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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 3, 1915.

(2.) the last preceding condition as to provisions

shall be deemed to have been complied with in any case where, by the special authority of the Emigration Officer, any other articles of food have been substituted for the articles enumerat- ed in the foregoing scale, as being equivalent thereto; and

(3.) the emigrants may supply their own provisions for the voyage, and proper accommodation for the stowage and sufficient cabooses for the cooking of such provisions must be allowed.

8. The Emigration Officer shall-not give his certificate Conditions unless he is satisfied :-

(1.) that the ship is seaworthy, clean, and properly manned, equipped, fitted, lighted, and venti- lated, and has not on board any cargo likely, from its quality, or mode of stowage, to prejudice the health or safety of the emigrants; (2.) that suitable medicines and medical stores, provisions, fuel, and water have been placed on board, of good quality, properly packed, and sufficient in quantity to supply the emigrants on board during the intended voyage; (3.) that all the requirements of the Asiatic Emi- gration Ordinance, 1915, have been complied with: aud

(4.) that the intending emigrants who are males under the age of 16 years or females have been passed by the Secretary for Chinese

Affairs.

precedent to grant of certificate.

Officer.

9. The Emigration Officer may at any time enter and Power of inspect the ship and the accommodation, provisions, and Emigration stores provided for the emigrants, and may require the master or any other person to produce the licence and the ship's papers for his inspection, and, if he thinks necessary after inspecting the ship's papers, he may muster and inspect the emigrants.

10. The Emigration Officer may in all cases if any of the Detention of emigrants are in bad health or insufficiently provided with ship if any clothing, or if there is reason to suspect that fraud or emigrants ill violence has been practised in their collection or embark- certain other ation, detain the ship, and, if he thinks fit, order all circum- or any of the emigrants to be re-landed,

or under

stances.

marine

surveyors,

11. The Emigration Officer may, if he thinks fit, before Power to granting his certificate, employ any duly qualified medical employ practitioner, master mariner, marine surveyor, or other medical men, person whose professional assistance and advice he may require for the purpose of ascertaining whether the re- and others. quirements of the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915, have been duly complied with, and the costs and charges of obtaining such assistance and advice shall be defrayed by the owners or charterers of the ship, whether the Emigra- tion Officer grants his certificate or not.

12. The Governor-in-Council shall from time to time fix Fees of a reasonable scale of fees and charges, to be approved by professional one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, for persons the remuneration of any professional persons who may be employed. employed under the last preceding Regulation, and, pending the approval or disapproval of such scale, the fees and charges therein specified shall be payable, as if the same had been approved in manner aforesaid.

13. The owners or charterers of every ship shall pay Fees of such fees for the remuneration of the Emigration Officer as Emigration may, from time to time, be ordered under instructions from Officer. one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and, until and subject to such instructions, the following fees shall be payable in addition to all fees and charges payable under the last preceding Regulation:

1. upon every application for a certificate .$25:

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