THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 77

"Master"-The person, other than a pilot, for
the time being in actual command of any such
vessel.

2. The master of every vessel having Chinese on
   board shall, immediately on his arrival from beyond
   the colony in any port of the colony, and before
   making any entry at the Customs, deliver to the
   Collector or other principal officer of Customs a list
   of such Chinese, specifying the name, the place of
   birth, the apparent age, the ordinary place of resi-
   dence, the place and date of shipment, and the calling
   or occupation of each such Chinese. And for each
   default herein such master shall be liable to a penalty
   not exceeding two hundred pounds.

3. If any vessel shall arrive in any port in Queens-
   land having on board a greater number of Chinese
   passengers than in the proportion of one to every ten
   tons of the tonnage of such vessel according to the
   registry thereof if British, and if not, then according
   to the measurement defined by "The Merchant Ship-
   ping Act, 1854," the owner, charterer, or master of
   such vessel shall be liable, on conviction, to a penalty
   not exceeding ten pounds for each Chinese passenger
   so carried in excess.

4. Before any Chinese arriving from beyond the
   colony shall be permitted to land from any vessel,
   and before making any entry at the Customs, the
   master of the vessel shall pay to such Collector or
   other principal officer the sum of ten pounds for
   every such Chinese, to be applied in manner herein-
   after provided, and no entry shall be deemed to have
   been legally made or to have any legal effect until
   such payment shall have been made.

And if any master shall neglect to pay any such
sum, or shall land or permit to land any Chinese at
any place in the colony before such sum shall have
been paid for or by him, or before such list shall have
been delivered, such master shall be liable for every
such offence to a penalty not exceeding twenty
pounds for each Chinese so landed or permitted to
land in addition to the amount of such sum.

And in every such case, in addition to any such
penalty, the vessel shall be forfeited, and may be
seized, condemned, and disposed of in like manner as
ships forfeited for a breach of any law relating to the
Customs.

5. Every Chinese arriving in the colony after the
   passing of this Act, otherwise than by any vessel, shall
   pay or have paid for him to some officer whom the
   Governor in Council may appoint, at any places on
   or near the borders of the colony or otherwise con-
   veniently situate for that purpose, a like sum of ten
   pounds.

6. The Collector or other officer receiving such
   sum from or for any Chinese shall, without demand,
   forthwith give him a certificate in writing under his
   hand of the payment of such sum, which certificate
   shall be in a form to be prescribed by the Governor
   in Council. And such certificate, whensoever and
   wheresoever produced by such Chinese, shall be con-
   clusive evidence on behalf of himself and of any
   other person who may have paid such sum for him
   that such sum has been duly paid.

7. All sums so paid by or on behalf of any Chinese
   shall be paid over to the Colonial Treasurer, and be
   by him applied in manner following, that is to say,-

If at any time within three years from the date of
the landing or arrival of any Chinese in respect of
whom such sums shall have been paid, such Chinese
shall depart from the colony to parts beyond the
seas, and shall before his departure prove to the
satisfaction of the Colonial Treasurer that during his
residence in the colony he has not been confined in
any gaol or lock-up after conviction of any offence,
and that he has paid all fines and penalties imposed
upon him under the provisions of any Act in force in
the colony, and that he has paid all expenses incurred
in respect of his confinement or medical treatment
in any public hospital, benevolent asylum, lunatic
asylum, or other place for the care, treatment, or cure
of the sick, poor, or insane, and that no expense or
charge has fallen upon the revenue for his support,
then upon production to the Collector or other prin-
cipal officer of Customs at the port of embarkation
of the certificate given to such Chinese on his arrival,
the amount so paid in respect of such Chinese shall
be repaid to him on board of the ship by which he
shall so depart. But if he shall fail to make such
proof within the period aforesaid the amount shall
be paid into the consolidated revenue.

8. If any Chinese shall enter or attempt to enter
   the colony, without paying or having paid for him
   the sum of ten pounds aforesaid, he shall, besides
   such sum, be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten
   pounds, and may be apprehended and taken before
   any Justice of the Peace, who may take sufficient bail
   for his appearance at the next Court of Petty Sessions
   or remand him to such Court as to such Justice shall
   seem fit, unless and until such Chinese shall produce
   a certificate of payment as aforesaid.

9. At the hearing of any prosecution under this
   Act, the Justices may decide upon their own view
   and judgment whether any person charged or pro-
   duced before them is a Chinese within the meaning
   of this Act.

10. It shall be lawful for the Colonial Treasurer
    or any person authorized by him, upon the applica-
    tion of any Chinese, and upon being satisfied that
    such Chinese was at the time of the passing of this
    Act a bona fide resident of the colony, and that he
    desires to be absent therefrom for a temporary pur-
    pose only, to grant to such Chinese a certificate that
    he is exempt from the provisions of this Act for a
    time to be specified in such certificate. And during
    the time so specified the holder of such certificate
    shall be exempt from all payments under this Act.

11. The sum of ten pounds aforesaid shall not be
    payable by or in respect of any Chinese who is one
    of the crew of any vessel, unless he shall land from
    such vessel.

12. All penalties and forfeitures imposed by this
    Act shall be sued for, prosecuted, and recovered in
    the name of some officer of Customs or other person
    thereunto authorized by the Governor in Council.

13. This Act shall be styled and may be cited as
    "The Chinese Immigrants Regulation Act of 1877."

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th January, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

CHARLES EDWARD COOPER

to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births and
Deaths, and also Vaccination Inspector, for the Dis-
trict of Timaru.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th January, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN CAMPBELL MACKENZIE

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages, and
of Births and Deaths, for the District of West
Taieri.

G. S. WHITMORE.