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1901) to empower the Governor in Council to make Regulations "for the payment to the Government by the owners or agents of any such vessels of any such costs and expenses charged or incurred by the Government as the Governor in Council may think fit."

6. It is also proposed by the said Amending Ordinance to substitute for Table L in the Schedule to the said Ordinance of 1899 a new Table L imposing, by Regulation No. 16, on the owners or agents of vessels very heavy additional costs and expenses not only for the medical attendance and maintenance of any person, whether on the ship's articles or not, but also for many other matters.

7. It is also proposed to provide by the said Ordinance of 1899, as amended by the said Amending Ordinance, that all costs and expenses charged or incurred under Regulation No. 16 may be recovered in the Summary Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court at the suit of the Colonial Treasurer.

8. The Hongkong Chamber of Commerce, to whom the said Amending Ordinance was referred, recommended that in Regulation No. 16 the words "if on the ship's articles" should be substituted for the words "whether on the ship's articles or not" and the Honourable Thomas Henderson Whitehead moved in a Committee of the Legislative Council an amendment to the said Ordinance to that effect, which, however, was lost by a majority of nine to four.

9. The Shipping of this Colony is from year to year increasing, and already there arrive in this Colony on British and Foreign Ships an average of from 1,500 to 2,000 Chinese passengers per diem. These passengers, most of whom come from the adjacent mainland of China or from the Coast Ports at fares of less than one shilling each, contribute to the material well-being and prosperity of the Colony, and it is important, in the interests of the Colony, that they should not be charged excessive fares and that no undue restrictions should be placed by the owners or agents of vessels on their immigration. The owners and agents provide, as far as possible, for the health and comfort of such passengers, but your Petitioners submit that they should not be made absolutely responsible for their health, and that if they should be taken ill on board ship and should have to be removed under the said Regulations on their arrival in this Colony, the Government should collect expenses from the passengers themselves, or in cases where that is impossible, should itself bear the expenses.

10. Your Petitioners submit that Section 23 of the Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance, 1899, as amended by Section 24 of the Amending Ordinance of 1901, should not be allowed in its present form and that No. 16 of the proposed new Regulations should also be disallowed, and in particular that the said amended Section and the said proposed new Regulation should be modified so as to limit the liability of owners and agents of vessels in respect of such costs and expenses as aforesaid to persons on the ship's articles.

Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray :-

(1.) That you may be pleased to advise His Majesty to disallow so much of the Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance, 1899, and of the said Amending Ordinance as empowers the Governor in Council to make Regulations for the payment to the Government by the owners and agents of vessels of any costs and expenses, except those reasonably charged or incurred by the Government for the medical attendance and maintenance of any person on the ship's articles who is removed to the Hygeia or any other hospital or place from any vessel under the said proposed Regulations,

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and so much of the said proposed Regulations as provides for the payment of any other costs and expenses by the owners or agents of vessels.

(2.) That you may be pleased to grant to your Petitioners such further or other relief as the nature of the case may require.

Dated this 7th day of November, 1901.

And your Petitioners will ever pray, &c.

H. A. RITCHIE,

Superintendent,

P. & O. S. N. Co.

JARDINE MATHESON & Co.,

General Managers, Indo-China Steam Nav. Co., Ld.

Agents: "Indra" Line.

British India S. N. Co, Ld.

For THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY,

D. W. CRADDOCK,

Acting General Agent.

SHEWAN TOMES & CO.,

General Managers,

The China Manila S.S. Co., Ld.

Agents: Shire Line.

S. T. & Co.'s New York Line.

DAVID SASSOON SONS & Co.,

Agents: Apcar Line of Steamers,

MELCHERS & Co.,

Agents: Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen.

East Asiatic Co., Ld., Copenhagen.

SIEMSSEN & Co.,

Agents: Hamburg-Amerika Coast Line.

Chin, East Railway Str. Flensburg Dampsch.G.

M. STRUVE.

GEO. MCKLEY,

Acting Agent: Pacific Mail S.S. Co.

Occidental & Oriental S.S. Co. Toya Kisen Kaisha.

A. R. MARTY,

Agent: Tonkin Steamship Company.

P. DE CHAMPMORIN,

Acting Agent: M. M. Company.

