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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH JUNE, 1885.
Regulations made by the Governor in Council under the Provisions of Section 1 of Ordinance 9 of 1883.
1. All previous regulations made under the Provisions of Section 1 of Ordinance 9 of 1883 are hereby revoked.
2. In these Regulations the term Health Officer means the Health Officer of the Port or any other Medical Officer duly authorized to act for, or assist him; the term Vessels, includes Steamers, Sailing Vessels, Junks, and Lorchas, and British and Foreign Ships of War, as well as Merchant Vessels of all kinds; the term port or place at which any infectious or contagious disease prevailed means a port or place proclaimed to be such by order of the Governor in Council and published in the Gazette from the date of such proclamation.
3. Every vessel arriving in the waters of this Colony
(a.) After a voyage of less than 5 days from any port or place at which any infectious or contagious disease prevailed at the time of such vessel's departure therefrom; or
(b.) Having at the time of arrival, or having had within 5 days of the time of arrival, any
case of any infectious or contagious disease on board; or
(c.) The master of which shall have on board any passengers who are less than 5 days from any port or place where any infectious or contagious disease prevailed when such passengers departed therefrom;
shall immediately on entering the waters of the Colony fly the Quarantine Flag, and shall keep the same flying, and shall be deemed to be in quarantine until released therefrom by express written order of the Health Officer; who shall, in every case, board and examine all the passengers and crew of such vessel.
The Quarantine Flag shall be a flag of yellow colour (letter Q in International Code of Signals) hoisted at the highest mast-head forward.
No such vessel shall enter the waters of the Colony before 6 A.M. or after 7 P.M.
4. Every vessel in quarantine shall proceed to the Quarantine Ground, 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 Ground from stress of weather shall communicate with the shore, or with any ship, and such vessel shall return to the Quarantine Ground 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.
5. The Quarantine Ground shall be within the following boundaries, and the Master of every vessel shall remove his vessel to any part of the Quarantine Ground 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 place hereafter described, as follows, is hereby set apart to be a Quarantine Station, namely:- That part of the West end of Stone Cutters' Island which lies West of a line to be determined by the Health Officer, and to be indicated by a line of Yellow Flags to be fixed by the Health Officer from shore to shore.
6. 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.
7. The Health Officer may order the removal of such persons as he thinks fit from any vessel in quarantine to the Quarantine Station, 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.