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1350 ORDINANCE No. 5 OF 1874.


Chinese Emigration.


Forms.
Forms. 17. The forms given in the schedules hereto, or forms to the like effect with such
variations and additions as circumstances require, may be used for the purposes therein
indicated and according to the directions therein contained , and instruments in those
forms, shall (as regards the form thereof) be valid and sufficient.


SCHEDULES .
(A. )
Form of emigration passage broker's annual bond, with two sureties to be approved by the
emigration officer, under section 6, paragraph 1.
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents, that we 4* B of, &c., C D
of, &c., and E F of, &c., are held and firmly bound unto Her Most
Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, in the sum of five thousand current dollars, to be paid to Her said
Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors ; to which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves,
and every of us jointly and severally, our heirs, executors, and administrators, and the heirs, executors,
and administrators of each of us, and each and every of them, firmly by these presents, sealed with our
seals.
Dated this day of in the year one thousand eight hundred and
WHEREAS by the “ Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1874," it is amongst other things
enacted ; that no person whatever shall carry on the business of a passage broker in Hongkong, in
respect of any emigrant ship, or shall be in anywise concerned in the sale or letting of passages in any
such ship, unless such person , with two good and sufficient sureties to be approved of by the emigration
officer, shall have previously entered into a joint and several bond to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and
Successors, in the sum of five thousand current dollars : And whereas the said C. D. and E. F. have
been approved of by the emigration officer as sureties for the said A. B.
Now the condition of this obligation is, that if the above bounden A. B. shall well and truly
observe and comply with all the requirements of the said recited Ordinance, so far as the same relate to
passage brokers ; and further, shall well and truly pay all fines, forfeitures, and penalties,—and also all
sums of money, by way of subsistence money, or of return passage money, and compensation to any
passenger, or on his account,-and also all costs which the above-bounden A. B. may at any time be
adjudged to pay, under or by virtue of any of the provisions of the above recited Ordinance, or of the
Act of the Imperial Parliament 18th and 19th Victoria, cap. 104, intituled " An Act for the Regulation
of Chinese Passenger Ships ; " then, and in such case, this obligation to be void ,-otherwise to remain
in full force.
Signed, sealed, and delivered , by the above-bounden A. B., C. D., and E. F., in the presence of.†
* Insert personal and family names in full, with the cccupation and address of each of the parties.
Insert the names and addresses in full of the witnesses.

(B.)
Form of emigration passage broker's licence, under section 6, paragraph 2.
A. B. of having shown to the satisfaction of me, the undersigned, that he hath given
bond to Her Majesty, as by the " Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1874," required : I,
the undersigned, do hereby license and authorize the said A. B. to carry on the business of a passage
broker in Hongkong, in respect of passengers on board emigrant ships proceeding from Hongkong, until
the end of the present year, and fourteen days afterwards, unless this licence shall be sooner determined
by forfeiture for misconduct on the part of the said A. B. as in the aforesaid Ordinance is provided.
Given under my hand and seal this day of one thousand eight hundred and
Signature, (L.S.)
Emigration Officer.
* The personal and family names in full of the person applying for the licence, with his address and trade or occupation
must be correctly inserted.