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CHINESE EMIGRATION CONSOLIDATION. [ 1 of 1889.] 1091

Provided always that no fees shall be payable to the emigration officer of
Hongkong, but in lieu thereof the following stamp duties are hereby imposed ,
that say
is to :

Upon every application for a certificate under regula
tion 2 contained in this schedule, a stamp duty
of, . .. $ 1
l'pon every certificate granteil under regulation 1 of
this schedule, a stamp duty of, ........
And The Stamp Ordinance, 1886, shall be read as if the stamp duties hereby
imposed were inserted in the schedule thereof.
12. In case default shall be made by the owners or charterers of the ship Power to detain
in the payment of any fees charges to wbich they may be liable under payment
ship for non
of fees.
sectioni 46 of this ordinance and this schedule, the ship may be detained by
the British Consul, or if in Hongkong by the Governor, until such fecs and
charges shall have been paid .
13. The emigration officer may withhold his certificate or revoke the same In case of false

at any time before the departure of the ship, if it shall appear to his satisfac- particulars,
tion that any particulars contained in the application in writing which shall certificate
detained and
have been maile for the same or any other particulars which may bave been cancelled .

furnished to him by or on behalf of the owners, charterers, or master of the
ship in relation thereto, are untrue, and that the conditions of section 46 of
this ordinance bave not been complied with ; and in every such case it shall
be lawful for the British Consul, or if in Ilongkong for the Governor, to
seize and detain the ship until the certificate, if already granted, shall have
been delivered up to be cancelled .
14. The master of every British ship shall, during the whole of the Treatment of
intended voyage, make issues of provisions, fuel and water, according to the passengers, ut
aforesaid dietary scale, to all the passengers except such as shall have
supplied themselves therewith, and shall not make any alteration except for
the manifest advantage of the passengers, in respect of the space allotted to
them as aforesaid, or in respect of the means of ventilation , and shall not
ill -use the passengers, or require them ( except in case of necessity) to help
in working the vessel ; and shall issue medicines and medical comforts, as
shall be requisite, to the best of his judgment, and shall call at such ports as
may be mentioned in the emigration officer's clearing certificate for fresh
water and other necessaries ; and shall carry the passengers without unneces
sary delay to the destination to which they have contracted to proceed.
15. The master of every British ship shall, within 24 hours after his Production of
arrival at the port of destination and at any port of call, produce his emigra- papers at port
tion papers to the British Consul ( if any) at such port, or in case such port of destinution.
shall be in Her Majesty's dominions to any officer appointed or authorized by
the local Government in that behalf. It sball be lawful for such Consul or
other officer to enter and inspect such ship, and in case the master shall obstruct
or refuse to assist him in the discharge of such duty, or shall without reasonable
cause fail to produce his emigration papers as aforesaid, he shall be liable
to a fine of five hundred dollars, and the ship may be detained by the British
Consul, or if in Her Majesty's dominions, by the localGovernment, until such
fine shall have been paid and the emigration papers shall have been given up .
16. In all ports and places where no emigration officer shall bave been British Consul
appointed, the British Consul shall, until such appointment, and at all times emigration
deemned
pending the vacancy of such office, be deemed to be the emigration officer for no
officer
such
where
ilie purposes of these regulatious. officer is
appointed .