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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH APRIL, 1876.
General
any period not exceeding six calendar months, and to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, either in addition to or in substitu- tion of such imprisonment.
5. The Governor in Council may, at his discretion, grant to licences to mail any vessel a general licence for any period, or for any number of steamers, &c.
voyages, or for voyages to and from any specified port or ports, upon the condition that the vessel provided with such licence shall carry only free passengers under no contract of service whatever, except as hereinafter mentioned.
Conditions of licence and amount of fee. [Ibid, sec. 6.]
6. The granting of any licence shall be in the discretion of the Governor in Council, and in cases within the third paragraph of this section, shall be in the discretion of the Emigration Officer, and in every case shall be subject to the payment of a fee of five dollars, and to such conditions as may, from time to time, be prescribed under instructions from Her Majesty's Principal Secre- tary of State for the Colonies, and the Governor in Council may Council may impose such conditions on the granting of any licence as he shall think expedient in each particular case, provided the same shall not be contrary to or inconsistent with such instructions.
Governor in
impose conditions.
Licence to specify time of departure;
7. Every licence, other than a general licence, granted under this section in respect of any Chinese passenger ship shall specify the period within which such ship shall clear out and proceed to Provided always that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, or Emigration Officer who granted the licence, from { Ibid, ser. 7.] time to time, to extend such period.
proviso for extension thereof.
The Governor may authorise labourers and servants to be engaged for persons in British possessions.
1874 not to
sea:
8. The Governor in Council may, at his discretion, authorise any person to engage any specified number of Chinese artisans, mechanics, labourers, or servants for any person resident in any British possession, and to make contracts in writing on behalf of such resident with the persons so engaged. Every such contract shall be made in triplicate, and one part shall be lodged in the office of the Emigration Officer; and such part shall be admissible in evidence without a stamp.
Any vessel provided with a general licence may carry any per- sons so engaged without thereby affecting her licence. Ordinance 5 of 9. Nothing in "The Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordi- nance, 1874," shall prevent passengers, natives of Asia, from travelling in the first class cabin of any vessel which is provided with a general licence, on the same terms as passengers of other nationalities; or in the first or second class cabin, if the vessel carries more than two classes of passengers.
prevent
Chinese pas- sengers from travelling in first or second
cabin as other nationalities.
Power to
or other officer.
Such passengers are hereby exempted from the necessity of ob- taining contract passage tickets, or of submitting themselves to be mustered or inspected by any Emigration Officer, or medical officer, or other person.
Such passengers shall, however, be reckoned in calculating the number of passengers, natives of Asia, who are carried by the said vessel.
10. In case it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Governor remove master in Council, at any time before the departure of a Chinese pas- [Ibid, sec. 8.] senger ship, that the master, mate, or any other officer of such ship is unfit for the proper discharge of his duties by reason of incompetency or misconduct, or for any other sufficient cause, it shall be lawful for the Governor, by order under his hand, to discharge and remove such master, mate, or other officer from the said ship, and thereupon the owners or charterers thereof, or their agents, shall forthwith appoint a master, or mate, or other officer, as the case may be, to be approved by the Emigration Officer, in the place of the one so discharged and removed as aforesaid.
11. In any
of the following cases, namely:- (a.) If it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Governor in Council, or Emigration Officer, at any time before the departure of a Chinese passenger ship, that the parti- culars furnished to him in relation thereto under the second paragraph of this section are untrue, or that any condition of the said licence has been violated;
Power to revoke and cancel licence. [Ibid, sec. 9.]
Breach of condition of licence.
(b.) If any Chinese passenger ship shall fail to clear out and proceed to sea, within the period specified in the licence granted under this section, or within such extended period as aforesaid;
(c.) If the owners or charterers of a Chinese passenger ship shall fail forthwith to appoint a master, mate, or other officer to be approved as aforesaid, in the place of any mas- ter, mate, or other officer discharged under the tenth paragraph of this section;
It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council or Emigration Officer to revoke the licence granted by him under this section in respect of such Chinese passenger ship, and to order that the said ship be seized and detained until her emigration papers (if already granted) be delivered up to be cancelled.
12. The breach of any condition of a licence granted under this section shall be deemed a breach of a regulation respecting Chinese passenger ships within the meaning of section II of "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855."
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