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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 19, 1907.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 479.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.
Place or Port.
Nature of Measures.
Date.
Reference to Govern- ment Noti-
fication.
Sium.
Medical Inspection at Kohphra against arrivals from Hong-
kong.
14th Sept., 1995.
No. 576.
Do.
Vessels from Hongkong to complete 10 days before arrival at
a Siamese port.
1st March, 1907.
No. 140.
Arrivals from Hongkong subject to Regulations under the
Venice Convention at uninfected ports.
4th April, 1907.
No. 229.
10th May, 1907.
No. 333.
Madras.
Netherlands-
India.
Shanghai.
Arrivals from Hongkong, or vessels having called there, are subject to five days' quarantine from date of departure or of last plague case on board. Importation is temporarily prohibited of animal refuse, claws and hoofs, animal or human hair and bristles, untanned hides and hides salted! or cured with arsenic, raw wool and rags, bags or sacks which have already been used, coming from or tran- shipped at Hongkong; also tapestry and used cm- broideries unless they are transported as personal baggage or in consequence of change of residence.
Hongkong declared an infected port.
All American¦ 1. Before sailing from Hongkong,
ports includ-
ing Philip-
pine Islands.
(a.) Fumigation of vessel, after drydocking, to kill rats
and insects.
(b.) Disinfection of luggage of steerage passengers and
forecastle crews.
(e.) Certification of shipping orders at American Con- sulate, for following cargo: Household goods; personal effects; used bedding, gar- ments, gunnies, bags, sacks, matting, and embroideries; Rags; wool; furs: Fresh fruits, vegetables, milk and butter: Potted flowers and plants; Dogs; Cats: Poultry and other small animals: Feathers; Hair : Bristles: Hides; Horns: Hoofs: Claws ; Bone: Manure: Earth Corpses.
(4) Ship's supplies:
Water:-To be taken from the Colony's
filtered supply.
Ballast:—Only hard rock, clean sea beach
sand, or sea water allowed. Vegetables, milk, butter, øte, :—Sources not Cholera is
restricted
present.
unless
(6.) Medical Inspection before sailing.
2. At Ports of Arrival.
(a.) Medical Inspection, but no detention of vessel unless quarantinable disease is found aboard,
or has occurred en route.
22nd June, 1907.
27th June, 1967.
No. 423.
No. 424
Panama.
Chefoo.
Ceylon.
Newchwang.
Same as at all American ports and the Philippine Islands.
27th June, 1907.
No. 425.
Hongkong declared an infected port.
Do.
Do.
Singapore.
Do.
1st July, 1907.
2nd July, 1907.
6th July, 1907.
12th July, 1907.
No. 437.
No. 438.
No. 162.
No. 464.
19th July, 1907. -
A. M. THOMSON,
Colonial Secretary.