40.1 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH SEPTEMBER, 1870.
NOTIFICATION.
Considerable difficulty and many disputes having arisen during the last Emigration season conse- quent on the Authorities at San Francisco having determined to enforce the operation of the United States' Law on Emigrant Vessels arriving at that Port: The undersigned deems it right to advise Charterers and Masters of Ships conveying Chinese Emigrants to Ports in the United States, that. although they have an undoubted right to clear hence under British Law, it will be better for them, until the Laws of the two Countries on Chinese Emigration be assimilated, that they should not enter into engagements to convey more Passengers in their Ships than will meet the requirements of the Laws of the Country to which they are proceeding.
The following Extract from the United States' Passenger Act of 1855, is published for the information of those concerned :—
"Sec. 1.-Tonnage Check, Computation of Children.
"No greater number of Passengers is to be carried than 1 to 2 tons. In the computation of Passengers, Infants under 1 year old are to be excluded, and two Children between 1 and 8 years are to count as one Passenger.
"Space Check.
"Where the height between decks is not less than 72 feet, 14 superficial feet are to be allowed to each Passenger; where less than 74 feet, but not less than 6 feet, 16 superficial feet are to be allowed to each Passenger,....
...........and 18 superficial feet on the lower deck, not being an orlop deck. "Space to Passengers on different Decks.
"No Passengers are to be carried on a deck less than 6 feet high. Any Master carrying more Passengers than here allowed will be guilty of a Misdemeanor, and be liable to a fine of Fifty Dollars and Six Months' Imprisonment for each Passenger in excess."
Emigration Office, Hongkong, 6th September, 1870.
No. 9.
[LS.] HENRY WASE WHITFEILD.
PROCLAMATION.
H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., Emigration Officer, &c.,
By His Excellency HENRY WASE WHITFEILD, Major-General Commanding Her Majesty's Troops in China and Japan, and Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies.
Whereas the Commiands of Her Most Gracions Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through The Right Honorable Earl GRANVILLE, K.G., Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinance; namely:---
No. 4 of 1870, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to make further Regulations respecting Chinese Passenger Ships :-
Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinance has been so approved and confirmed, as aforesaid.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 24th Day of August, 1870.
No. 112.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary. ·
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice to Mariners, received from the Commissioner of Customs of New Zealand, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st August, 1870.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT, (MARINE Branch,) WELLINGTON, 1st June, 1870.
The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.
JULIUS VOGEL, Commissioner of Customs.
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