THE CHINESE AMENDED BILL.
The Wellington "Evening Post" thus summarises the alteration made m Committee m the House of Beyresentatives m the Chinese Immigration Bill: — " The amended bill for the regulation of Chinese immigation is now circulated. The amendments made m committee of the whole House are wholly m the direction of increased]stringenoy. The chief alterations from the original draft consists (1) m the excision of the second clause, which provided that the bill should be brought into operation when the Governor m Council should be satisfied that the Chinese pop jlation of the colony exceeded five thousand persons, and (2) hi the striking out of the latter part of section '9, now numbered 8 through the removal [of section 2. The portion removed is that which proviced that any Chinese departing from the colony within three years from the date of arrival, and not having during his stay been convicted of offences or become a charge. on the colony, might have returned to him the poll-tax of £10, wliich he had to pay on landing. As the bill now stands, this sum becomes a species of "import duty" on Chinamen, and is to be "paid into the Public Account, and form part of the Consolidated Fund." . . '
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Marlborough Express, Volume XVI, Issue 54, 5 July 1881, Page 2
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207THE CHINESE AMENDED BILL. Marlborough Express, Volume XVI, Issue 54, 5 July 1881, Page 2
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