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1340 ORDINANCE No. 5 OF 1874.


Chinese Emigration.


Chinese medical 8. Any Chinese medical practitioner properly qualified to the satisfaction of the
practitioners
may be Surgeons Colonial Surgeon shall be eligible, with approval of the Governor, for the office of surgeon
of Chinese
passenger ships.
[Ibid, sec. 14.3 of a Chinese passenger ship within the terms of schedule A of " The Chinese Passengers'
Act, 1855."


Regulations for voyages of not more than thirty days' duration.

Modified regula 8. All ships clearing out or proceeding to sea upon voyages of not more than
tions for voyages
of not more than thirty days' duration, shall be subject to the modified regulations contained in schedule
thirty days'
duration.
[See Ord. 8 of E of this Ordinance which as regards such ships shall be substituted for those contained
1871.]
in schedule A of " The Chinese Passengers' Act , 1855 ," but nothing in this section
contained 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 .

Voyages de 2. The voyages specified in schedule F to this Ordinance annexed, are hereby
clared to be of
not more than
thirty days' declared to be voyages of not more than thirty days' duration , subject as regards
duration.
[Ibid, sec. 4.] steamers to the conditions as to their rate of speed and as regards sailing vessels to the
conditions as to the periods of the year during which the voyage shall be performed,
in the said schedule respectively expressed and contained .

Not to affect 3. This section shall not be construed as affecting any Chinese passenger ship
ships not within
"The Chinese
Passengers' Act." which is about to proceed to sea on a voyage of not more than seven days' duration .


Depôts for emigrants under contract of service.

Depôts to be 9. The owners or charterers of every Chinese passenger ship which is about to
provided for the
lodging of
emigrants. convey emigrants under contracts of service shall, as soon as such ship is laid on for
[Ord. 12 of 1868,
sec. 4.] the conveyance of such emigrants, provide a depôt or depôts, to be approved of by the
emigration officer, wherein every intending emigrant by such ship may lodge as
hereinafter provided, and every such depôt shall be maintained and every emigrant
lodging therein shall be supported at the expense of such owners or charterers.

Emigrants to 2. Every intending emigrant by such Chinese passenger ship shall lodge, at the
lodge in depôt
three clear days
before embarka least three clear days previously to his embarkation, in the depôt provided by the
tion.
[Ibid, sec. 6.] owners or charterers of such ship.
Supervision of 3. Every such depôt as aforesaid shall be under the supervision of the emigration
depots.
[Ibid, sec. 7.]
officer who may inspect the same at such times as he shall think fit, and there shall be
at all times free ingress and egress allowed to all persons to and from such depôts,
from 6 A.M. to 6 P.M.


Orders in Council relating to quantity of water.

Orders in Conn 10. All Orders of Her Majesty the Queen in Council relating to the quantity of
cil to apply to
Chinese pas en
ger ships. water to be carried by passenger ships having a certain description of condensing
(Ibid, sec. 15.)
apparatus stall apply to Chinese passenger ships.