CO129-487 - Others & Individuals - 1924 — Page 137

No. 27.

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PROCLAMATIONS.

CLAUD SEVERN,

Officer Administering the Government.

By His Excellency CLAUD SEVERN, the Officer Administering the Government of the Colony of Hong- kong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same.

Whereas by section 3 of the Chinese Passengers Act 1855 it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor of Hongkong by proclamation for the purposes of the sail Act among other things to declare what shall be deemed to be the duration of the Voyage of any Chinese passenger ship:

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And whereas by section 2 of the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance 1915 it is euacted that in the said Ordinance the term long voyage" means any voyage within the meaning of the said Act which is declared by proclamation by the Governor to be a voyage of more than 30 days duration and that the term short voyage voyage within the meaning of the said Act of more than 7 days duration but not exceeding 30 days duration and any other

voyage which inay be declared by proclamation by the Governor to be a short voyage :

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means any

And whereas various proclamations have been issued in pursuance of the aforesaid powers and it is expedient that the said proclamations should be consolidated with amendments and additions and that the said proclamations should be revoked :

Now therefore I CLAUD SEVERN the Officer Adminis- tering the Government of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same in virtue and exercise of the aforesaid powers do hereby proclaim and declare that all proclamations heretofore made in pursuance of the aforesaid powers declaring what should be deemed to be the duration of the voyages of Chinese passenger ships are hereby revoked and that for the pur- poses of the said Act and the said Ordinance the Voyage of any ship from Hongkong or from any port in China or within 100 miles of the coast thereof to any port in any of the following places shall be deemed to be a short voyage

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of more than 7 days duration but not exceeding 30 days duration

Australia.

Bismarck Archipelago.

Borneo, the Island of.

Burina.

Caroline Islands.

Ceylon.

Ellice Islands.

Federated Malay States,

Gilbert Islands.

Gram.

India.

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Labuan.

Loyalty Islands. Marianne Islands.

Marshall Islands.

Netherland East Indies.

New Caledonia,

New Guinea, the Island of.

New Hebrides.

Ocean Island.

Pelew Island.

Santa Cruz Islands.

Siam.

Solomon Islands.

Straits Settlements. Timor.

And that the voyage of any ship from Hongkong or from any port in China or within 100 miles of the const thereof to any port in any of the following places shall be deemed to be a long voyage of more than 30 days' duration :--

Africa.

America, North and South.

Arabia.

Europe. Fiji Islands. Madagascar. Mauritius.

New Zealand.

Pacific Ocean, all islands in the Pacific not other- wise specified herein provided that the length of the voyage exceeds 4,500 miles,