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No. S. 350.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.
Place or Port.
Nature of Measures.
Date.
Reference to Govern- ment Noti- fication.
Philippine Islands.
Chefoo.
Saigon.
All passengers from Hongkong to produce special certificate.
7th March, 1918. No. S. 49.
Quarantine imposed on all arrivals from Hongkong.
4th March, 1918. No. S. 56.
17th March, 1918. | No. S. 63.
All vessels arriving from Hongkong will be iuspected. Per- sons suspected of infection will be isolated and in such event the vessel will be disinfected. If any cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis are discovered the vessel and all passengers to Indo-China will be put in quarantine for six days and disinfected. No restrictions as regards load- ing and disembarking cargo.
Canton.
Masters of vessels from Hongkong to pay strict attention to
Clause 26 of the Harbour Regulations.
13th March, 1918. No. S. 68.
Newchwang. All vessels arriving from Hongkong will be treated as
Suspected Vessels.
30th March, 1918. No. S. 86.
11th April, 1918.
2nd April, 1918.
No. S. 88.
No. S. 94.
9th May, 1918.
No. S. 103.
Ningpo. Quarantine imposed on all arrivals from Hongkong.
Singapore. Hongkong declared an infected port on accouut of cerebro-
spinal fever.
Netherlands- Hongkong declared an infected port. Importation of the
India.
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.
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Bengal.
Hongkong declared an infected port on account of plague.
18th June, 1918.
No. S. 410.
Rangoon.
Singapore.
Do.
Do.
Bengal.
Regulations for the prevention of the introduction of plague by sea enforced in the ports of Orissa against vessels arriving from Hongkong.
18th July, 1918. No. S. 175.
19th July, 1918. No. S. 181.
24th June, 1918. No. S. 192.
13th December, 1918.
A. G. M. FLETCHER, Colonial Secretary.
GENERAL POST OFFICE.
No. S. 351.-It is hereby notified that sealed tenders in duplicate, which should be clearly marked "Tender for the supply of Clothing, Boots, etc., to the Post Office Department", will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office until Noon of Friday, the 27th day of December, 1918, for the making up and supply of Clothing, Boots, etc., for the use of the General Post Office for the year 1919.
For further particulars apply at this Office.
Tenderers must produce a receipt that they have deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $25 as a pledge of the bona fides of their tender, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown if any tenderer fails or refuses to carry out his tender, should such tender be accepted.
13th December, 1918.
S. B. C. Ross,
Postmaster General,