1933

CHINESE EMIGRATION IN BRITISH SHIPS
J5. The grant of a general or special licence shall be in the absolute
discretion of the Governor, and the grant of an outport licence shall be in
the absolute discretion of the Emigration Officer.
16 No licence shall be issued until: —
(a) the master of the ship in respect of which application is made
for a licence shall have entered into a joint and several bond with two sufficient
sureties approved by an Emigration Officer in the sum of one thousand pounds
in the form contained in the Second Schedule:
(b) the owners or charterers^ or, if they are absent, from the Colony,
their respective agents, shall have furnished, on oath if required, all the
particulars specified in the Third Schedule as necessary on application for
the form of licence applied for, and all other particulars relating to the
intended emigration that may be required by an Emigration Officer:
(c) the owners or Charterers, or their respective agents, or the master
of the ship, shall have paid to the Emigration‘Officer the 'fee* for the licence
applied for, which shall be fifteen dollars in the case of a general licence or
a special licence, and five dollars in the ca^e of an outnort licence:
(d) such other conditions shall have been compiled wiih as may
have been prescribed by the Governor or the Emigration Officer as the case
may be.
17. No emigrant ship shall carry any emigrants except free emigrants.
18. The number of passengers which may be carried on any ship which
has a special licence shall not exceed one passenger for every ten tens of
the registered tvnnage of the ship.
. 19 Every outport licence shall specify the period vuthin which the ship
shall clear out and proceed to sea, and the ship shall clear out and proceed
to sea within the period specified : Provided that it shall be lawful for the
Emigration Officer to extend such period in the case of any outport licence
granted by him.
20. (1) Any general licence may be revoked by the Governor if it
appears to his satisfaction at any time that any of the particulars furnished
in respect of the said licence were untrue, or that there has been any breach
of any condition of the said license, or that there has been any other con¬
travention of the provisions of this Ordinance.
i,2) Any special licence may be revoked at any time by the -Governor
in his. absolute discretion.
(3) Any outport licence may be revoked by an Emigration Officer
at the port where *kuch nutport licence was issued if it appears to the satis¬
faction of such Emigration Officer that any of the particulars furnished in
respect of the said licence were untrue, or that there has been any breach
of any condition of the said licence, or that there has been any other .con¬
travention of the provisions of this Ordinance.
(4) In every case in which a licence is revoked by the Governor or
by an Emigration Officer, i£ shall be lawful for the Governor or the Emi¬
gration Officer,' as the case may be, to order that the ship be seized and
detained until the emigration papers of the said ship, if already granted,
are delivered up to be cancelled.
21. In case it is shown, to the satisfaction of the Governor in Council,
at any time before the departure of any emigrant ship proceeding on any
voyage, that the master, mate, or any other officer, of such ship is unfit for
the proper discharge; of his duties by reason of incompetency or misconduct
or for any other sufficient cause, it shall be lawful for the Governor, by order
under his hand, to direct dismissal or removal of such, master, mate, or other
officer from the said ship, and thereupon the owners or charterers thereof,
or their, agents, shall forthwith dismiss or remove such master, mate, or other
officer, as the case may be, and appoint another in his place, to be approved
by an;Emigration Officer, in the place of the one so dismissed or removed as
aforesaid.