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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 31, 1916.
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13. The keeper of a Boarding House for Emigrants shall cause the internal walls and ceilings of every part of his premises to be thoroughly cleansed and limewashed during the months of May and November of each year.
14. In every floor of a Boarding House for Emigrants a notice shall be painted in a conspicuous place stating the number of persons which the floor may legally accommodate. 15. The keeper of a Boarding House for Emigrants shall not allow any person to occupy or use his house for immoral purposes.
16. The keeper of a Boarding House for Emigrants shall not permit persons of bad character to lodge in his house and he shall maintain and enforce good order and decorum therein.
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17. The keeper of a Boarding House for Emigrants shall keep a register showing the name, sex, age, occupation and native place of each lodger, the date of his arrival and departure, his destination and in the case of a Boarding House for Assisted Emi- grants whether such person is or is not an Assisted Emigrant". The keeper of a Boarding House for Emigrants shall also keep a register showing the name, sex, age and occupation of each person employed either permanently or temporarily in or about such Boarding House.
18. The keeper of a Boarding House for Emigrants shall report at once to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs any instance in which he suspects that a person is being induced to emigrate by fraud, intimidation or force.
19. Every Boarding House for Emigrants shall be open at all reasonable hours to the emigration officer and the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, or any officer specially deputed by either of them to inspect such Boarding. Houses, to officers of the Sanitary Department and to the Police.
20. The licence of the keeper of a Boarding House for Emigrants may be with- drawn by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs at any time, if in the opinion of that officer the holder has ceased to be a fit and proper person to keep such Boarding House or Hotel or fails to observe the rules applicable thereto.
21. The keeper of a Boarding House for Emigrants shall reside on the licensed pre- mises and shall not absent himself therefrom without the leave of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs. The keeper of a Boarding House for Emigrants shall not sublet or part with the possession of any part of the premises covered by his licence nor use the same for any purpose other than that of a Boarding House for Emigrants.
22. Every licence shall be subject to such alteration or amendment of the by-laws and conditions as the Governor-in-Council may at any time make.
A. G. M. FLETCHER,
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
31st March, 1916.
Schedule.
Form I.
Clerk of Councils.
Form of Register of Boarding Houses for Emigrants.
Register number.
Date.
Situation and Street number.
Maximum number of boarders which can be received on each floor.
Signature and chop of Keeper.
Signature of Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
Remarks.
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