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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
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Published by Authority.
No. 39.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 2ND SEPTEMBER, 1882. 號九十三第 日十二月七年午壬 日二初月九年二十八百八千一
VOL. XXVIII.
簿八十二第
ERRATUM.
In Government Notification No. 313 of the 4th instant, for Mr. T. E. WILLIAMS, R.N., read Mr. HARRY WILLIAMS, R.N.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 348.
The following Regulations are published under the provisions of Section 25 of Ordinance 8 of 1879.
By Command,
FREDERICK STewart,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd September, 1882.
REGULATIONS MADE BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 25 OF ORDINANCE 8 OF 1879.
CHOLERA.
Whereas by Section 25 of Ordinance 8 of 1879, it is provided that whenever the Governor in Council has reasonable cause for believing that any country or place is infected with any infectious or contagious disease, he may make such regulations concerning vessels arriving from such country or place as he thinks necessary for preserving the public health of the Colony.
And whereas the Governor in Council has reasonable cause for believing that
ΑΜΟΥ, BANJOEMAS, BEZOCKI, CHERIBON, ILO ILO, KIUNG CHOW,
MANILA, PANAY,
PROBOLINGO,
SULU,
and ZAMBOANGA,
are places now infected with an infectious disease, viz.: cholera, it is hereby ordered by the Governor in Council as follows:-
1. Vessels arriving either directly or after touching at any intermediate port from Amoy, Banjoemas, Bezocki, Cheribon, Ilo Ilo, Kiung Chow, Manila, Panay, Probolingo, Sulu, and Zamboanga, or any of them (hereinafter referred to as the infected places) 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.
2. The Quarantine Flag shall be a flag of yellow colour (letter Q in International Code of Signals) hoisted at the fore mast-head.
3. No vessel arriving from any of the infected places, shall enter the waters of the Colony before 6 A.M., or after 7 P.M.