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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH APRIL, 1874.
The Term "Fitings" shall include any Article capable [Ord.3 of 1873, of being used as Part of the Tackle, Apparel, Furniture, or Sec. 2.] Equipment of a Ship;
The Expression Prohibited Fittings" shall mean any Fittings prohibited by this Ordinance, or by a Proclamation of the Governor;
any
The Expression "Emigration Officer" shall include Person deputed or authorized by the Emigration Officer to execute any Power or perform any Duty vested in or imposed upom him by this Ordinance;
Ibid.
Ibid.
The Word "Colony" shall include all Her Majesty's [18 & 19 Vic., Possessions abroad not being under the Government of the c. 104.1 Viceroy of India;
The Word "Governor" shall signify the Person for the Time being lawfully administering the Government of such Colony;
any
Person
The Term "British Consul" shall include lawfully exercising Consular Authority on behalf of Her Majesty in any Foreign Port;
The Word Ship" shall include all Sea-going Vessels; The Term "Commander or Master of any Ship" shall include any Person for the Time being in Command or Charge of the same.
Definition of Short Voyage.
Ibid.
Ibid.
Thid. Ibid.
III. Any Chinese Passenger Ship clearing out or proceeding Definition of to Sea from any Port in this Colony, or in China, or within a Short Voyage. Hundred Miles of the Coast thereof, on any Voyage or Voyages 1856, Sec. 3.]
[Ord. 9 of to any other Port or Ports for the Purpose of commencing at or from any such Port or Ports as last aforesaid a Voyage of more than Seven Days' Duration shall be deemed to have cleared out or proceeded to Sea upon the said last mentioned Voyage from the said last mentioned Port within the Meaning of "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855.”
Notice of Emigrant Ship being laid on the Berth.
a Chinese Pas-
IV. The Owners or Charterers of every Chinese Passenger Ship Notice of Ship or if absent from the Colony their respective Agents shall as soon being laid on as as such Ship is laid on for the Conveyance of Chinese Emigrants senger Ship to give Notice in Writing of the Fact to the Emigration Officer be given to specifying in such Notice the Name, Destination and probable Emigration Time of Departure of such Ship and the Depôt or Depôts in Officer. which the intending Emigrants by such Ship are lodging or [Ord. 12 of intended to be lodged before Embarkation.
1868, Sec. 5.]
No Chinese
Licensing of "Chinese Passenger Ships." V. No Chinese Passenger Ship shall clear out or proceed to Passenger Ship Sea, and the Emigration Officer shall not grant the Certificate to proceed to prescribed by Section IV of "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855," Sea without a unless the Master of such Ship, shall be provided with a License License from under the Hand of the Governor and the Public Seal of the [Ord. 4 of Colony to be obtained in Manner hereinafter mentioned.
the Governor.
1870, Sec. 3.] 2. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, from Time Power to to Time, to exempt from the Operation of this Section, any exempt certain Mail Steamers or other Vessels which are subject to the Provisions Vessels from of "The Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855," provided that the Chinese of this Section.
the Operation Passengers proceeding in such Vessels be Free Emigrants and [Ord. 4 of under no Contract of Service whatever.
1870, Sec. 11.7
3. The Owners or Charterers of every Chinese Passenger Ship, Time and Mode or if absent from the Colony their respective Agents, shall, before of Application such Ship is laid on for the Conveyance of Chinese Emigrants [Ord. 4 of
for License. and before any Depôt is opened for their Reception, apply in 1870, Sec. 4.] Writing to the Colonial Secretary for a License under the Hand of the Governor and the Public Seal of the Colony for the Con- veyance of such Emigrants and shall furnish all Particulars as to the Destination of the said Ship and as to all other Matters relating to the intended Voyage and Emigration which may be required of them, and shall also furnish the like Particulars where any Exemption is applied for under Paragraph 2 of this Section.
4. All such Particulars shall, if so ordered, be verified upon Punishment Oath before the Emigration Officer or any Justice of the Peace,
for furnishing untrue and every Person who shall knowingly furnish untrue Particulars Particulars. shall be liable to Imprisonment with or without Hard Labor, for [Ibid, Sec. 5.] any Period not exceeding Six Calendar Months, and to a Fine not exceeding One hundred Dollars, either in Addition to or in Substitution of such Imprisonment.
5. The Granting of every such License shall be in the Discre- Conditions of tion of the Governor in Council and shall be subject to the License and Payment of a Fee of One hundred Dollars and to such Conditions amount of Fee. [Ibid, Scc.6.] as may from Time to Time be prescribed under Instructions from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the Governor in Council may impose such Conditions to Governor in the granting of such License as he shall think expedient in each Council may particular Case, provided the same shall not be contrary to or impose
inconsistent with such Instructions.
Conditions.
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