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CHINESE PASSENGERS' ACT.
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passengers, two funnels of wood or metal, four in all, with moveable heads in manner following, that is to say--the body of the air funnel to reach from underneath the lowermost deck over-head to a height of 3 or 4 feet above the uppermost deck, and to pass through holes cut for the purpose in either side of the deck, and made water-tight by a canvas coat or other suitable means. The attention of the emigration officer has been called to the regulation.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 22nd April, 1856.
An Ordinance to explain certain Enactments relating to Shipping. (29th May, 1856.)
No. 9 of 1856.
Whereas by "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," and "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855," the power to amend the said Acts in their application to this colony is, under certain conditions, reserved to this Legislature, and it is desirable to exercise the aforesaid power in manner hereinafter appearing. Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
Firally. The British flag may be lawfully used by any Chinese resident within the meaning of ordinance No. 4, of 1855, on board of any ship or vessel registered in this colony in the name of the said resident under the ordinance aforesaid,
Secondly. Every register, certificate, endorsement, declaration, or bond authorised or required by the said ordinance, may be proved in any court of justice, or before any person having by law or by consent of parties authority to receive evidence, either by the productian of the original, or an examined copy thereof, or by a copy thereof purporting to be certified under the hand of the Colonial Secretary or other person who for the time being shall happen to have charge of the original, which certified copy he is required to furnish to every person applying at a reasonable time for the same, and paying therefor the sum of one dollar for every such certified copy; and every document, when so proved as aforesaid, shall be received as prima facie evidence of all the matters therein recited, stated, or appearing.
Thirdly. Any Chinese passenger ship clearing out or proceeding to sea from any port in this colony or in China, or within a hundred miles of the coast thereof, on any voyages to any other port or ports, for the purpose of commencing at or from any such port or ports as last aforesaid a voyage of more than seven days' duration, shall be deemed to have cleared out or proceeded to sea upon the said last-mentioned voyage from the said first-mentioned port within the meaning of "the Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855." This ordinance shall not come into operation until Her Majesty's confirmation thereof shall have been proclaimed in this colony by His Excellency the Governor.
An Ordinance for Licensing and Regulating Passage Brokers. (3rd November, 1857.)
No. 11 of 1857.
Whereas it is expedient to amend existing legislation with reference to emigrants: Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, by and with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
First. From and after the passing of this ordinance, no person shall act as a passage broker or in procuring passengers, for or in the sale or letting of passages in any emigrant ship, unless be shall, with two sufficient sureties to be approved by the emigration officer, have entered into a joint and several bond in the sum of five thousand current dollars to Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, according to the form contained in
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