ORDINANCE No. 12 OF 1868.
Chinese Emigration.
3. In the interpretation of this Ordinance the expression "Chinese Passenger Ship" shall mean every ship carrying from any port in the Colony of Hongkong and its dependencies more than twenty passengers being natives of Asia on any voyage of more than seven days' duration within the meaning of the "Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855" as defined by section 3 of Ordinance No. 9 of 1856.
4. The owners or charterers of every Chinese passenger ship shall as soon as such ship is laid on for the conveyance of Chinese emigrants provide a depôt or depôts to be approved of by the emigration officer wherein every intending emigrant by such ship may lodge as hereinafter provided, and every such depôt shall be maintained and every emigrant lodging therein shall be supported at the expense of such owners or charterers.
5. The owners or charterers of every Chinese passenger ship or if absent from the Colony their respective agents shall as soon as such ship is laid on for the conveyance of Chinese emigrants give notice in writing of the fact to the emigration officer specifying in such notice the name, destination and probable time of departure of such ship and the depôt or depôts in which the intending emigrants by such ship are lodging or intended to be lodged before embarkation.
6. Every intending emigrant in a Chinese passenger ship shall, unless exempted by the emigration officer, lodge at the least three clear days previously to his embarkation in the depôt provided by the owners or charterers of such ship with the approval of the emigration officer in pursuance of section 4.
7. Every such depôt as aforesaid shall be under the supervision of the emigration officer who may inspect the same at such times as he shall think fit, and there shall be at all times free ingress and egress allowed to all persons to and from such depôts, from 6 A.M. to 6 P.M.
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8. Every emigration passage broker who shall contract with any intending emigrant for a passage in such ship shall forthwith give notice in writing to the emigration officer of every such contract specifying the name, age and sex of such emigrant and the name of such ship.
9. The Governor is hereby authorized to appoint at a salary not exceeding two thousand dollars per annum a medical officer whose duty it shall be to inspect intending emigrants and to supervise all matters and things in any way relating to the comfort and well-being of such emigrants both before their departure and on their voyage, and such salary shall be in lieu of all fees.
10. The medical inspection of intending emigrants by a Chinese passenger ship required by Ordinance No. 6 of 1859 shall take place on shore before embarkation as well as on board the said ship after embarkation, and the emigration officer shall not grant the certificate required by the "Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855" unless he shall be satisfied that such double inspection has been duly made, or has been dispensed with by the sanction of the Governor.
Interpretation of term "Chinese Passenger Ship.”
Depôts to be provided for the lodgment of emigrants,
Notice of ship being laid on as a Chinese passenger ship to be given to emigration officer.
Emigrants to lodge in depot three clear days before embarkation
Supervision of depôts.
Notice of every contract with emigrants to be given to emigration officer.
Governor authorized to appoint a medical officer at a salary not exceeding $2,000 per annum.
Medical inspection required.
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ORDINANCE No. 12 OF 1868.
Chinese Emigration.
interpretation of this Ordinance the expression "Chinese Passenger Ship" shall mean every ship carrying from any port in the Colony of Hongkong and its dependencies more than twenty passengers being natives of Asia on any voyage of more than seven days' duration withiu the meaning of the "Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855" as defined by section 3 of Ordinance No. 9 of 1856.
4. The owners or charterers of every Chinese passenger ship shall as soon as such ship is laid on for the conveyance of Chinese emigrants provide a depôt or depôts to be approved of by the emigration officer wherein every intending emigrant by such ship may lodge as hereinafter provided, and every such depôt shall be maintained and every emigrant lodging therein shall be supported at the expense of such owners or charterers:
5. The owners or charterers of every Chinese passenger ship or if absent from the Colony their respective agents shall as soon as such ship is laid on for the conveyance of Chinese emigrants give notice in writing of the fact to the emigration officer specifying in such notice the name, destination and probable time of departure of such ship and the depôt or depôts in which the intending emigrants by such ship are lodging. or intended to be lodged before embarkation.
6. Every intending emigrant in a Chinese passenger ship shall, unless exempted by the emigration officer, lodge at the least three clear days previously to his embarka tion in the depôt provided by the owners or charterers of such ship with the approval of the emigration officer in pursuance of section 4.
7. Every such depôt as aforesaid shall be under the supervision of the emigration officer who may inspect the same at such times as he shall think fit, and there shall be at all times free ingress and egress allowed to all persons to and from such depôts, from 6 A.M. to 6 P.M.
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Interpretation of term "Chinese Passenger Ship.”
Depôts to be provided for the lodgment of emigrants,
Notice of ship being laid on as a Chinese pas- senger ship to be given to emigration officer.
Emigrants to lodge in depot three clear days before embarkation
Supervision dopita.
Notice of every contract with
8. Every emigration passage broker who shall contract with any intending emigrant for a passage in such ship shall forthwith give notice in writing to the emigrants to emigration officer of every such contract specifying the name, age and sex of such emigrant and the name of such ship.
9. The Governor is hereby authorized to appoint at a salary not exceeding two thousand dollars per annum a medical officer whose duty it shall be to inspect intending emigrants and to supervise all matters and things in any way relating to the comfort and well-being of such emigrants both before their departure and on their voyage, and such salary shall be in lieu of all fees.
be given to emigration officer.
Governor au thorized to ap point a medical officer at a salary not exceeding – $2,000 per andum.
tion,
10. The medical inspection of intending emigrants by a Chinese passenger ship Medical inspec required by Ordinance No. 6 of 1859 shall take place on shore before embarkation as well as on board the said ship after embarkation, and the emigration officer shall not grant the certificate required by the "Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855" unless he shall be satisfied that such double inspection has been duly made, or has been dispensed with by the sanction of the Governor.
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