THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH NOVEMBER, 1888.
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12. In case default shall be made by the owners or charterers of the ship in the payment of any fees and charges to which they may be liable under section 46 of this Ordinance and this Schedule, the ship may be detained by the British Consul, or if in Hongkong by the Governor, until such fees and charges shall have been paid.
13. The Emigration Officer may withhold his certificate or revoke the same at any time before the departure of the ship, if it shall appear to his satisfaction that any particulars contained in the application in writing which shall have been made for the same or any other particulars which may have been furnished to him by or on behalf of the owners, charterers, or master of the ship in relation thereto, are untrue, and that the conditions of section 46 of this Ordinance have not been complied with; and in every such case it shall be lawful for the British Consul, or if in Hongkong for the Governor, to seize and detain the ship until the certificate, if already granted, shall have been delivered up to be cancelled.
14. The master of every British ship shall, during the whole of the intended voyage, make issues of provisions, fuel and water, according to the aforesaid dietary scale, to all the passengers except such as shall have supplied themselves therewith, and shall not make any alteration except for the manifest advantage of the passengers, in respect of the space allotted to them as aforesaid, or in respect of the means of ventilation, and shall not ill-use the passengers, or require them (except in case of necessity) to help in working the vessel; and shall issue medicines and medical comforts, as shall be requisite, to the best of his judgment, and shall call at such ports as may be mentioned in the Emigration Officer's clearing certificate for fresh water and other necessaries; and shall carry the passengers without unnecessary delay to the destination to which they have contracted to proceed.
15. The master of every British ship shall, within 24 hours after his arrival at the port of destination and at any port of call, produce. his emigration papers to the British Consul (if any) at such port, or in case such port shall be in Her Majesty's dominions to any officer appointed or authorized by the local Government in that behalf. It shall be lawful for such Consul or other officer to enter and inspect such ship, and in case the master shall obstruct or refuse to assist him in the discharge of such duty, or shall without reasonable cause fail to produce his emigration papers as aforesaid, he shall be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars, and the ship may be detained by the British Consul, or if in Her Majesty's dominions, by the local Government, until such fine shall have been paid and the emigration papers shall have been given up.
16. In all ports and places where no Emigration Officer shall have be appointed Emi-been appointed, the British Consul shall, until such appointment, gration Officer by and at all times pending the vacancy of such office, be deemed to be the Foreign Office, the Emigration Officer for the purposes of these Regulations.
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Emigration Officer's Certificate, under section [40] referred
to in schedule (1)
1, [A. B., &c., Emigration Officer at the port of
do hereby certify as follows:---
(1.) That the Chinese passenger ship
Master, of the port of
A. B.,
is within the
provisions of section XVII of an Ordinance of the Legisla. ture of Hongkong, entitled The Chinese Emigration Conso- lidation Ordinance, 188, and that the said ship is authorized to proceed to sea from the port of
for the port of
(2.) That the said ship is authorized to carry
that there are on board pussengers add: of whom making in all
women.
'adults and Passengers [if ang are deck are deek passengers], adults, namely: male children.
men. female
children, such children, being between the ages of one and twelve years.
(3.) That the space set apart and to be kept clear for the use of
such passengers is as follows: On the upper deck superficial feet being [describe space] and in the between decks
superficial feet being [describe space], (4.) That the ship is sea-worthy, and properly manned, equipped, fitted, and ventilated: and has not on board any cargo likely, from its quality, quantity, or mode of stowage to prejudice the health or safety of the passengers. The incans of ventilating the passengers' accommodation between decks are as follows; [describe space.]
(5.) That suitable medicines and medical stores, provisions, fuel and water have been placed on board, of good quality properly packed and sufficient in quantity to supply the passengers on board during the intended voyage. (6.) That all the conditions and requirements of the said section
have been duly complied with.
(7.) That the aforesaid passengers [or in case of a port only. state the number,] are emigrants under contracts of service and that I have inspected the contracts between them and their intended employers (the terms of which are annexed to this certificate) and consider them reasonable; and that no fraud appears to have been practised in collecting such emigrants.
(8.) That the master of the ship is to put into
for water and fresh vegetables.
Power to detain ship for non-payment of fees.
In case of false particulare, ship may be detained and certificate cancelled.
Treatment of passengers at
seo.
Production of emigration papers at port of destination.
British Consul deemed Emigration Officer where no such Officer is appointed.
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Dated
the
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A. B.. Emigration Officer at the
Port of
day
N.B. Where none of the passengers are emigrants under contracts of service the following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph 7:
7. That the whole of the said passengers are free passengers.
under no contract of service whatever,
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