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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH NOVEMBER, 1888.

B.

21

C.

22

(3.) In case deck passengers shall be carried in addition to other passengers for whom accommodation between decks shall be provided, the space to be appropriated for deck passen. gers shall be reckoned exclusively of the space of four superficial feet per adult required to be left clear on the upper deck for the use of such other passengers. 4. The following conditions as to provisions shall be observed:-

(1.) Provisions, fuel and water shall be placed on board of good quality, properly packed and sufficient for the use and con- sumption of the passengers, over and above the victualling of the crew during the intended voyage according to the following scale:-

For every passenger per diem not less than,-

Rice or bread stuffs,

Dried and/or salt fish,

Chinese condiments and curry stuff,.

Fresh vegetables, which will keep for short voyages such as, sweet potatocs, turnips, carrots, and pumpkins,.

Firewood,

1 lbs. 0, 1

OZ.

1 tbs.

2

Water, (to be carried in tanks or sweet casks),..

........... 1 gallon. or according to a scale at least equivalent to the foregoing.

5. The Emigration Officer may, at any time, enter and inspect the ship and the accommodation, provisions, and stores provided for the Chinese passengers, and may require the master or any other person to produce the licence, and the ship's papers for his inspection, and, if he thinks necessary after inspecting the ship's papers, he may muster and inspect the Chinese passengers.

If in any such case the Emigration Officer discovers that the num ber of passengers on board or intended to be carried upon that voyage exceeds the number authorized by the licence, or that any condition of the licence, or any regulation contained in this schedule has been broken, he may detain the ship until the passengers in ex- cess of the legal number are landed, or until the condition of the licence or the regulation in question be fully complied with, and he shall forthwith report the circumstances to the Governor.

6. The master of every British ship shall, on demand, produce his emigration papers to the British Consul at any port to which the licence extends, or in case such port shall be in Her Majesty's domi- nions to any officer appointed or authorized by the local Government in that behalf.

[(E.)]

Form of Emigration Passage Broker's Annual Bond, with two Sureties to be approved by the Emigration Officer,

under section [27.]

KNOW ALL MEN by these presents, that we A*

B of, &c., C

D

of, &c., and B

F

of, &c.. are held and firmly bound unto Her Most Gracions Majesty Queen Victoria, in the sum of five thousand current dollars, to be paid to her said Majesty, her heirs and successors; to which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves, and every of us jointly and severally, our heirs, exeentors, and administra- tors, and the heirs, executors, and administrators of each of us, and each and every of them, firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals.

in the year one

Dated this

day of thousand cight hundred and WHEREAS by the Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance 188, it is amongst other things enacted; that no person whatever shall carry on the business of a passage broker in Hongkong, in respect of any emigrant ship, or shall be in anywise concerned in the sale or letting of passages in any such ship, unless such person, with two good and sufficient sureties to be approved of by the Emigration Officer, shall have previously entered into a joint and several bond to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, in the sum of five thousand current dollars: And whereas the said CD. and E. have been approved of by the Emigration Officer as sureties for the said A.B.

Now the condition of this obligation is, that if the above bounden A.B. shall well and truly observe and comply with all the require- ments of the said recited Ordinance, so far as the same relate to passage brokers; and further, shall well and truly pay all fines, forfeitures, and penalties, and also all sums of money, by way of subsistence money, or of return passage money, and compensation to any passenger, or on his account, and also all costs which the above-bounden 4.B. may at any time be adjudged to pay, under.or by virtue of any of the provisions of the above recited Ordinance, or of the Act of the Imperial Parliament 18th and 19th Victoria, cap. 104, intituled "An Act for the Regulation of Chinese Passenger Ships," then, and in such case, this obligation to be void,-otherwise to remain in full force.

Signed, sealed, and delivered, by the above-bounden A.B., C.D., and E.F., in the presence of. †

* Insert personal and family names in full, with the occupation and address of each of the parties.

Insert the names and addresses in full of the witnesses.

[(F.)]

Form of Emigration Pussage Broker's Licence, under section [28.] A.B. of *

having shown to the satisfaction of me, the undersigned, that he hath given bond to Her Majesty, as by the "Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 188,"required: 1, the undersigned, do hereby license and authorize the said A.B. to carry on the business of a Passage Broker in Hougkong, in respect of passengers.on board emigrant ships proceeding from Hongkong, until the end of the present year, and fourteen days afterwards, unles this licence shall be sooner determined by forfeiture for misconduct on the part of the said A.B, as in the aforesaid Ordinance is provided.

Given under my hand and seal this one thousand eight hundred and

Signature,

day of

(L.S.) Emigration Officer.

* The personal and family names in fuil of the person applying for the licence, with his address and trade or occupation, must be correctly inserted.

Reserved space.

Provisions.

Scale.

Powers of Emigration

Officer.

Production of emigration papers at port of destination.