THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD JUNE, 1894.
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And whereas the Undersigned has received an intimation from the Imperial Japanese Govern- ment that an Imperial Decree has been issued making the said Regulations applicable when considered necessary to Vessels arriving from localities where an infectious disease named the Pest is prevalent :
The Undersigned, Her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Japan, under and by virtue of the powers vested in him by the China and Japan Order in Council, 1881, hereby makes the following Regulation, which is hereby declared Urgent, and shall take effect in each Consular District in Japan, and shall continue to have effect unless and until it is disapproved by Her Majesty the QUEEN, and until Notification of that disapproval is published by Her Majesty's Minister in Japan :-
The Regulation issued by the Imperial Japanese Government on the 25th day of May, 1894, of which a copy is hereunto annexed, shall be binding on British Subjects, and the Regulations issued by the Imperial Japanese Government on the 23rd day of June, 1882, of which a copy is annexed to the Regulation of Her Britannic Majesty's Minister of the twenty-seventh day of June, 1882, together with the additional Article thereto, of which a copy is annexed to the Regulation of Her Britannic Majesty's Minister of the fifth day of September, 1885, shall be applicable to British Vessels arriving from localities infected with the Pest in like manner as to British Vessels arriving from localities infected with Cholera, and any infringement of such Regulations by British Subjects, in the case of Vessels arriving from Ports infected by the Pest, shall render them subject to the same penalties as in the case of Vessels arriving from Ports infected by Cholera.
Given at the British Legation at Tokio, the Second Day of June, 1894.
HUGH FRASER.
[TRANSLATION.]
IMPERIAL DECREE, No. 56.
An Infectious Disease named the Pest, being now prevalent in China and Hongkong, it is hereby provided that when considered necessary as a precautionary measure the Medical Inspection Regula- tions for Vessels arriving from districts infected with Cholera, issued by Notification No. 31 of the year 1882, shall be applicable, and Medical Inspection of Vessels brought into operation.
The localities where the Medical Inspection of Vessels will be brought into operation and the period for which it will last will be decided by the Minister for Home Affairs after consultation with the Central Sanitary Board.
NOTIFICATION.
The Undersigned, Her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Japan, hereby makes known for the information of British Subjects resident in, or resorting to, Japan, that he has received a note from His Excellency the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs stating that the Regulations for the Inspection of Vessels, issued by the Imperial Japanese Government on the 23rd June, 1882, and the 25th May, 1894, have been put in force at the Ports of Nagasaki, Kobe, Yokohama, Kuchinotsu, Akamagaseki, and Moji, in the case of all Vessels arriving either directly or otherwise from Hongkong and Ports in China, places infected with the Pest.
The said inspection will take place at Wada Point for Vessels arriving at Kobe, and at Nagaura for Vessels arriving at Yokohama.
H.B.M. Legation, Tokio, June 2nd, 1894.
HUGH FRASER.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-- No. 252.
The following Returns of Deaths are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd June, 1894.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Colonial Secretary.