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HARBOUR NOTIFICATION.
No. 2 of 1911.
THE following Provisional Sauitary Rules, governing vessels arriving at the port of Canton from plague-infected ports in North China, have been agreed to and sanctioned by the Superintendent of Customs and the Treaty Power Consuls at the port, and are now pub- lished for the information and guidance of all concerned.
ARNOLD HOTSON,
Acting Harbour Master.
Approved:
J. F. OIESEN,
Commissioner of Customs,
CUSTOM HOUSE, CANTON, 9th February, 1911.
Vessels arriving at the port of Canton within ten days of departure from any of the following ports, viz., Newchwang, Chinwangtao, Tientsin, Dairen or Chefoo, shall be subject to the following provisional rules :-
1o. If bound for Whampoa the vessel shall anchor in Belcher Reach to the South- eastward of the South-east point of First Bar Island; shall fly a yellow flag at the fore, and shall await medical inspection by the Port Health Officer.
2o. If bound for Canton the vessel shall anchor immediately above Macao Fort; shall fly a yellow flag at the fore, and shall await medical inspection by the Port Health Officer.
3o. Until granted pratique by the Port Health Officer the vessel shall hold no com-
munication with the shore or with other vessels.
4°. Even when granted pratique the vessel shall not go alongside a wharf but shal
discharge into cargo boats in the stream.
5°. The importation from the above named ports of furs, skins, hair, old gunny bags, rags, old paper, fresh fruit, vegetables, plants, coffins containing corpses. earth, mould, sand, etc., is prohibited.
HARBOUR NOTIFICATION,
No. 3 of 1911.
NOTICE is hereby given that Masters of vessels arriving at the Port of Canton or Whampoa from plague-infected ports-Sec Harbour Notification No. 2 of 1911-shall take special precaution to prevent rats from leaving the ship.
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
HARBOUR MASTER'S OFFICE,
Approved:
CANTON, 13th February, 1911.
J. F. OIESEN,
Commissioner of Customs.
ARNOLD HOTSON,
Acting Harbour Master.