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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 19, 1917.

25. In every floor of a boarding house a notice shall be posted in a conspicuous place stating the number of persons which the floor may legally accommodate. This Rule shall not apply to boarding houses in Class I.

26. The licensee of a boarding house shall not allow any person to occupy or use any portion of his premises for any immoral purpose.

27. The licensee of a boarding house shall not permit persons of bad character to be on his premises and he shall maintain and enforce good order and decorum therein.

28. The licensee of a boarding house shall keep a register in such form as may be approved by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs showing the name, age, sex, occupation and native place of cach lodger and, except in Classes V and VI, the date of his arrival and departure and his destination. In the case of a Class IV boarding house the register must state whether the lodger is or is not an assisted emigrant, as defined by the Asiatic Emigra- tion Ordinance, 1915. The licensee of a boarding house shall also keep a register in such form as may be approved by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs showing the name, sex, age and occupation of every person employed either temporarily or permanently in or about such boarding house.

29.-(1.) The licensee of every boarding house in Class IV shall furnish to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs two copies of a photograph of every emigrant referred to in section 46 of the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915.

(2.) Such photographs shall be taken by some photographer approved for this purpose by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, and no photograph taken by any photographer who has not been so approved shall be deemed to be à compliance with this regulation.

30. The licensee of any boarding house in which emigrants are housed 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, or is not a free emigrant within the meaning of the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915.

31. Every boarding house shall be open at all reasonable hours to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, the Captain Superintendent of Police, the Harbour Master, the Head of the Sanitary Department, and to any person specially deputed by any of the said officers to inspect such boarding houses.

32. Any boarding house licence may be withdrawn or suspended by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs at any time if in the opinion of that officer the licensee has ceased to be a fit and proper person to keep such boarding house or if the licensee fails to observe the rules relating to boarding houses for the time being in force or any of the conditions of his licence.

33. The licensee of a boarding house shall reside on the licensed premises and shall not absent himself therefrom without the leave of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs. The licensee of a boarding house shall not sub-let or part with the possession of any portion of the premises covered by his licence nor use the same for any purpose other than that of a boarding house of the class for which it is licensed.

34. A copy of all rules in the English and Chinese languages relating to boarding houses for the time being in force shall at all times be kept posted in a conspicuous place on each floor of every licensed boarding house to the satisfaction of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.

35. Every licence shall be subject to any alterations or amendments of the rules which the Governor in Council may at any time make and to any conditions endorsed on such licence.

36. The rules made by the Governor in Council under Section 44 (1) of the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915, Ordinance No. 30 of 1915, on the 31st March, 1916, and published in the Gazette on the 31st March, 1916, as Government Notification No. 131, as amended by the rules made by the Governor in Council on the 3rd August, 1916, and published in the Gazette on the 4th August, 1916, as Government Notification No. 341, are hereby rescinded.