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1090 ( 1 of 1889. ] CHINESE EMIGRATION CONSOLIDATION .
Passengers' (3.) The passengers may supply their own provisions for the voyage
own snpplies.
and proper accommodation for the stowage, and sufficient cabooses
for the cooking of such provisions must be allowed .
Contents of
certificate .
7. The emigration officer shall not give his certificate unless he shall be
satisfied :

( 1.) That the ship is sea -worthy, and properly manned, equipped, fitted,
and ventilated ; and has not on board any cargo likely, from its
quality, quantity, or mode of stowage, to prejudice the health or
safety of the passengers.
( 2.) That suitable medicines and medical stores, provisions, fuel and
water have been placed on board , of good quality, properly packed
and suflicient in quantity to supply the passengers on board during
the intended voyage.
( 3.) That all the requirements of section 46 of this ordinance have been
complied with .
Power to
withhold
8. The emigration officer may, in his discretion , ( subject in Hongkong to
certificate . an appeal to the Governor ) withhold his certificate in all cases where the
Examination
of passengers
intended passengers or any of them are under contracts of service, and he
and of con
tracts, if any.
shall in no case give his certificate until he shall have mustered the passen
gers, and have ascertained to the best of his power that they understand
wliither they are going, and in case they shall bave made any contracts of
service that they comprehend the nature thereof ; he shall also take care that
a copy of the form of any such contracts, or an abstract of their substance ,
signed by himself, is appended to the said certificate : if any of the passengers
are in bad health , or insufficiently provided with clothing, or if any such
contracts are unfair, or if there is reason to suspect that fraud or violence
have been practised in their collection or embarkation , he may detain the
sbip, and, if he shall think fit, may order all or any of the passengers to be
re -landed .
Emigration 9. The emigration officer may, if he shall think fit, before granting his
officer may
employ medical certificate, employ any duly qualified medical practitioner, master mariner,
men marine
surveyors,
marine surveyor, or other person whose professional assistance and advice he
and others. may require for the purpose of ascertaining whether the requirements of
seciion 46 of this ordinance have been duly complied witb, and the costs and
charges of obtaining such assistance and advice, shall be defrayed by the
owners or charterers of the ship, whether the emigration officer shall grant
his certificate or not.
Fees of
professional
10. The emigration officer shall, from time to time, fix a reasonable scale
persons of fees and charges to be approved by one of Her Majesty's Prir.cipal Secre
employed . taries of State, for the remuneration of any professional persons who may be
employed by him under the last preceding regulation, and pending the
approval or disapproval of such scale, the fees and charges therein specified
shall be payable, as if the same has been approved in manner aforesaid.
Fees of emigra
tion officer . 11. The owners or charterers of every ship shall pay such fees for the
remuneration of the emigration officer, as may, from time to time, be ordered
under instructions from one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State,
and until and subject to such instructions, the following fees shall be payable
in addition to all fees chargeable under regulation 10 :
Upon the application for a certificate, ....... . $ 25

Upon the granting of the certificate, ........... ... $25