CO129-184 - Governor Hennessy - 1879 [1-5] — Page 296

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perseed your Ectitioners gave directions Chrough their Seenetary to the Inasters of their vessel's

of and other employe's thereon not to receive on board such vessels

Mort

prosmizers than could be lawfully amried according to the provisions. of the said Ordnance and the better to enforce such orders

Petitioners caused

a

your

to be

system which they considered

adopted which they

calculated to attain those ends; For your Petitiouers state

illustration

the

kakx

of the Kishan mine : hundred and twenty passengers being

the maximum number which can legally be carried thereon, that number

:

of small ( prices of bamboo or tallies wore delivered to a gate kuper placed at the entrance gates of your

Betitious

-premises at beautou and Hongkong

each person desiring to takes

the steamer one of such -

who

gave passage

in

tallies, he then admitted him to

the wharf from whence on presenting his tally to the Quarter Masters of the vessel specially appointed for the purpose, he was allowed to.. proceed on board; without these tallies

no Chinese

wore

permitted to curbark

nine hundred and

the wine

und upon the

twenty tallies being exhausted the was locked and no feather ... passingers allound to pass thorough.

gali

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