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408

No. 1 of 1889.

Definition of

voyage.

*

Definition of voyage of 30 days.

Notice of ship being laid on as Chinese

passenger ship to be given to Emigration Officer.

Chinese

passenger ship not to proceed to sea without licence.

+

Time and mode of application for licence.

CHINESE EMIGRATION.

Colony and has received assistance in the way of payment of passage money, subsistence, or otherwise, to enable him to carry out his intention.

3. Any Chinese passenger ship clearing out or proceeding to sea from any port in this Colony, and any British Chinese passenger ship clearing out and proceeding to sea from any port in this Colony, or in China, or within 100 miles of the coast thereof, on any voyage to any other port for the purpose of commencing at or from any such port as last aforesaid a voyage of more than 7 days duration shall be deemed to have cleared out or proceeded to sea upon the said last-mentioned voyage from the said first-mentioned port within the meaning of the Act.

4. A voyage of not more than 30 days duration means and includes any voyage which, in pursuance of section 3 of the Act, is for the time being declared to be a voyage of not more than 30 days duration.

PART I.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE CHINESE PASSENGERS ACT, 1855.

5. The owners or charterers of every Chinese passenger ship proceeding on a voyage of more than 7 days duration, 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, in all cases where such intending emigrants are under contracts of service, of the depôts in which such intending emigrants are lodging or intended to be lodged before embarkation.

6. No Chinese passenger ship shall clear out or proceed to sea on a voyage of more than 7 days duration, and the Emigration Officer shall not grant the certificate prescribed by section 4 of the Act, unless the master of such ship is provided with a licence under the hand of the Governor and the public seal, or under the hand and seal of an Emigration Officer, to be obtained in manner hereinafter mentioned.

7. Whenever any Chinese passenger ship is about to proceed to sea on a voyage of more than 7 days duration, the owners or

* As amended by No. 50 of 1911,

As amended by No. 21 of 1912.

As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 21 of 1912.

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408 No. 1 of 1889. Definition of voyage. * Definition of voyage of 30 days. Notice of ship being laid on as Chinese passenger ship to be given to Emigration Officer. Chinese passenger ship not to proceed to sea without licence. + Time and mode of application for licence. CHINESE EMIGRATION. Colony and has received assistance in the way of payment of passage money, subsistence, or otherwise, to enable him to carry out his intention. 3. Any Chinese passenger ship clearing out or proceeding to sea from any port in this Colony, and any British Chinese passenger ship clearing out and proceeding to sea from any port in this Colony, or in China, or within 100 miles of the coast thereof, on any voyage to any other port for the purpose of commencing at or from any such port as last aforesaid a voyage of more than 7 days duration shall be deemed to have cleared out or proceeded to sea upon the said last-mentioned voyage from the said first-mentioned port within the meaning of the Act. 4. A voyage of not more than 30 days duration means and includes any voyage which, in pursuance of section 3 of the Act, is for the time being declared to be a voyage of not more than 30 days duration. PART I. REGULATIONS UNDER THE CHINESE PASSENGERS ACT, 1855. 5. The owners or charterers of every Chinese passenger ship proceeding on a voyage of more than 7 days duration, 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, in all cases where such intending emigrants are under contracts of service, of the depôts in which such intending emigrants are lodging or intended to be lodged before embarkation. 6. No Chinese passenger ship shall clear out or proceed to sea on a voyage of more than 7 days duration, and the Emigration Officer shall not grant the certificate prescribed by section 4 of the Act, unless the master of such ship is provided with a licence under the hand of the Governor and the public seal, or under the hand and seal of an Emigration Officer, to be obtained in manner hereinafter mentioned. 7. Whenever any Chinese passenger ship is about to proceed to sea on a voyage of more than 7 days duration, the owners or * As amended by No. 50 of 1911, As amended by No. 21 of 1912. As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 21 of 1912. [... rest of the text ...] 9. befc are whỏ imp not 10 any from prov no c 11 the
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408 No. 1 of 1889. Definition of voyage. * Definition of voyage of 30 days. Notice of ship being laid on as Chinese passenger ship to be given to Emigration Officer. Chinese passenger ship not to proceed to sea without licence. + Time and mode of application for licence. CHINESE EMIGRATION. Colony and has received assistance in the way of payment of passage money, subsistence, or otherwise, to enable him to carry out his intention. 3. Any Chinese passenger ship clearing out or proceeding to sea from any port in this Colony, and any British Chinese passenger ship clearing out and proceeding to sea from any port in this Colony, or in China, or within 100 miles of the coast thereof, on any voyage to any other port for the purpose of commencing at or from any such port as last aforesaid a voyage of more than 7 days dura- tion shall be deemed to have cleared out or proceeded to sea upon the said last-mentioned voyage from the said first-mentioned port within the meaning of the Act. 4. A voyage of not more than 30 days duration means and in- cludes any voyage which, in pursuance of section 3 of the Act, is for the time being declared to be a voyage of not more than 30 days duration. PART I. REGULATIONS UNDER THE CHINESE PASSENGERS ACT, 1855. 5. The owners or charterers of every Chinese passenger ship proceeding on a voyage of more than 7 days duration, 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, in all cases where such intending emigrants are under contracts of service, of the depôts in which such intending emigrants are lodging or intended to be lodged before embarkation. 6. No Chinese passenger ship shall clear out or proceed to sea on a voyage of more than 7 days duration, and the Emigration: Officer shall not grant the certificate prescribed by section 4 of the Act, unless the master of such ship is provided with a licence under the hand of the Governor and the public seal, or under the hand and seal of an Emigration Officer, to be obtained in manner hereinafter mentioned. 7. Whenever any Chinese passenger ship is about to proceed to sea on a voyage of more than 7 days duration, the owners or * As amended by No. 50 of 1911, As amended by No. 21 of 1912. As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 21 of 1912. ch pe of rec un ve acc the VO Wil wit fro on cha bef and to VO fort as 1 grat 9. befc are whỏ imp not 10 any from prov no c 11 the
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408

