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ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1878. 1459


Chinese Emigration.


And whereas by the 8 section of "The Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance,
1874," it is provided that all ships clearing out or proceeding to sea upon voyages of
not more than thirty days' duration shall be subject to the modified regulations
contained in schedule E of that Ordinance, which, as regards such ships , shall be
substituted for those contained in schedule A of "The Chinese Passengers ' Act, 1855 ,"
but that nothing in the said section shall be deemed to relieve Chinese passenger ships
from the operation of the said Act, except so far as the same is by the said schedule
expressly modified .
And whereas it is expedient by means of this Ordinance to relieve the passenger
steamers hereinafter mentioned from the regulations in the said schedule E, and to
substitute other regulations in regard thereto : Be it enacted by the Governor of
Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :

1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as " The Chinese Passengers' Short title.
Ordinance, 1877. [ "1878 " as amended by Ordinance No. 2 of 1879 , ] ( Special Licences.)"

2. In the construction of this Ordinance and of the regulations in the schedule Interpretation
clause.
hereto, the terms and expressions following, that is to say, " Chinese Passenger Ships,"
" Governor," "British Consul," " Emigration Officer," and " Master " shall have the
meaning assigned to them respectively by section 1 of " The Chinese Passengers' Act ,
1855."

"Voyage of not more than thirty days' duration " shall mean and include any
voyage which, in pursuance of the third section of "The Chinese Passengers' Act,
1855," is for the time being declared to be a voyage of not more than thirty days'
duration .

3. The Governor in Council may, at his discretion, and on payment of a fee of Grant of special
licence to mail
five dollars, grant a special licence for any period not exceeding twelve months, or for steamers, &c.,
subject to
regulation in
any number of voyages to be performed within twelve months, to any steamer which schedule.
is regularly employed in the conveyance of public mails under an existing contract
with the Government of the State or Colony for which such mails are carried, or to
any other steamer which is approved by the Governor as a first class steamer. Such
special licence shall authorize the steamer named therein to carry a limited number of
free Chinese passengers upon voyages of not more than thirty days ' duration between
ports to be specified in the licence under and subject to the regulations contained in
the schedule to this Ordinance.

The number of passengers to be carried shall be inserted in the licence, and shall
stno tons of the registered tonnage of such
in er. exceed one passenger for every ten
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4. The Governor in Council may, if he think fit, annex any special conditions to Power to annex
special conditions
the granting of any special licence applied for under this Ordinance, and may cause to grant of
licence.
such special conditions to be specified in the licence .

5. A special licence granted Cancellation of
by the Governor in Council at hisunder this Ordinance may, at any time, be cancelled
discretion. licence.