748 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15TH SEPTEMBER, 1883.
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 from quarantine by express written order of the Health Officer.
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.
3. Every vessel in quarantine shall proceed to the Quarantine Ground, and shall not remove therefrom, except for 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.
4. 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.
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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.
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 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.
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 infectious or contagious disease prevailed at the time of its departure, or if there has been any case of infectious or contagious disease on board the vessel, or any death from infectious or contagious disease, the vessel shall not be released from quarantine until 10 clear days have clapsed since the date of the vessel's departure from such port or place, or since any person was suffering from or died from infectious or contagious 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 infectious or contagious disease on board, the Health Officer may, if he thinks it expedient, 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 Ground, 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 in a Quarantine Station, 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 order 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.