No. 1 of 1889.

Definition of

voyage.

*

Definition of voyage of 30 days.

Notice of ship being laid on as Chinese

passenger ship to be given to Emigration Officer.

Chinese

passenger ship not to proceed to sea without licence.

+

Time and mode of application for licence.

CHINESE EMIGRATION.

Colony and has received assistance in the way of payment of passage money, subsistence, or otherwise, to enable him to carry out his intention.

3. Any Chinese passenger ship clearing out or proceeding to sea from any port in this Colony, and any British Chinese passenger ship clearing out and proceeding to sea from any port in this Colony, or in China, or within 100 miles of the coast thereof, on any voyage to any other port for the purpose of commencing at or from any such port as last aforesaid a voyage of more than 7 days dura- tion shall be deemed to have cleared out or proceeded to sea upon the said last-mentioned voyage from the said first-mentioned port within the meaning of the Act.

4. A voyage of not more than 30 days duration means and in- cludes any voyage which, in pursuance of section 3 of the Act, is for the time being declared to be a voyage of not more than 30 days duration.

PART I.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE CHINESE PASSENGERS ACT, 1855. 5. The owners or charterers of every Chinese passenger ship proceeding on a voyage of more than 7 days duration, 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, in all cases where such intending emigrants are under contracts of service, of the depôts in which such intending emigrants are lodging or intended to be lodged before embarkation.

6. No Chinese passenger ship shall clear out or proceed to sea on a voyage of more than 7 days duration, and the Emigration: Officer shall not grant the certificate prescribed by section 4 of the Act, unless the master of such ship is provided with a licence under the hand of the Governor and the public seal, or under the hand and seal of an Emigration Officer, to be obtained in manner hereinafter mentioned.

7. Whenever any Chinese passenger ship is about to proceed to sea on a voyage of more than 7 days duration, the owners or

* As amended by No. 50 of 1911,

As amended by No. 21 of 1912.

As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 21 of 1912.

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