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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 16, 1916.
And whereas the Governor in Council is satisfied that cholera is prevalent and exists in Macao and that there is danger of the introduction of the same into the Colony unless measures are taken to prevent the influx of Chinese :
Now therefore I Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY Knight Commander of the Most Dis- tinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same by and with the advice of the Executive Council of this Colony and in virtue and exercise of the aforesaid powers do by this proclamation prohibit the im- migration into the Colony of Chinese from Macao for a period of one month from the date hereof.
Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony at Victoria Hongkong this 16th day of August 1916.
By Command,
GOD SAVE THE KING.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
NOTE. The Chinese Immigration Ordinance, 1895,-provides, under penalty, that while the above proclamation remains in force, the following provisions and prohibitions must be observed :-
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(a) No vessel of any kind shall bring into the waters of the Colony from Macao any passenger of Chinese nationality or origin, or any passenger appearing to be of such nationality or origin.
(6) No person of Chinese nationality or origiu shall come into the Colony by land or sea
from Macao.
(c) All vessels of every kind shall, on arriving within the waters of the Colony from Macao, anchor at the quarantine anchorage prescribed by the quarantine regulations, and shall not leave such anchorage until allowed to do so by the order of the Health Officer.
Printed and Published by NORONHA & Co., Printers to the Hongkong Government.
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