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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH JANUARY, 1889.

Definition of a voyage within “The Chinese Passengers Act."

3. Any Chinese passenger ship clearing out or proceeding to sea from any port in this Colony, or in China, or within a hundred miles of the coast thereof, on any voyage or voyages to any other port or ports for the purpose of commencing at or from any such port or ports as last. aforesaid a voyage of more than seven days' duration shall be deemed to have cleared out or proceeded to sea upon the said last mentioned voyage from the said first mentioned port within the meaning of "The Chinese Passengers Act, 1855."

4. Voyage of not more than 30 days' duration shall mean and include any voyage which in pursuance of the 3rd section of "The Chinese Passengers Act, 1855," is for the time being declared to be a voyage of not more than thirty days' duration.

PART I.

REGULATIONS UNDER "THE CHINESE PASSENGERS ACT.",

5. The owners or charterers of every Chinese passenger ship, or if absent from the Colony their respective agents, shall as soon as such ship is laid on for the conveyance of Chinese 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, and in all cases where such intending emigrants are under contracts of service, of the depôt or depôts in which such intending emigrants are lodging or intended to be lodged before embarkation.

6. No Chinese passenger ship shall clear out or proceed to sea, and the Emigration Officer shall not grant the eer- tificate prescribed by section IV of "The Chinese Passengers Act 1855," unless the master of such ship shall be provided with a licence under the hand of the Governor and the public seal of the Colony, or under the hand and seal of an Emigration Officer, to be obtained in manner hereinafter mentioned.

7. Whenever any Chinese passenger ship is about to proceed to sea upon any voyage of more than seven days' duration, the owners or charterers of such ship, or, if absent from the Colony, their respective agents, shall, before such ship is laid on for the conveyance of Chinese emigrants, and before any depôt is opened for their reception, apply in writing to the Colonial Secretary for a licence under the hand of the Governor and the public seal of the Colony for the conveyance of such emigrants and shall furnish all particulars as to the destination of the said ship and as to all other matters, relating to the intended voyage and emi- gration which may be required of them.

8. Whenever any Chinese passenger ship, which is not provided with a licence covering her intended voyage, is about to proceed with free Chinese emigrants under, no contract of service whatever from any port in China, or.. within one hundred miles of the Coast thereof, upon a voyage of not more than thirty days' duration, the owners or charterers of such ship, or, if absent, their respective agents, shall, before such ship is laid on for the conveyance of Chinese emigrants, and before any depôt is opened for their reception, apply in writing to the Emigration Officer at such port for a licence under his hand and seal for the conveyance of such emigrants upon the intended voyage only, and shall furnish all particulars as to the destinatiou of the said ship, and as to all other matters relating to the intended voyage and emigration which may be required of them according to the form in Schedule A hereto.

9. All such particulars shall, if so ordered, be verified upon oath or declaration before the Emigration Officer or any Justice of the Peace who are hereby authorised to administer such oath or declaration, and every person who shall knowingly furnish untrue particulars, shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any period not exceeding six calendar months, and to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, either in addition to or in substitution of such imprisonment..

10, The Governor in Council may, in his discretion, grant to any vessel a general licence for any period, or for any number of voyages, or for voyages to and from any specified port or ports, upon the condition that the vessel provided with such licence shall carry only free passengers under no contract of service whatever, except as hereinafter meu- tioned.

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Definition of voyage.

No. 5 of 1874

2. 3.)

Definition of voyage of 30 days. [No. 1 of 1878 s. 2.]

Notice of ship being laid on as a Chinese passenger ship to bo given to Emigration Officer. [No. 5 of 1874 $.43

No Chinese passenger ship to proceed to sea without a licence from the Governor. [Ord. 5 of 1876 s. 2.]

Time and

mode of appli-

cation for

licence in the Colony.

[Ibid, sec, 2

Subs. 2.)

Time and

mode of appli cation for licence at ports out of the Colony. [Ibid. sec. 2 subs. 3.]

Punishment for furuishing untrue particulars. Ibid. sec, 2 subs. 4.]

General licences. [Ibid. sec. 2 subs. 5.]

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