ACT No. XXI. OF 1844. |
Passed by the Right Hon'ble
the Governor General of India in |
Council on the 16th
November, 1844. |
| An Act for regulating the Emigration of the
Native Inhabitants of the Territories under the Government of
the East India Company to Jamaica, British Guiana and Trinidad. |
| I. IT is hereby enacted, that
Act No. XIV. of 1839, and all Acts repealed thereby so far as
the same are applicable to the Emigration of Natives from the
Ports of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay respectively, to Jamaica,
British Guiana, and Trinidad, respectively, are repealed. Provided
always that the aforesaid Act No. XIV. of 1839 shall remain
in full force in all the Ports of India, except the Ports aforesaid,
and in regard to Emigrants from India proceeding to other places
than Jamaica, British Guiana, Trinidad and Mauritius. |
| II. And it is hereby enacted, that after the passing
of this Act, Emigrant Laborers, being Native inhabitants of
the Territories under the Government of the East India Company,
shall be allowed to pass and to be conveyed to Jamaica, British
Guiana, and Trinidad respectively, from the Ports of Calcutta,
Madras and Bombay respectively, but not otherwise. III.
And... |
ACT No. XXI. OF 1844. |
...unto annexed, provided always that every such
Agent shall make the inquiries specified in such Schedule in
an open Court or public office to which all persons shall have
admission.
2dly. That all the directions contained in the 4th, 5th, 6th
and 7th Articles of the said Schedule for ensuring the health
and safety of Passengers have been duly complied with. |
| 3dly. That (in addition to the directions contained
in the said Schedule) such rules have been complied with as
the Governor General in Council shall from time to time frame
touching the medical attendance and medical stores and the proper
clothing to be provided, the species of provisions suited to
native habits, the number of women that should accompany the
Emigrants, or other matters. |
| VIII. And it is hereby enacted, that the probable
lengths of the voyages to Jamaica, British Guiana and Trinidad
from the Ports aforesaid respectively shall for the purposes
of this Act be deemed to be |
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For the Port of Calcutta twenty weeks; |
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For the Port of Madras nineteen weeks; |
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For the Port of Bombay nineteen weeks; |
| and that no Ship or Vessel carrying Emigrant laborers
to Jamaica, British Guiana or Trinidad shall said from Calcutta,
Madras or Bombay, at any other time than between the 30th day
of any September and the 1st of March next thereafter ensuing. |
| IX. And it is hereby enacted, that before any
Ship or Vessel shall |
be ..... |
