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"Special Licence " means a Licence granted under Special

section 14 of this Ordinance.

Licence.

(2.) Any emigrant ship or British emigrant ship clear- Voyage from ing out or proceeding to

Colony to sea on any voyage to any other port port for the purpose of commencing at or from such port whence any short or long voyago shall be deemed to have cleared emigration out or proceeded to sea upon the said last mentioned voyage voyage from the Colony or from a port in China or within 100 miles of the coast thereof, as the case may be.

commences,

3. Save in so far as the provisions of the Act are ex- Chinese pressly modified by the provisions of this Ordinance nothing Act 1855

Passengers contained in the provisions of this Ordinance shall be operative doomed to effect the operation of the provisions of the Act. except where

expressly

modified by this Ordinance.

4.-(1.) The provisions of this Ordinance respecting Legislation ships carrying emigrants and respecting the treatment of specially such passengers therein while at sea shall be deemed to be authorized

by the Act. regulations made under section 2 of the Act in substitution for the Regulations contained in Schedule A to the said

Substitution Act.

of provisions of Ordinance

for Schedule.

A of Act:

i.c., the regulations as to ships and passen- gers.

CaBes,

(2.) The form of Emigration Officer's Certificato con- Substitution, tained in the 1st Schedule of this Ordinance shall in the in certain 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.

of special form of Emigration Oficer's Certificate for Schedule

B of Act.

in certain

(3.) The form of Bond contained in the 2nd Schedule Substitution, to this Ordinance shall by substituted for the form of Bond contained in Schedule C to the Act.

5. Nothing contained in the provisions of this munce shall be doomed in the case of any ship special licence to apply-

cases,

of special form of Bond

for Schedule C of Act.

Ordi- Exemption undor of Asiatics

travelling lat or

(a.) to passengers who being untives of Asia are travel- ling or are about to travel on the same terms as non-Asiatic passengers in the 1st class of any ship or in the 1st and 2nd class of any ship if such ship carries more than 2 classes of passengers.

Provided however that all such 1st and 2nd class Asiatic passengers shall, in cases in which the ship upon 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 1st class saloon passengers or 1st and 2nd class saloon passengers if such ship carries more than one class of saloon passengers,

PART II.

2nd class.

Provisions relating to Ships carrying Emigrants. 6. The master of every ship arriving within the waters Master of of the Colony with more than 20 Asiatic emigrants on

emigrant ship to report board or intended for carrying from the Colony more than

ship's arrival 20 Asiatic emigrants shall, within 24 hours from the in waters of arrival of his ship, report such arrival to the Emigration Colony. Officer.

voyage to

7. The owners or charterers of any emigrant ship or Notice of British emigrant ship about to proceed on any voyage, or, intended if they are absent, their respective agents, shall, as soon as be given to such ship is laid on for the conveyance of emigrants, give Emigration. notice in writing of the fact to the Emigration Officer Officer.