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law

apply to ships

voyages of

" than seven days duration

will be

"such as to ensure that proper provision "will be made for the health and safety " of the passengers." It is, however, for the Secretary of State to decide whether the enforcement of such regulations likely to prove injurious to the interests of

British

shipping by causing Ohinese pasangers to prefer foreign vessels where greater laxity is likely to prevail.

Sr. W. Weigh Goodman.

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4

April, 1876.

IREC

C.C

10613

[PEG 16 MAY 96

Acts on the Chinese Passengers / Short Niter

Voyages / Ordinance, 1896.

Interpretation Clause (Section 2)

541

This follows, in the main, Section

1 of the Chinese Passengers Act 1855.

"

Emigration Officer " The second

paragraph in this definition is taken from Regulation 16 of Schedule (I) of

Ordinance/

of 1889 / Chinese

Consolidation).

clan w

of

Emigration

"Short Voyage". The different

mable less steigent

short

vajages

regulations to be made for river and

scouting voyages for example than for longer decan verjages.

Section 3.

This is modified from Secho.

of the Chriwe Passengers Act 1855 (18

4

and