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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 172.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.
Place or Port.
Dairen.
Netherlands
India.
Nature of Measures.
Quarantine restrictions against all ships arriving at Dairen or Port Arthur from or by way of Canton and all other South-China ports.
Hongkong declared an infected port. Importation of the 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.
Date.
Reference 10 Govern- ment Noti. fication.
31st August, 1916. | No. S. 194.
27th April,
1917.
No. S. 108.
20th July, 1917.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
HARBOUR MASTER'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 173. It is hereby notified that information has been received from the Military Authorities that Gun Practice will be carried out as under between the hours of 10 a.m, and 1 p.m.:-
On Saturday, the 21st July, 1917:
From Mount Davis, in a South-Westerly direction.
On Monday, the 23rd July, 1917 :----
From Pottinger Battery, in a South-Easterly direction.
All junks, ships, and other vessels are to keep clear of the ranges.
The Gun Practices notified in Government Notification No. S. 167 published in Gazette of the 13th July, 1917, are cancelled and the above substituted therefor.
20th July, 1917.
C. W. BECKWITH, Commander, R.N.,
Harbour Master, &c.
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