foreign office notice., March 25, 1884

foreign office notice.

(By authority.)

Regulations for admission of Chinese immigrant laborers into the Hawaiian Kingdom, made and published under the authority of a resolution of His Majesty in cabinet council, passed on the 13th day of July, 1883.

• No. 1. From this date permission will he granted to masters of vessels arriving at the port of Honolulu to land Chinese immigrant laborers not exceeding twenty-five in all from any one vessel, that number to be in addition to and exclusive of any Chinese passengers who may hold passports as provided for in regulation No. 2.
• No. 2. Passports enabling their holders to enter the ports of the Kingdom may be issued from the foreign office, Honolulu, or by His Majesty’s consul-general at Hong-Kong—
  • To any Chinese resident in this Kingdom who may desire to visit any foreign country and return therefrom.
  • To the wives or other female relatives and to the children of Chinese now residing in the Kingdom, or who may be about to emigrate to this country under the provisions of regulation No. 1.
• No. 3. A fee of $1 shall be charged for each passport issued in pursuance of the foregoing regulation.
• No. 4. All orders and instructions regulating Chinese immigration to this country heretofore issued from this office are hereby canceled.