CHINESE PASSENGERS' ACT.
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to be approved by an emigration officer, enter into a bond to Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, in the sum of one thousand pounds.
Now the conditon of this obligation is this, that if (in respect of the ship
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whereof
is master) all and every of the requirements of the said Chinese Passengers' Act, and of the regulations contained in Schedule A. to the said Act annexed, or enacted by the Legislature of Hongkong, shall be well and truly observed and performed [§ in like manner as the same ought to be observed and performed in case the said ship were a British ship, and the said
a British subject], then this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and effect.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the above-bout.den
Presence of
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PASSAGE FROM HONGKONG TO THE UNDERMENTIONED PLACES FOR
SHIPS PROPELLED BY SAILS IN THE MONTHS OF-
(Proclamation of Junuary 26th, 1856.)
October to March.
April to September.
[both inclusive.]
100 days. 75 days. New Zealand..
October to April to
March. September
[both inclusive.]
75 days. 90 days.
California or West Coast of America, North of the Equator
West Coast of America,
South of the Equator... 120 days. 120 days. Bav
Manila Singapore.. }
Batavia. 75 days. 56 days. Ceylon......
Sandwich Islands
New Caledonia and New Hebrides, Fiji Islands, Tahiti, Society or Friend- ly Islands...
Sydney,
Melbourne, or
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania
20 days. 20 days. 20 days. 45 days.
30 days.
60 days.
45 days.
70 days.
50 days.
75 days.
60 days.
80 days.
60 days. 80 days.
Cape of Good Hope....
of America. West Indies or East Coast
65 days. 85 days.
147 days. 168 days.
Madras or Calcutta... 100 days, 100 days. Mauritius or Bourbon.
Bombay
60 days. 80 days 45 days. 60 days. Great Britain or Europe......162 days. 184 days.
65 days. 80 days. Siam
20 days. 45 days.
COMPUTATION OF LENGTH OF VOYAGE IN ANY CHINESE PASSENGER SHIP FROM THE NORTHERN PORTS OF CHINA TO THE UNDERMENTIONED PLACES. (Proclamation of March 1 ́th, 1857.)
From Shanghai and Ningpo.
From Foochow.
From Amoy.
Oct. to Apr. to Oct. to Apr. to Oct. to Apr. to Mar. Sept. Mar. Sept. Mar. | Sept.
Both inclusive. Both inclusive. Both inclusive.
To California or West Coast of America, North of ?
the Equator...
90
70
95
73
97
74
"J
"J
"3
hiti, Friendly Islands
New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Fiji Islands, Ta-}
West Coast of America, South of the Equator... Sandwich Islands ...............
100
100
115
115 117 117
70
52
73
54
74
55
105
125
103
113
102
107
""
Sydney, Melbourne, or South Australia
65
100
62
90
61
85
Western Australia
32
50
80
47
70
46
65
Tasmania
70
"
100
67
70
66
85
New Zealand
11
80
110
77
100
76
$5
Manila
15
J1
40
12
30
11
25
"
Singapore
25
fō
22
55
21
50
Batavia
35
80
32
70
31
65
"2
Ceylon....
50
90
47
80
46
75
"
Madras or Calcutta
55
95
52
85
51
80
Bombay
65 100
63
90
62
85
Mauritius or Bourbon
65 100
63
90
62
85
""
Cape of Good Hope
70 105
95
66
90
"
West Indies or East Coast of America
152 188 150
178 148 173
33
Great Britain or Europe...
167 204 163 181 163 190
Siam
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25
65
33
55
22
50
§ This claus: to be inserted only in the case of a Foreign Chinese Passenger Ship.
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