THE CHINESE EMIGRATION ACT.

Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 74518, 6 February 1890, Page 5

THE CHINESE EMIGRATION ACT.

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WELLINGTON, February 5. A case came before the Chief Justice in the Supreme Court this afternoon in which a Chinaman named Wong Sam Shin sought to recover the sum of JJIO from the Commissioner of Customs. It was chiefly confined to argument by counsel, but the facts were that at the time the Chinese Emigration Act, 1881, came into force plaintifl" was a resident in the colony, and within two months of the passing of the Act he obtained a certificate of exemption. In 1887 he left on a visit to China, but neglected to take out another exemption certificate as required by 14th section of the Act. He returned to Auckland in August last by the sj*. Whampoa, and the Collector of Customs caused him to pay the usual tax of .£lO, on the ground that he had no exemption certificate as required by the section of the Act. After argument, the principal question submitted to his Honor was whether the -plaintiff was really the holder of the exemption certificate granted two months after the passing of the Act. Judgment was reserved.