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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH FEBRUARY, 1882.

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VI. The following conditions as to provisions shall be observed to the satisfaction of the Emigration Provisions. officer

1. Provisions, fuel and water shall be placed on board of good quality, properly packed and Scale. sufficient for the use and consumption 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;—

Rice or bread stuffs,

Dried and salt fish,

or

Chinese condiments and curry stuff,

Fresh vegetables, which will keep for short voyages, such as

sweet potatoes, turnips, carrots, and pumpkins,.

Firewood,

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

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not less than

lbs. 1

37

01/1

OZ. 1

Ibs. 14

2

gallon 1

varied.

2. The last preceding condition as to provisions shall be deemed to have been complied with, in Articles of food men-

any case where by the special authority of the Emigration Officer, any other articles of tioned in scale may be food shall have been substituted for the articles enumerated in the foregoing scale, as being equivalent thereto.

3. The passengers may supply their own provisions for the voyage and proper accommodation for Passengers' own

the stowage, and sufficient cabooses for the cooking of such provisions must be allowed,

VII. The Emigration Officer shall not give his certificate unless he shall be satisfied :---

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. That all the requirements of section VIII of the Ordinance have been complied with.

supplies.

Contents of certificate.

Examination of

VIII. The Emigration Officer may, in his discretion, (subject in Hongkong to an appeal to the Power to withhold Governor) withhold his certificate in all cases where the intended passengers or any of them are under certificate. contracts of service, and he shall in no case give his certificate until he shall have mustered the passengers, passengers and of and have ascertained to the best of his power that they understand whither they are going, and in case contracts, if any. they shall have made any contracts of service that they comprehend the nature thereof; he shall also take care that a copy of the form of any such contracts, or an abstract of their substance, signed by himself, is appended to the said certificate: if any of the passengers are in bad health, or insufficiently provided with clothing, or if any such contracts are unfair, or if there is reason to suspect that fraud or violence have been practised in their collection or embarkation, he may detain the ship, and, if he shall think fit, may order all or any of the passengers to be re-landed.

marine surveyors, and

IX. The Emigration Officer may, if he shall think fit, before granting his certificate, employ any duly Emigration Officer may qualified medical practitioner, master mariner, marine surveyor, or other person whose professional assist employ medical men. ance and advice he may require for the purpose of ascertaining whether the requirements of section VIII others. of this Ordinance have been duly complied with, and the costs and charges of obtaining such assistance and advice, shall be defrayed by the owners or charterers of the ship, whether the Emigration Officer shall grant his certificate or not.

X. The Emigration Officer shall, from time to time, fix a reasonable scale of fees and charges to be Fees of professiona approved by one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, for the remuneration of any professional persons employed. persons who may be employed by him under the last preceding regulation, and pending the approval or disapproval of such scale, the fees and charges therein specified shall be payable, as if the same had been approved in manner aforesaid.

Officer.

XI. The owners or charterers of every ship shall pay such fees for the remuneration of the Emigra- Fees of Emigration. tion Officer, as may, from time to time, be ordered under instructions from one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and until and subject to such instructions, the following fees shall be payable in addition to all fees chargeable under regulation X:—

Upon the application for a certificate,

Upon the granting of the certificate,........

.$25

.$25

Provided always that no fees shall be payable to the Emigration Officer of Hongkong, but in lieu thereof the following stamp duties are hereby imposed, that is to say:-

Upon every application for a certificate under article II of the regulations contained in schedule

B of the said Ordinance, a stamp duty of......................

$1

Upon every certificate granted under article 1 of the said regulations, a stamp duty of $1

And "The Stamp (Amendment) Ordinance, 1868," shall be read as if the stamp duties hereby imposed were inserted in the schedule thereof.

XII. In case default shall be made by the owners or charterers of the ship in the payment of any fees Power to detain ship tor and charges to which they may be liable under section VIII of this Ordinance, the ship may be detained non-payment of fees. by the British Consul, or if in Hongkong by the Governor, until such fees and charges shall have been

paid.