Dispatch N20 07/8538
Inclosure N/in
Government
"Passengers Act 1855: publishing the "Chinese Notification 25th January, 1857.
May
13236,
122
No. 13.
JOHN BOWRING.
PROCLAMATION.
By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China.
Whereas by an Act of the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland passed in this the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Years of Her Majesty's Reign, entitled An Act for the Regulation of Chinese Passenger Ships, under the third clause thereof it is enacted, that "it shall be lawful for the Governor of Hongkong to declare by Proclamation "for the purposes of this Act, what shall be deemed to be the duration of the Voyage of any Chinese Passenger Ship"-
Now therefore I, SIR JOHN BOWRING, Governor as aforesaid, by this my Proclamation issued for that purpose, do declare that the following shall be the Rule of Computation by which the Length of the Voyage of any Ship carrying Chinese Passengers from Hongkong to the several Places hereinafter mentioned shall be computed, for the purposes of the Act above referred to; that is to say:
Passage from Hongkong to the undermentioned Places for Ships propelled by Sails.
IN THE MONTHS October to March. April to September. California or West Coast of America, North of the Equator, 100 days, 120 West Coast of America South of the Equator, 75 days. 120 Sandwich Islands, 19 New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Feejee Islands, Tahiti, Society or Friendly Islands, ガラ 75 Sydney, Melbourne, or South Australia, 56 # 100 Western Australia, 100 100 Van Diemen's Land, 31 39 New Zealand, 60 80 ?? Manila, 45 60 # Singapore, 65 80 # Batavia, 75 90 Ceylon, M 20 Madras or Calcutta, 20 45 * Bombay, 30 60 Mauritius or Bourbon, " " Cape of Good Hope, 45 70 West Indies, or East Coast of America, 3) 11 Great Britain or Europe, 50 75 Siam, F 60 80 19 60 80 " M 65 85 147 168 # H 162 184 93 50 Read 20 45 30[L.S.]
Given under my hand and Seal of the Colony, at the Government Offices, Victoria, Hongkong, this 26th Day of January in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-six, and in the Nineteenth Year of Her Majesty's Reign.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
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Dispatch N20 07/8538
Inclosure N/in
Government
"Passengers Act 1855: _ publishing the "Chinese Notification 25th January, 1857.
May
13236,
122
No. 13.
JOHN BOWRING.
PROCLAMATION.
By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China.
Whereas by an Act of the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland passed in this the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Years of Her Majesty's Reign, entitled An Act for the Regulation of Chinese Passenger Ships, under the third clause thereof it is enacted, that "it shall be lawful for the Governor of Hongkong to declare by Proclamation "for the purposes of this Act, what shall be deemed to be the duration of the Voyage of any Chinese Passenger Ship"-
Now therefore I, SIR JOHN BOWRING, Governor as aforesaid, by this my Proclamation issued for that purpose, do declare that the following shall be the Rule of Computation by which the Length of the Voyage of any Ship carry- ing Chinese Passengers from Hongkong the several Places hereinafter mentioned shall be computed, for the purposes of the Act above referred to; that is to
to say :
Passage from Hongkong to the undermentioned Places for Ships propelled by Sails.
California or West Coast of America, North of the Equator,
West Coast of America South of the Equator,
Sandwich Islands,
New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Feejee Islands, Tahiti, Society or Friendly Islands,
IN THE MONTHS
October to March. | April to Septernber.
(both inclusive.)
Sydney, Melbourne, or South Australia,
Western Australia,
Van Diemen's Land,
New Zealand,
Manila,
Singapore,
Batavia,
Ceylon,
Madras or Calcutta,
Bombay,
Mauritius or Bourbon,
Cape of Good Hope,
West Indies, or East Coast of America,
Great Britain or Europe,
Siam,
[L.S.]
100 days,
75 days.
120
120
19
ガラ
75
56 #
100
100
31
39
60
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45
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65
80 #
75
90
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30
60
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70
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F
60
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65
85
147
168
#
H
162
184
93
50
Read 20
45
30
Given under my hand and Seal of the Colony, at the Government Offices, Victoria, Hongkong, this 26th Day of January in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-six, and in the Nineteenth Year of Her Majesty's Reign.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
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