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120 [ 2 ] 1901) to empower the Governor in Council to make Regulations "for the payment to the Government by the owners or agents of any such vessels of any such costs and expenses charged or incurred by the Government as the Governor in Council may think fit." 6. It is also proposed by the said Amending Ordinance to substitute for Table L in the Schedule to the said Ordinance of 1899 a new Table L imposing, by Regulation No. 16, on the owners or agents of vessels very heavy additional costs and expenses not only for the medical attendance and maintenance of any person, whether on the ship's articles or not, but also for many other matters. 7. It is also proposed to provide by the said Ordinance of 1899, as amended by the said Amending Ordinance, that all costs and expenses charged or incurred under Regulation No. 16 may be recovered in the Summary Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court at the suit of the Colonial Treasurer. 8. The Hongkong Chamber of Commerce, to whom the said Amending Ordinance was referred, recommended that in Regulation No. 16 the words "if on the ship's articles" should be substituted for the words "whether on the ship's articles or not" and the Honourable Thomas Henderson Whitehead moved in a Committee of the Legislative Council an amendment to the said Ordinance to that effect, which, however, was lost by a majority of nine to four. 9. The Shipping of this Colony is from year to year increasing, and already there arrive in this Colony on British and Foreign Ships an average of from 1,500 to 2,000 Chinese passengers per diem. These passengers, most of whom come from the adjacent mainland of China or from the Coast Ports at fares of less than one shilling each, contribute to the material well-being and prosperity of the Colony, and it is important, in the interests of the Colony, that they should not be charged excessive fares and that no undue restrictions should be placed by the owners or agents of vessels on their immigration. The owners and agents provide, as far as possible, for the health and comfort of such passengers, but your Petitioners submit that they should not be made absolutely responsible for their health, and that if they should be taken ill on board ship and should have to be removed under the said Regulations on their arrival in this Colony, the Government should collect expenses from the passengers themselves, or in cases where that is impossible, should itself bear the expenses. 10. Your Petitioners submit that Section 23 of the Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance, 1899, as amended by Section 24 of the Amending Ordinance of 1901, should not be allowed in its present form and that No. 16 of the proposed new Regulations should also be disallowed, and in particular that the said amended Section and the said proposed new Regulation should be modified so as to limit the liability of owners and agents of vessels in respect of such costs and expenses as aforesaid to persons on the ship's articles. Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray :- (1.) That you may be pleased to advise His Majesty to disallow so much of the Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance, 1899, and of the said Amending Ordinance as empowers the Governor in Council to make Regulations for the payment to the Government by the owners and agents of vessels of any costs and expenses, except those reasonably charged or incurred by the Government for the medical attendance and maintenance of any person on the ship's articles who is removed to the Hygeia or any other hospital or place from any vessel under the said proposed Regulations, [ 3 ] and so much of the said proposed Regulations as provides for the payment of any other costs and expenses by the owners or agents of vessels. (2.) That you may be pleased to grant to your Petitioners such further or other relief as the nature of the case may require. Dated this 7th day of November, 1901. And your Petitioners will ever pray, &c. H. A. RITCHIE, Superintendent, P. & O. S. N. Co. JARDINE MATHESON & Co., General Managers, Indo-China Steam Nav. Co., Ld. Agents: "Indra" Line. British India S. N. Co, Ld. For THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, D. W. CRADDOCK, Acting General Agent. SHEWAN TOMES & CO., General Managers, The China Manila S.S. Co., Ld. Agents: Shire Line. S. T. & Co.'s New York Line. DAVID SASSOON SONS & Co., Agents: Apcar Line of Steamers, MELCHERS & Co., Agents: Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. East Asiatic Co., Ld., Copenhagen. SIEMSSEN & Co., Agents: Hamburg-Amerika Coast Line. Chin, East Railway Str. Flensburg Dampsch.G. M. STRUVE. GEO. MCKLEY, Acting Agent: Pacific Mail S.S. Co. Occidental & Oriental S.S. Co. Toya Kisen Kaisha. A. R. MARTY, Agent: Tonkin Steamship Company. P. DE CHAMPMORIN, Acting Agent: M. M. Company.

