1160 THE HONGKONG GOVT. GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 9TH DEC., 1891.
3. Every vessel in quarantine shall proceed to the Quarantine Anchorage, and shall not remove therefrom, except from stress of weather, until released from quarantine by order of the Health Officer. No vessel having to leave the Quarantine Anchorage from stress of weather shall communicate with the shore, or with any ship, and such vessel shall return to the Quarantine Anchorage immediately such stress of weather has subsided. Provided that in case of stress of weather involving probable actual danger to the vessel, the vessel may remove for a time, but shall be deemed nevertheless for all purposes to be in quarantine, and subject to all other regulations applicable to such vessels.
4. The Quarantine Anchorage shall be within the following boundaries, and the Master of every vessel shall remove his vessel to any part of the Quarantine Anchorage as and when required by the Harbour Master :-
Western Boundary.-A line drawn from the West side of Stone Cutters' Island to West side of Green Island (on Admiralty Chart marked as Harbour boundary).
Southern Boundary.-That part of a line having the Naval Coal Sheds at Kaulung bearing E. by S., commencing where it meets the Eastern Boundary, and terminating where it meets the Western boundary.
Eastern Boundary.-A South line drawn from a white mark on South side of Stone Cutters' Island until it reaches the Southern boundary.
Northern Boundary.—Five fathom line of soundings.
The Hospital ship Hygeia shall be a place for the detention and seclusions of persons actually suffering from disease arriving on board vessels subject to quarantine.
5. The master or other person having the control of any vessel in quarantine shall give the Health Officer or Boarding Officer such information about the vessel and the voyage and the health of the crew and passengers and otherwise as the Health Officer or Boarding Officer may require, and shall answer truly and fully all questions put to him by the Health Officer or Boarding Officer.
6. The Health Officer may order the removal of persons actually suffering from disease from any vessel in quarantine to the Hygeia, and the master of any vessel from which such persons are ordered to be removed shall conduct their removal according to the orders of the Health Officer.
7. No vessel in quarantine shall be released from quarantine except by the express written order of the Health Officer, nor until such precautions, by way of burning clothing, or fumigating, or otherwise, as may be ordered by the Health Officer, have been carried out.
If the vessel arrives from a port or place where Cholera or Choleraic Diarrhoea prevailed at the time of its departure, or if there has been any case of any such disease on board the vessel, or any death therefrom, the vessel shall not be released from quarantine until 3 clear days have elapsed since the date of the vessel's departure from such port or place, or since any person was suffering from or died from any such disease on board such vessel, as the case may be.
8. If any vessel in the waters of this Colony is known to have any case of any infectious or contagious disease on board, or is a vessel which in the opinion of the Health Officer ought according to these regulations to be in quarantine, the Health Officer may order such vessel into quarantine, and the master or person in charge of such vessel shall thereupon hoist the Quarantine Flag upon such vessel and remove the vessel to the Quarantine Anchorage, and all the regulations applicable in relation to vessels in quarantine shall apply to such vessel.
9. In case of a death happening on board any vessel in quarantine, or ordered into quarantine, or on board the Hygeia, the body shall be disposed of in such manner as may be ordered by the Health Officer; and the Master of the vessel shall carry out such orders as the Health Officer may give him in relation to the disposal of the body.
10. When any quarantined vessel is in the waters of the Colony, no person shall leave the vessel, or hold communication from the vessel with the shore, or with any other vessel or boat, or take or send any person or thing whatever out of the vessel, until the express written permission of the Health Officer has been communicated to the master or other person having the control of the vessel, and such precautions as the Health Officer may require have been observed.
11. When any vessel is in quarantine, no person other than the Health Officer or persons in his boat shall approach within 30 yards of such vessel, or hold any communication with such vessel or with any person on board of it, or receive, or take any person or thing whatever directly or indirectly from the vessel or from any person on board of it, without having first received the express written permission of the Health Officer, and observing such precautions as the Health Officer may require.
12. No person placed on board the Hygeia shall leave the same or hold communication with any vessel or boat, or take or send any per son or thing whatever out of the Hygeia without having first received the express written permission of the Health Officer, and observing such precautions as the Health Officer may require.
13. No person other than the Health Officer, or persons expressly deputed by him, shall go on board or approach within 30 yards thereof, or hold communication with the Hygeia or with any person in it, or receive or take anything whatever directly or indirectly from the Hygeia or from any person in it without having first received the express written permission of the Health Officer, and observing such precautions as the Health Officer may require.
14. The Captain Superintendent of Police, and any officers that he may appoint for the purpose of enforcing quarantine, may order any person leaving or coming from any vessel that is in quarantine or from the Hygeia, or taking or sending any person or thing whatever from any such vessel or to remain in or return to and to