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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH FEBRUARY, 1882.

Form of Emigration Officer's Certificate.

I, A. B., Emigration Officer for the Colony of Hongkong, do hereby certify as follows:— 1. That the Chinese passenger ship

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A.B., master, is specially licensed under the provisions of an Ordinance of the Legislature of Hongkong, entitled The Chinese Passengers' Ordinance, 1878, (Special Licences).”

2. That the said ship is licensed to carry

tract of service whatever.

adults, of whom none are to be under any con-

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

and 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, Defender of the Faith, in the sum of one thousands pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to be paid unto our said Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and Sucessors; 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 and administrators, and every of them, firmly by these presents.

Sealed with our Seal.

Dated this

day of

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Whereas by "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855,” it is enacted that before any Chinese passen- ger ship shall clear out or proceed to sea on a voyage of more than seven days' computed duration, the master thereof shall, with two sufficient sureties to be approved by an Emi- gration 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 steam-ship whereof

is master) all and every the requirements of the said Chinese Passengers Aet, and of an Ordinance of the Legislature of Hongkong, entitled "The Chinese Passengers' Ordinance, 1878, (Special Licences)," and 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 steam-ship were a British ship, and the said

a British subject]* then this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and effect.

Signed, sealed and delivered by the above bounden

No. 3.

[L.S.] W. H. MARSH,

and

PROCLAMATION.

Administrator and Commander-in-Chief.

in the presence of

By His Excellency WILLIAM HENRY MARSH, Administrator and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.

Whereas a despatch has been received from the Right Honourable Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, conveying to me Her Majesty's Gracious Confirmation and Allowance of the following Ordinance; namely:-

No. 1 of 1878, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to relieve a certain class of Passenger Steamers from the Regulations of Schedule A of "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855," and from the Regulations of Schedule E of "The Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1874," and to substitute other Regulations in regard thereto.

Now, therefore, it is hereby Proclaimed, that the said Ordinance has been so confirmed and allowed as aforesaid.

By His Excellency's Command,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Given at Government House, Hongkong, this 10th Day of June, 1879.

No. 6 OF 1879.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of Title. the Legislative Council thereof, to further amend the Law relating to Chinese Passenger Ships, and the Conveyance of Chinese Emigrants.

[9th December, 1879.]

WHEREAS it expedieBe it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the

THEREAS it is expedient to further amend "The Chinese Emigration Consolidation Preamble.

advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:--

I. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Chinese Emigration Amendment Ordi- Short Title. nance,

1879.'

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