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Ship. Short voyage,

Special Licence.

Voyage from Colony to other port whence emigration voyage commences.

Chinese Passengers Act 1855 operative

except where expressly modified by this

Ordinance.

Legislation specially authorized

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Ship" includes all sea-going vessels: "Short voyage" means any voyage, within the meaning of the Act, of more than 7 days duration but not exceeding 30 days dura- tion and any other voyage which may be declared by Proclamation by the Governor to be a short voyage :

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Special Licence means a Licence granted under

section 14 of this Ordinance.

(2.) Any emigrant ship clearing out or proceeding to sea on any voyage to any port for the purpose of com- mencing at or from such port any short or long voyage shall be deemed to have cleared out or proceeded to sea upon the said last mentioned voyage from the Colony or from a port in China or within 100 miles of the coast there- of, as the case may be.

3. Save in so far as the provisions of the Act are ex- pressly modified by the provisions of this Ordinance nothing contained in the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed to effect the operation of the provisions of the Act.

4.-(1.) The provisions of this, Ordinance respecting ships carrying emigrants and respecting the treatment of such emigrants therein while at sea shall be deemed to be regulations made under section 2 of the Act in substitution Substitution for the Regulations contained in Sebedule A to the said of provisions Act.

by the Act.

of Ordinance

for Schedule

A of Act:

ie, the regulations as to ships

and emigrants.

Substitution

in certain

cases,

of special form of Emigration Officer's Certificate

for Schedule

B of Act.

Substitution

of a formi of Bond

for Schedule C of Act.

Exemption

of Asiaties travelling

1st or 2nd class on Mail or other approved ship.

Master of emigrant

ship to report ship's arrival in waters of Colony.

Notice of intended voyage to be given to Emigration Officer.

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

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

5. Nothing contained in the provisions of this Ordi- nanee shall be deemed in the case of any ship which is being regularly employed in the conveyance of public mails under contract with the Government of the State or Colony for which such mails are carried or of any other ship which is approved by the Governor as a 1st class ship to apply to passengers who being natives of Asia are tra- velling or are about to travel on the same terms as non- Asiatic passengers in the 1st class of any such ship or in the 1st or 2nd class of any such ship if such ship carries more than 2 classes of passengers.

PART II.

Provisions relating to Ships carrying Emigrants,

6. The master of every ship arriving within the waters of the Colony with more than 20 emigrants on board or intended for carrying from the Colony more than 20 emigrants shall, within 24 hours from the arrival of his ship, report such arrival to the Emigration Officer.

7. The owners or charterers of any emigrant ship about to proceed on any voyage, or, if they are absent, their respective agents, shall, as soon as such ship is laid on for the conveyance of emigrants, give notice in writing of the fact to the Emigration Officer specifying in such notice the name, destination, and probable time of departure of such ship.