Show amiChinese SYDNEY W S W May 1iLaat evening the premier in an impassioned speech introduced in the colonial assembly as-sembly a bill to restrict Chinese ImmL gration All standing orders were suspended without a word of disseut and at 7 oclock this morning amid loud cheers the bill was passed at the third reading with only a verbal amendment amend-ment The bill which operates from the first of May indemnifies the government for past accounts prohibits pro-hibits the naturalization of Chinamen allows vessels to bring one Chinaman to every 300 tons tnstead of one to 100 tons as heretofore raises their poll tar from 10 to SlOO and fixes the penalty for evasion of the laws at from SlO to S50 Chinamen will be permitted to trade in defined arcaJTMjut number num-ber in each of the districts mustnot exceed five The bill also imposes restriction re-striction as to residence and trading Traveling Chinese with passports will not be allowed to engage in mining operations except by the permission of the government The bill does not lfect the Chinese who are British subjects sub-jects All Chinese must report themselves them-selves and take ont an annual license which shall cost 10 shillings and the governor in council ds empowered to make regulations relativethereto All Chinese will be preserved in their civil rights Thepolice have received strict orders to prevent any molestation of Chinese L |