THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 50гH SEPTEMBER, 1399. 1537
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 530.
The following Letter with its enclosure is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th September, 1899.
J. H. STEWART Lockhart, Colonial Secretary.
No. 724.
SIR,
WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
PERTH, September 2nd, 1899.
I have the honour to inform you that a Proclamation has been issued by the Governor-in-Council of this Colony, declaring the Port of Hongkong to be an Infected Port, under the Quarantine Act, 1868, and that notification to that effect appears in the Government Gazette, copy of which I forward you under separate cover.
I have the honour to be,
The Honourable
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY,
Hongkong.
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
OCT. BURT, Under Secretary, for Colonial Secretury.
TO WIT.
(Enclosure.)
THE QUARANTINE ACT, 1868.
Declaring Ports of Hongkong and Delagoa Bay as Infected Ports.
PROCLAMATION.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA, By His Excellency Lieut.-Colonel Sir GERARD SMITH, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Colony of Western Australia and its Dependencies, &c., &c., &c.
GERARD SMITH, (L.S.)
virtue of the provisions of "The Quarantine Ordinance, 1868," I, the said Governor, do hereby
By vindende eclare that it is probable that an infectious disease known as the Bubonic Plague,
and dangerous to the health of Her Majesty's subjects, may be brought into Western Australia by vessels coming from, or having touched at, the Port of Hongkong, and all ports and places on the East Coast of Africa between and including Delagoa Bay and the North Boundary of Natal.
Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the said Colony, at Perth, this 30th day of August,
1899.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!!!
G. RANDELL, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 531.
It is hereby notified that the Hongkong Volunteers will fire from 7-pounders R.M.L. and Machine Guns from the road below North Point Battery in a Northerly direction over a sea range from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, the 7th October.
All ships, junks and other vessels are cautioned to keep clear of the range.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Ollie, Hongkong, 30th September, 1899.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.