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ADMIRALTY,
12th June, 1856.
hu 5587
46
SIR,
I AM commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to transmit to you twenty copies of the Act 18 & 19 Vict., cap. 104, entitled, "An Act for the Regulation of Chinese Passenger Ships."
The object of this Statute is to prevent, so far as relates to British ships, or ships sailing from British territory, the recurrence of the grave abuses which have hitherto existed in the Chinese Passenger Trade. To effect this object, the Act requires the Masters of all such ships, (termed in the Act "Chinese Passenger Ships") to obtain, before sailing, the certificate of an Emigration Officer that they have complied with certain Regulations annexed to the Act, and subjects the vessels so employed to examination by the Commanders of any of Her Majesty's ships, or by any Emigration Officer, Customs Officer, or British Consul; and further renders the vessel liable to forfeiture when not furnished with Emigration Papers, and the Master to penalties, where the regulations of the Act have not been complied with.
You will observe that under the Act there are four cases in which the intervention of a Naval Officer is contemplated, viz.:
1st. That of a Chinese Passenger Ship, whether British or Foreign, within British dominion.
2ndly. That of a Chinese Passenger Ship, being British, in a Foreign Port.
3rdly. That of a Chinese Passenger Ship, being British, met with on the high seas.
4thly. That of a Chinese Passenger Ship, whether British or Foreign, handed over by a British Consul, or other authorized Officer, to be taken for condemnation to a port where there is a Court having Admiralty jurisdiction.
As regards the 1st case: My Lords are of opinion that the duty of examining such ship, and of enforcing, when necessary, the provisions...
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2. Ball
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WL. 3.8.
ADMIRALTY,
12th June, 1856.
hu 5587
46
SIR,
I AM commanded by my Lords Commis- sioners of the Admiralty, to transmit to you twenty copies of the Act 18 & 19 Vict., cap. 104, entitled, "An Act for the Regulation of Chinese Passenger Ships."
The object of this Statute is to prevent, so far as relates to British ships, or ships sailing from British territory, the recurrence of the grave abuses which have hitherto existed in the Chinese Passenger Trade. To effect this object, the Act requires the Masters of all such ships, (termed in the Act "Chinese Passenger Ships") to obtain, before sailing, the certificate of an Emigration Officer that they have complied with certain Regulations annexed to the Act, and subjects the vessels so employed to exami nation by the Commanders of any of Her Majesty's ships, or by any Emigration Officer, Customs Officer, or British Consul; and further renders the vessel liable to forfeiture when not furnished with Emigration Papers, and the Master to penalties, where the regulations of the Act have not been complied with.
You will observe that under the Act there are four cases in which the intervention of a Naval Officer is contemplated, viz. :
Ist. That of a Chinese Passenger Ship, whe- ther British or Foreign, within British dominion. 2ndly. That of a Chinese Passenger Ship, being British, in a Foreign Port.
3rdly. That of a Chinese Passenger Ship, being British, met with on the high seas.
4thly. That of a Chinese Passenger Ship, whether British or Foreign, handed over by a British Consul, or other authorized Officer, to be taken for condemnation to a port where there is a Court having Admiralty jurisdiction.
As regards the 1st case: My Lords are of opinion that the duty of examining such ship, and of enforcing, when necessary, the provisions B
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