Hongkong Colonial Ordinances PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 edition. Excerpt: ...submit, for the Inspection cibnsc=lv ofclwrses and Approval of the said Governor and Legislative Council, a Table Qflfllijxflffgecilff M or Scale of all the Charges which are to be made against every such Lascar, for Boarding, Lodging, or Shipping; and that no greater Sum shall be received or demanded, on the Foot thereof, by such Serang; and that a true Copy or Translation, in Hindostanee, of such approved Table, shall be hung up in some conspicuous Part of each of the Boarding-Houses herein mentioned, as also in the Harbour-Master's Oflice: And it is further provided, that in the Event of such Serang not complying with any of the Directions or Provisions of this Section, he shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding the Sum of Fifty Dollars for each Offence. " _ _1'" Lasa w be IV. And be it further enacted and ordained, That no Master or f ', _, '$, ', ', l, &, ? Owner of any Vessel shall ship or receive on board his or their Vessel lynveinspevtedllimqnd any Lascar, until the Harbour-Master shall have inspected him, and 'Z.' ';;'.., . .'i.1 Smppmg attached his the Harbour-Master's Signature to the Shipping Agree ment of every such Lascar; and that every such Master or Owner so Shipping a Lascar Seaman without such Signature so attached, shall for each Offence be liable to a Penalty not exceeding the Sum of Fifty Dollars. ANNO NONO VICTOHIZE REGINZE. No. 14 of 1845. BY His Excellency Sir JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS, Baronet, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects i11 China, with the Advice of the...