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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S Department,
No. S. 164.--It is hereby notified, with reference to Government Notification No. S. 92 of the 19th May, 1916, that information has been received from H.B.M. Consul- General, Bangkok, to the effect that the quarantine restrictions imposed against arrivals from Hongkong on account of small-pox have been withdrawn.
No. S. 165.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted by Hongkong.
Disease.
Port or Place.
Cholera.
Restrictions in Force.
Authority.
Масао.
Medical examination; quarantine at the discre-
tion of the Health Officer.
Notification No. 356 of 16th August, 1916.
No. S. 166.--Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.
Place or Port.
Netherlands
Iudia.
Nature of Measures.
Date.
Hongkong declared an infected port. Importation of the 29th April, 1916.
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.)
Quarantine up to 21 days according to the state of health on board the ships but subject to exemption on production of certificates legalised by the Netherlands Consul- General at Hongkong.
Reference to Govern- ment Noti-
fication.
No. S. 78.
18th August, 1916.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
SANITARY DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 167.—In accordance with Section 168 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, it is hereby notified that the Government proposes to erect a public trough-closet latrine in Garden Road in close proximity to and to the south-westwards of the Peak Tramways Company's lower terminus.
If any owner or occupier in the immediate vicinity of such site objects to such erection such objection must be sent in writing to the Colonial Secretary so as to reach his office not later than Friday, the 8th day of September, 1916.
D. W. TRATMAN, Head of the Sanitary Department.
18th August, 1916.