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120 [ 2 ] 1901) to empower the Governor in Council to make Regulations "for the payment "to the Government by the owners or agents of any such vessels of any such costs and expenses charged or incurred by the Government as the Governor in "Council may think fit." 6. It is also proposed by the said Amending Ordinance to substitute for Table L in the Schedule to the said Ordinance of 1899 a new Table L imposing, by Re- gulation No. 16, on the owners or agents of vessels very heavy additional costs and expenses not only for the medical attendance and maintenance of any person, whether on the ship's articles or not, but also for many other matters. 7. It is also proposed to provide by the said Ordinance of 1899, as amended by the said Amending Ordinance, that all costs and expenses charged or incurred under Regulation No. 16 may be recovered in the Summary Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court at the suit of the Colonial Treasurer. 8. The Hongkong Chamber of Commerce, to whom the said Amending Ordi- nance was referred, recommended that in Regulation No. 16 the words "if on the ship's articles" should be substituted for the words "whether on the ship's articles or not" and the Honourable Tuomas HENDERSON WHITEHEAD moved in a Committee of the Legislative Council an amendment to the said Ordinance to that effect, which, however, was lost by a majority of nine to four. 9. The Shipping of this Colony is from year to year increasing, and already there arrive in this Colony on British and Foreign Ships an average. of from 1,500 to 2,000 Chinese passengers per diem. These passengers, most of whom come from the adjacent mainland of China or from the Coast Ports at fares of less than one shilling cach, contribute to the material well-being and prosperity of the Colony, and it is important, in the interests of the Colony, that they should not be charged excessive fares and that no undue restrictions should be placed by the owners or agents of vessels on their immigration. The owners and agents provide, as far as possible, for the health and comfort of such passengers, but your Petitioners submit that they should not be made absolutely responsible for their health, and that if they should be taken ill on board ship and should have to be removed under the Baid Regulations on their arrival in this Colony, the Government should collect expenses from the passengers themselves, or in cases where that is impossible, should itself bear the expenses. 10. Your Petitioners submit that Section 23 of the Merchant Shipping Con- solidation Ordinance, 1899, as amended by Section 24 of the Amending Ordinance of 1901, should not be allowed in its present form and that No. 16 of the proposed new Regulations should also be disallowed, and in particular that the said amended Section and the said proposed new Regulation should be modified so as to limit the liability of owners and agents of vessels in respect of such costs and expeuses as aforesaid to persons on the ship's articles. Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray :- (1.) That you may be pleased to advise His Majesty to disallow so much of the Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance, 1899, and of the said Amending Ordinance as empowers the Governor in Coun- cil to make Regulations for the payment to the Government by the owners and agents of vessels of any costs and expenses, except those reasonably charged or incurred by the Government for the medical attendance and maintenance of any person on the ship's articles who is removed to the Hygeia or any other hos- pital or place from any vessel under the said proposed Regulations, [ 3 ] and so much of the said proposed Regulations as provides for the payment of any other costs and expenses by the owners or agents of vessels. (2.) That you may be pleased to grant to your Petitioners such further or other relief as the nature of the case may require. Dated this 7th day of November, 1901. And your Petitioners will ever pray, &c. H. A. RITCHIE, Superintendent, P. & O. S. N. Co. JARDINE MATHESON & Co., General Managers, Indo-Chin Steam Nav. Co., Ld. Agents: "Indra” Line. British India S. N. Co, Ld. For THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, D. W. CRADDOCK, Acting General Agent. SHEWAN TOMES & CO., tieneral Managers, The China Manila S.S. Co., Ld. Agents: Shire" Line. S. T. & Co.'s New York Line. DAVID SASSOON SONS & Co., Agents: Apear Line of Steamers, MELCHERS & Co., Agents: Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. East Asiatic Co., Ld., Copenhagen. SIEMSSEN & Co., Agents: Hamburg-Amerika Coast Line. Chin, East Railway Str. Flensburg Dampschƒ G. M. STRUVE. GEO. MCKLEY, Acting Agent: Pacific Mail S.S. Co. Occidental & Oriental S.S. Co. Toya Kisen Kaisha. A. R. MARTY, Agent: Tonkin Steamship Company. P. DE CHAMPMORIN, Acting Agent: M. M. Company.

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1901) to empower the Governor in Council to make Regulations "for the payment "to the Government by the owners or agents of any such vessels of any such costs and expenses charged or incurred by the Government as the Governor in "Council may think fit."

6. It is also proposed by the said Amending Ordinance to substitute for Table L in the Schedule to the said Ordinance of 1899 a new Table L imposing, by Re- gulation No. 16, on the owners or agents of vessels very heavy additional costs and expenses not only for the medical attendance and maintenance of any person, whether on the ship's articles or not, but also for many other matters.

8. The Hongkong Chamber of Commerce, to whom the said Amending Ordi- nance was referred, recommended that in Regulation No. 16 the words "if on the ship's articles" should be substituted for the words "whether on the ship's articles or not" and the Honourable Tuomas HENDERSON WHITEHEAD moved in a Committee of the Legislative Council an amendment to the said Ordinance to that effect, which, however, was lost by a majority of nine to four.

9. The Shipping of this Colony is from year to year increasing, and already there arrive in this Colony on British and Foreign Ships an average. of from 1,500 to 2,000 Chinese passengers per diem. These passengers, most of whom come from the adjacent mainland of China or from the Coast Ports at fares of less than one shilling cach, contribute to the material well-being and prosperity of the Colony, and it is important, in the interests of the Colony, that they should not be charged excessive fares and that no undue restrictions should be placed by the owners or agents of vessels on their immigration. The owners and agents provide, as far as possible, for the health and comfort of such passengers, but your Petitioners submit that they should not be made absolutely responsible for their health, and that if they should be taken ill on board ship and should have to be removed under the Baid Regulations on their arrival in this Colony, the Government should collect expenses from the passengers themselves, or in cases where that is impossible, should itself bear the expenses.

10. Your Petitioners submit that Section 23 of the Merchant Shipping Con- solidation Ordinance, 1899, as amended by Section 24 of the Amending Ordinance of 1901, should not be allowed in its present form and that No. 16 of the proposed new Regulations should also be disallowed, and in particular that the said amended Section and the said proposed new Regulation should be modified so as to limit the liability of owners and agents of vessels in respect of such costs and expeuses as aforesaid to persons on the ship's articles.

Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray :-

(1.) That you may be pleased to advise His Majesty to disallow so much

of the Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance, 1899, and of the said Amending Ordinance as empowers the Governor in Coun- cil to make Regulations for the payment to the Government by the owners and agents of vessels of any costs and expenses, except those reasonably charged or incurred by the Government for the medical attendance and maintenance of any person on the ship's articles who is removed to the Hygeia or any other hos- pital or place from any vessel under the said proposed Regulations,

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and so much of the said proposed Regulations as provides for the payment of any

other costs and expenses by the owners or agents

of vessels.

(2.) That you may be pleased to grant to your Petitioners such further

or other relief as the nature of the case may require.