except in the performance of their duties; in other words, they may go on a message from the captain, but not to buy ■ new smock. Tasmania and New South Wales do not specify what arrangements, if any, are to be made to ensure this; and South Australia gives the Governor in Council power to make regulations. New Zealand prescribes a muster of the crew on arrival, and a muster on departure, with a fine of 100% for every man short at this latter murter. While the ship is in harbour, therefore, it will be a prison for the

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