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Voyage from Colony to other port whence emigration
Toyage Cominences.
Chinese Passengers
Act 1855
Special Licence" means a Licence granted auler
section 14 of this Ordinance.
(2.) Any emigrant ship or British emigrant ship clear- - ing out or proceeding to gen on any voyage to any port for the purpose of commencing at or from such port any short or long voyage shall be deemed to have cleared out or proceeded to sea upon the said last mentioned voyago from the Colony or from a port in China or within one hundred miles of the coast thereof, as the case may be.
3. Save in so far as the provisions of the Act are ex- pressly modified by the provisions of this Ordimuce nothing contained in the provisions of this Ordinance shall be except where deemed to effect the operation of the provisions of the Act, expressly
operative
modified
by this
Ordinance. Legislation specially authorized
by the Act.
4.- (1.) The provisions of this Ordinance respecting ships carrying emigrunts and respecting the treatment of such passengers therein while at sea shall be deemed to be regulations made under section 2 of the Act in substitution Substitution for the Regulations contained in Schedule A to the said of provisions of Ordinance Act.
for Schedule
A of Act:
.., the
regulations as to ships
and passen- gers. Substitution, in certain CRIES,
of special
form of
Emigration
Officer's
Certificate
for Schedule
B of Act.
Substitution,
in certain
cases,
of special form of Bond
for Schedule
O of Act.
Exemption
of Asiatics
travelling first or second class.
الحرة
Master of emigrant
(2.) The form of Emigration Officer's Certificate con- tained in the First Schedule of this Ordinance shall in the case of any ship under special licence be substituted for the form of the Emigration Officer's Certificate contained in Schedule B to the Act.
(3.) The form of Boud contained in the Second Schedule
to this Ordinance shall be substituted for the form of Boad contained in Sebedule C to the Aut.
5. Nothing contained in the provisious of this Urdi- nance shall be deemed in the case of my ship under special licence to apply—
(a.) to passengers who being natives of Asia are travel. ling or are about to travel on the same terms as nou-Asiatic passengers in the first class of any ship or in the first and second class of any ship if such ship carries more than two classes of passengers.
Provided however that all such first and second class Asiatic passengers shall, in cases in which the ship upou which they are so travelling or are about so to travel carries or is about to carry other Asiatic passengers to whom the provisions of this Ordinance do apply, be counted in calcu lating for the purposes of this Ordinance the number of Asiatic passengers carried or to be carried by such ship.
(b) to any ship of which all the Asiatic passengers travelling or about to travel thereon are first class saloon passengers or first and second class saloon passengers if such ship carries more than one class of saloon passengers.
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Provisions relating to Ships carrying Emigrants,
6. The master of every ship arriving within the waters of the Colony with more than twenty Asiatic emigrante on ship to report board or intended for carrying from the Colony more than ship's arrival in waters of twenty Asistic emigrante shall, within twenty-four hours Colony. from the arrival of his ship, report such arrival to the
Emigration Officer.
Notice of intended voyage tu be given to
Emigration Oficer.
7. The owners or charterers of suy emigrant ship or British emigrant ship about to proceed on any voyage, or, if they are absent, their respective agents, shall, as soon as such ship is laid ou for the convoyance of emigrants, give notice in writing of the fact to the Emigration Officer
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specifying in such notice the name, destination, and pro-
bable time of departure of such ship,
8. (1.) No emigrant ship or British emigrant ship shall. No emigrant clear out or proceed to sea on any voyage without a cer- ship to go to fifleure from the Emigration Officer.
sea without certificate.
(2.) Such certificate shall be in the form required by the Form of Aut or in the ease of a ship under a special licence in the Certificate: form contained in the First Sebeduie to this Ordinance,
First Schedule.
9. No emigrant ship or British emigrant ship shall clear No car-
and no
ont or proceed to sea on any voyage and the Emigration tificate to Officer shall not grant the certificate unless the master of be granted such ship is provided with a licenco under the hand of the emigrant Governor and the public seul of the Colony or nuder the ship to go to hand and seal of an Emigration Officer, to be obtained in sea without
licence. msmer hereinafter mentioned,
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10. A licence granted under the provisions of ibis Ordi- Licens: nance may be —
Different kinds of.
(a.) A General Licence granted under section 15 General.
of us Ordinance.
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(4) A Special Licence granted under section 14 Special.
of this Ordinance.
(c.) An Outport Licence granted under section 12 Outport
of this Ordinance.
11. Whenever any emigrout ship is about to proceed to General or sea from the Colony on any long or short voyage the Specia owners or charterers of such ebip, or, if they are absent licence:
time and From the Colony, their respective agents, shall, before a mode of ap- ship is laid on for the conveyance of emigrants, apply in plication for. writing to the Colonial Secretary for a licence under the hand of the Governor and the public seal of the Colony
for the conveyance of such emigrants.
12. Whenever any British emigrant ship, which is not Outport provided with a licence covering her intended voyage, is licence: about to proceed with emigrants from any port in China, time nad or within one hundred miles of the coast thereof, on any plication for.
more of ap short voyage, the owners or charterers of such ship, or, if they are absent, their respective agents, shall, before sucli ship is laid on for the conveyance of emigrants, apply in writing to the Emigration Officer at snel port for a licence under his band and seal for the conveyance of such emigrants on the intended voyage only.
13. The Governor may grant to any vessel a general Generat licence for any periul, or for any number of voyages or for licence: voyages to and from any specifial port, on the condition power of that the vessel provided with such licence shall carry only free Asiatic emigrants.
Governor to great.
14. The Governor may grant a special licence for any Special period not exceeding twelve months, or for any number of licence: voyages to be performed within twelve months, to any power of
Governor ship which is being regularly employed in the conveyance to grant. of public mails under contract with the Government of the State or Colony for which such mails are curried, or to any other ship which is approved by the Governor as a first class ship.
15. The grant of a genoral licence anular the provisious General
of section 13 of this Ordinanco shall be subject to the licenes: following conditions :—
(a.) The grant shall be in the absolute discretion
of the Governor.
(.) The master of the ship in respect of which *pplication is made for a licence shall with two sufficient sureties to be approved by an Enigm- tion Officer enter into a joint and several bond in the sum of one thousand pounds to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors in the form contained in the Second Schedule to this Ordinance.
(a) The owners or charterers of the ship in respect of which application is made for a licence or, if they are absent from the Colony, their respect-
conditions
of grant of,
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