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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 162.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.
Place or Port.
Nature of Measures.
Date.
Reference to Govern- ment Noti-
fication.
India.
Netherlands- Hongkong declared an infected port. Importation of the 29th April, 1916. | No. S. 78.
following articles from Hongkong or transshipped at this port is temporarily prohibited :-(1) wearing apparel, old and worn clothes, household effects for daily use, and used bedding, unless these goods are transported as personal luggage or in consequence of removal; (2) rags. (Re- fuse of new goods coming direct from the weaving-mills, from workshops where apparel is made or from bleaching- establishments, artificial wool, and cuttings of newspaper, are not considered as rags.)
Siam.
Quarantine up to 21 days according to the state of health ou board the ships but subject to exemption on production of certificates legalised by the Netherlands Consul- General at Hongkong.
Hongkong declared a suspected port on account of Small-pox.
All vessels must call at Kohphra to be examined.
11th May, 1916. No. S. 92.
11th August, 1916.
No. 163.
NOTICES TO MARINERS.
CANTON DISTRICT.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 131.
Navigation of upper approaches to Canton during hours of darkness.
At the request of the Chinese Military Authorities, Notice is hereby given that the navigation of the Approaches to Canton, both Front and Back Reaches, is dangerous during the hours of darkness, owing to the fighting now taking place.
Inward bound vessels are therefore cautioned, until further notice, not to proceed above Tide Pole Light between the hours of 7.00 p.m. and 6.00 a.m. If they see that they cannot enter the Port of Canton before 6.00 p.m. they should anchor at Tide Pole Light for the night.
Outward bound vessels should not navigate the waters of the river above Tide Pole Light between the hours of 7.00 p.m. and 6.00 a.m.
HARBOUR MASTER'S OFFICE,
CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS,
CANTON, 4th August, 1916.
Approved :
FRANCIS A. CARL,
Commissioner of Customs.
ARNOLD HOTSON,
Acting Harbour Master.