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THE LONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.

schedule.

Grant of spe-

III. The Governor in Council may, at his discretion, and on cial licence to payment of a fee of five dollars, grant a special licence for any mall steamers, period not exceeding twelve months, or for any number of voyages &c., subject to regulation in to be performed within twelve months, to any steamer which is regularly employed in the conveyance of public mails under an existing contract with the Government of the State or Colony for which such mails are carried, or to any other steamer which is approved by the Governor as a first class steamer. Such special licence shall authorize the steamer named therein to carry a limited number of free Chinese passengers upon voyages of not more than thirty days' duration between ports to be specified in the licence under and subject to the regulations contained in the schedule to this Ordinance.

Power to annex

special condi- tions to grant

of licence.

The number of passengers to be carried shall be inserted in the licence, and shall in no case exceed one passenger for every ten tons of the registered tonnage of such steamer.

IV. The Governor in Council may, if he think fit, annex any special conditions to the granting of any special licence applied for under this Ordinance, and may cause such special conditions to be specified in the licence.

Cancellation of V. A special licence granted under this Ordinance may, at any

time, be cancelled by the Governor in Council at his discretion.

licence.

Licensed

steamers

relieved from other regulations.

Breach of re- gulations or conditions.

Form of

T

igration

er's certi-

A

of

the master's

bond.

Suspending

clause.

VÍ. Every steamer to which a special licence is granted under this Ordinance shall, during the continuance of such licence, be relieved from the regulations contained in schedule 4 annexed to "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855," and from the regulations contained in schedule E annexed to "The Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1874," but nothing herein contained shall be deemed to relieve such steamer from the operation of any part of "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855," except the regulations in the said schedule A.

VII. The breach of any regulation contained in the schedule hereto, or of any condition of a special licence, shall be deemed to be a breach of regulation respecting Chinese passenger ships within the meaning of "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855."

Whosoever impedes the Emigration Officer in the execution or performance of any of the powers or duties vested in or imposed upon him by this Ordinance, or any regulation thereunder, shall be liable, on conviction in a summary way, to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars for each offence.

VIII. For the purposes of this Ordinance, the forms of Emigration Officer's certificate and of the master's bond contained in the schedule hereto shall substituted for the forms res ctively conduta in scuela'

So The Camuse

Act, 1855," annexed.

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IX. This Ordinance shall not come into operation until Her Majesty's confirmation thereof is proclaimed in the Colony by the Governor.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 29th day of April, 1878.

H. E. WODEHOUSE,

Clerk of Councils.

[See Imperial Act, par. 4.]

Accommodation

of passengers.

Ventilation space and height between decks.

Male and female passengers.

Space on upper deck. Sick bay,

&e.

SCHEDULE.

Regulations for Passenger Steamers licensed under this Ordinance. 1. No steamer licensed under this Ordinance shall clear out or proceed to sea 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 documents 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, bave 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 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.