662911-1888-Chinese-Emigration-Consolidation-Bill — Page 14

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH NOVEMBER, 1888.

I the undersigned hereby apply for a Licence under Section 8 of The Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 188 for ...... and I do solemnly swear [or Declare] that the above particulars are

true.

The Surveyor's Certificate is herewith attached.

Agent or Charterer of.....

Sworn [or declared] by the above named

this.......day of..

.188

.Ship...

1043

Before me

Justice of the Peace.

I.

A to Ships holding

Special licences.

K.

L.

51

A on the upper

† Insert here the words " ......months voyage" (as the case may be.)

[(B.)]

or the above mentioned

Form of Emigration Officer's Certificate. A

I, A.B., Emigration Officer for the Colony of Hongkong, do hereby certify as follows:-

1. That the Chinese passenger ship

specially licensed under the provisions of The Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 188

2. That the said ship is licensed to carry

A.B., master, is

adults, of whom

none are to be under any contract of service whatever.

I

[(C.)]

and

Form of Bond to be given by the Master of Chinese Passenger ·

·Ships holding Special Licences. Know all men by these presents that we, A.B., of

C.D., of

are held and firmly bound unto our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, De- fender of the Faith, in the sum of one thousand pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to be paid unto our said Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and Succes- sors; to which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves and every of us jointly and severally for and in the whole, our heirs and executors administrators, and every of them, firmly by these presents.

Sealed with our seal.

Dated this

day of

18

Whereas by "The Chinese Passengers Act 1855." it is enacted that before any Chinese passenger ship shall clear out or proceed to sea on a voyage of more than seven days' com- puted duration, the master thereof shall, with two sufficient sureties to be approved by an Emigration Officer, enter into a bond to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors in the sum of £1,000.

"

Now the condition of this obligation is this, that if (in respect of the steamship

whereof

is master) all and every the requirements of the said Chinese Passengers Act, and of The Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 188 und of the regulations contained in the schedule to the said Ordinance annexed shall be well and truly performed [in like manner as the same ought to be observed and performed in case the said steamship were a British ship, and the said

a British subject]*

then this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and effect.

Sigued, sealed and delivered by the above hounden in the presence of

and

The words within brackets to be inserted only in the case of a foreign Chinese passenger ship.

[(D.)]

Regulations for Passenger Steamers licensed under Section [21]. 1. No steamer licensed under this Ordinance shall clear out or proceed to sen until the master thereof shall have received from the Emigration Officer a copy of these regulations, and a certificate in the form annexed hereto, which copy and certificate, with any docu- ments to be attached thereto, shall be signed by the Emigration Officer, nor until the master shall, with two sufficient sureties to be approved by the Emigration Officer, havo entered into a joint and several bond in the sum of £1,000 to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, in the form hereinafter contained.

2. The following conditions as to the accommodation of passengers shall be observed:-

(1.) The space appropriated to the passengers A between decks shall be properly ventilated and shall contain at the least nine superficial and fifty-four cubical feet of space for every adult on board, that is to say, for every passenger above twelve years of age, and for every two passengers between the ages of one and twelve years; the height between decks shall be at least six feet.

(2.) The accommodation for female passengers between decks

shall be separate from that provided for male passengers. (3.) A space of four superficial feet per adult shall be left clear

on the upper deck for the use of the passengers. (4.) A reasonable space shall be set apart as a sick bay, and sufficient latrines, both as to condition and number, shall be provided in suitable parts of the ship.

3. Deck passengers may be carried at seasons allowed by law, upon such conditions as may, from time to time, be prescribed under instructions from one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State and until and subject to such instructions upon the conditions fol- lowing:-

(1.) A suitable awning with screens shall be provided on deck, sufficient for the protection of the passengers from the sun and from rain.

(2.) The space appropriated to such deck passengers shall con- tain at the least sixteen superficial fect for every adult. that is to say, for every passenger above twelve years of age, and for every two passengers between the ages of one and twelve years,

[See Imperial Act, par. 4.]

Accommoda-

tion of

passengers. Ventilation space and height bet wecu decks.

Male and female passengers, Space on upper deck.

Sick bay, &c.

Deck

Passengers.

Awning,

Space.