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CHINESE PASSENGERS ACT.
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places hereinafter mentioned shall be computed, for the purposes of the Act above re- ferred to; that is to say:
Passage from Hongkong to the undermentioned Places for ships propelled by sails, in the Months of,—
October to March,
April to September.
[ both inclusive. ]
California or West Coast of America North the Equator, 100 days, West Coast of America South of the Equator, Sandwich Islands,
New California and New Hebrides, Feejee Islands, 100
Tahiti, Society or Friendly Islands,.
Western Australia,
•
Van Diemen's Land,
New Zealand,. Manila,..
Singapore,.
Batavia,.
Ceylon...
Madras or Calcutta,. Bombay,
• • •
Mauritius or Bourbon,
Cape of Good Hope,.
West Indies, or East Coast of America,
•
Great Britain or Europe,..
•
75 days.
120
120
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75
56
37
100
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45
80
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...65
60
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.75
80
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.20
90
"2
3.
.20
29
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.,.30
45
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45
60
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....50
70
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75
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.60
80
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65
80
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.147
85
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...162
168
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....20
145
Siam,...
Given under my hand and Seal of the Colony, at the Government Offices Victoria, Hongkong, this 26th Day of January in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty six, and in the Nineteenth Year of Her Majesty's Reign.
By His Excellency's Command.
No. 18.
(Signed)
W. T. MERCER. Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
gen-
In continuation of Government Notification No. 13 it is hereby further intima- ted, that the "Chinese Passengers Act 1855. “has now been officially communicated to this Government, and His Excellency the Governor, desires to point out for eral information that in consequence of an alteration made in the House of Lords, the "note" to Schedule A has become inconsistent with the body of the Act, and that the penalty for breach of the Act of the Regulations has been reduced from Forfeiture of the ship and a fine, to a Misdemeanour.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria: Hongkong, 4th February, 1856.
No, 34.
By Order.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER. Colonial Secretary.
In order to prevent difficulties arising on board Emigrant ships at the moment of intended departure, through unfounded statements by the passengers that their con- tracts were not properly explained at the time of signature, persons engaging Emi- grants for Labor in the Colonies are advised to convey each Laborer before the Eini-
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