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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH NOVEMBER, 1897.
ARTICLE X.-If, as regards ships bound to the Port of Manchester, the Medical Officer of Health of the Liverpool Port Sanitary Authority or the Medical Officer of Health of the Manchester Port Sanitary Authority, as the case may be, have reason to believe that any such ship coming or being within the jurisdiction of the Liverpool Port Sanitary Authority or of the Manchester Port Sanitary Authority, as the case may be, is infected, or has come from an infected place, he may direct all bilge water and water ballast to be pumped out in some suitable place before such ship enters any dock or basin:
Provided that, in every case where there may be reasonable cause to apprehend that the ship may be endangered by the removal of the water ballast, the Medical Officer of Health of the Liverpool Port Sanitary Authority or of the Manchester Port Sanitary Authority, as the case may be, may cause any tank or other receptacle containing the water ballast to be sealed, and thenceforward, so long as the ship remains within the jurisdiction of the Liverpool Port Sanitary Authority or the Manchester Port Sanitary Authority, no person shall without the permission of the Medical Officer of Health break or remove such seal, or discharge or remove from such tank or receptacle any part of the water ballast.
On the Liverpool Port Sanitary Authority or the Manchester Port Sanitary Authority providing a proper supply of water for drinking and cooking purposes for persons on board any such ship, the Medical Officer of Health of the Liverpool Port Sanitary Authority or the Medical Officer of Health of the Manchester Port Sanitary Authority may direct all casks or tanks on board the ship containing water for the use of such persons to be emptied and cleansed, and the Master shall cause the said direction to be carried into effect.
ARTICLE XI.-As regards ships bound to the Port of Manchester, the Master of any such ship, or any other person, shall answer truly all such questions put to him by and give all such information to any Officer of Customs or Medical Officer of Health as may be necessary for any purpose of this Order; and no person who is required in pursuance of this Order to give to the Medical Officer of Health or to notify to any Local Authority the naine, and intended place of destination and address of such person shall knowingly give or notify a false or fictitious name, place of destination or address, or refuse or neglect to give or notify as aforesaid the true name, intended place of destination and address of such person..
ARTICLE XII. The Manchester Port Sanitary Authority may appoint one or more legally qualified medical practitioners to act in the execution of this Order, either in place of or as an assistant or assistants to the Medical Officer of Health, and may pay such practitioner or practitioners reasonable remuneration for his or their services.
ARTICLE XIII.--The Liverpool Port Sanitary Authority shall, until We by Order otherwise direct, defray such costs as may reasonably be incurred by them as regards ships bound to the Port of Manchester, or in connection with the visitation, examination, and disinfection of such ships, the towage of such ships, the removal to, and the maintenance in the hospital provided by such Port Sanitary Authority of persons affected with Cholera, Yellow Fever, or Plague, and removed thereto from such ships, the disposal as provided by subdivision (8) of Article VII. of the bodies of persons dying from Cholera, Yellow Fever, or Plague, on board such ships and of persons removed therefrom to the said hospital, and such other incidental expenses as may be incurred by them in carrying out the provisions of this Order (including the remuneration of any person employed by them in respect of services rendered under the provisions of this Order as regards such ships) and shall from time to time render to the said Manchester Port Sanitary Authority particulars respecting any such costs incurred as aforesaid.
ARTICLE XIV.—The Manchester Port Sanitary Authority shall repay from time to time to the Liverpool Port Sanitary Authority the expenses incurred by them under the provisions of Article XIII, and any such expenses shall be deemed to be a debt due from the Manchester Port Sanitary Authority to the Liverpool Port Sanitary Authority, and may be recovered accordingly.
ARTICLE XV. The Accounts of the Liverpool Port Sanitary Authority relating to such expend- iture shall be open at all reasonable times, without payment, to inspection and transcription by any officer of the Manchester Port Sanitary Authority authorised by them for that purpose.
ARTICLE XVI.--If at any time any difference arises between the Liverpool Port Sanitary Author- ity and the Manchester Port Sanitary Authority respecting any matter arising out of the provisions of this Order, the same shall be referred to and be settled by Ús.
ARTICLE XVII-With regard to ships which have been moored in or at any of the basins, docks, quays, or wharves within the jurisdiction of the Manchester Port Sanitary Authority the following provisions shall have effect:-
(1.) If the Medical Officer of Health of the Manchester Port Sanitary Authority have reason to believe that any such ship is infected, he shall visit and examine such ship for the of ascertaining whether such ship is infected; and the Master of such ship shall permit purpose the same to be so visited and examined.