100
Superintendents, &c., not to accept gifts, or to trade.
A tonnage duty to be levied towards expense of establishments in China.
CHINA TRADE ACT.
Superintendents and officers, as His Majesty shall from time to time deem expedient.
[s. 6, rep. 37 and 38 Vict. c. 35.]
7. No Superintendent or Commissioner appointed under the authority of this Act shall accept for or in discharge of his duties any gift, donation, gratuity, or reward, other than the salary which may be granted to him as aforesaid, or be engaged in any trade or traffic for his own benefit, or for the benefit of any other person or persons.
8. It shall be lawful for His Majesty, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, by any Order or Orders to be issued from time to time, to impose, and to empower such persons as His Majesty in Council shall think fit to collect and levy from or on account of any ship or vessel belonging to any of the subjects of His Majesty entering any port or place where the said Superintendents or any of them shall be stationed, such duty on tonnage and goods as shall from time to time be specified in such Order or Orders not exceeding in respect of tonnage the sum of 5 shillings for every ton, and not exceeding in respect of goods the sum of 10 shillings for every £100 of the value of the same, the fund arising from the collection of which duties shall be appropriated in such manner as His Majesty in Council shall direct, towards defraying the expenses of the establishments by this Act authorised within the said dominions: Provided always, that every Order in Council issued by authority of this Act shall be published in the London Gazette; and that every such Order in Council, and the amount of expense incurred, and of duties raised under this Act, shall be annually laid before both Houses of Parliament.
Definition of certain terms herein mentioned.
[s. 9, rep. 56 and 57 Vict. c. 61.]
4.—CHINESE PASSENGERS ACT, 1855.
18 & 19 Vict., c. 104.
An Act for the regulation of Chinese passenger ships.
[Passed 14th August, 1855. In force 25th January, 1856.] [preamble, rep. 55 & 56 Vict., c. 19.]
1. In the construction of this Act, the term "Chinese passenger ship" shall include every ship carrying from any port in Hongkong, and every British ship carrying from any port in China or within 100 miles of the coast thereof, more than 20 passengers, being natives of Asia; the word "Colony" shall include all Her Majesty's possessions abroad not being under the Government of the East India Company; the word
* As amended by 51 and 52 Vict. c. 57.
100
Superinten- dents, &c.,
not to accept gifts, or to trade.
*
A tonnage
duty to be
ted towards
expense of ostablish- ments in China.
*
CHINA TRADE ACT.
Superintendents and officers, as His Majesty shall from time to time deem expedient.
[s. 6, rep. 37 and 38 Vict. c. 35.]
7. No Superintendent or Commissioner appointed under the authority of this Act shall accept for or in discharge of his duties any gift, dona- tion, gratuity, or reward, other than the salary which may be granted to him as aforesaid, or be engaged in any trade or traffic for his own benefit, or for the benefit of any other person or persons.
8. It shall be lawful for His Majesty, by and with the advice of his imposed, to Privy Council, by any Order or Orders to be issued from time to time, be appropria- to impose, and to empower such persons as His Majesty in Council shall defraying the think fit to collect and levy from or on account of any ship or vessel belonging to any of the subjects of His Majesty entering any port or place where the said Superintendents or any of them shall be stationed, such duty on tonnage and goods as shall from time to time be specified in such Order or Orders not exceeding in respect of tonnage the sum of 5 shillings for every ton, and not exceeding in respect of goods the sum of 10 shillings for every £100 of the value of the same, the fund arising from the collection of which duties shall be appropriated in such manner as His Majesty in Council shall direct, towards defraying the expenses of the establishments by this Act authorised within the said dominions: Provided always, that every Order in Council issued by authority of this Act shall be published in the London Gazette; and that every such Order in Council, and the amount of expense incurred, and of duties raised under this Act, shall be annually laid before both Houses of Parliament.
Definition
of certain
terms herein mentioned.
[s. 9, rep. 56 and 57 Vict. c. 61.]
4.-CHINESE PASSENGERS ACT, 1855.
18 & 19 Vict., c. 104.
An Act for the regulation of Chinese passenger ships.
[Passed 14th August, 1855. In force 25th January, 1856.] [preamble, rep. 55 & 56 Vict., c. 19.]
1. In the construction of this Act, the term "Chinese passenger ship" shall include every ship carrying from any port in Hongkong, and every British ship carrying from any port in China or within 100 miles of the coast thereof, more than 20 passengers, being natives of Asia; the word "Colony" shall include all Her Majesty's possessions abroad not being under the Government of the East India Company; the word
* As amended by 51 and 52 Vict. c. 57.
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