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 children, laborers seeking in good faith to pass through the country to foreign territory, Chinamen under bond, and persons whose physical condition demands immediate hospital treatment, shall be permitted to land in the United States, subject to rules governing such case.

The landing of Chinese persons, other than Consular or diplomatic officers and their attendants, is permitted only at the Ports of San Francisco, Cal.: Portland, Ore.; Boston, Mass,: New York, N. Y.; New Orleans, La.; Port Townsend, Wash.; Richford. Vt.: Malone, N. Y.; Portal, N. Dak.: Sumas, Wash.; Honolulu, H. I.; San Juan and Ponce, P. R.; San Diego, Cal., and Tampa, Fla.

Permission is refused to Chinese persons to communicate with friends, relatives, or attorneys, pending decision upon their application to land, except on special authority.

The examinations of applicants and their witnesses are conducted in the presence of Government officials only, from which the public is excluded.

If application to land is refused by the Commissioner of Immigration, the applicant may appeal to the Department at Washington, D. C. His attorneys must give written notice of intention to appeal within two days after such refusal. Three days afterwards the records in the case are forwarded to Washington, D. C.; additional evidence may be submitted and heard, and will be forwarded. Complete records much be kept of the