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by Health Officer.
No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
(f) "Suspected vessel" means any vessel on which any case of any of the above-mentioned diseases has occurred at the time of departure or during the voyage, but on which no fresh case has occurred, in the case of small-pox, within a period of 12 days, or in the case of cholera, yellow fever and plague, within a period of 7 days, previous to the date of arrival of the vessel in the waters of the Colony.
(g) "Healthy vessel" means any vessel which, having come from a port or place at which any infectious or contagious disease prevailed, has had no death from and no case of any such disease on board while at such port or place, or during the voyage therefrom, or on arrival.
(h) "Observation" means isolation of travellers or crew either on board a ship or in a sanitary station before they obtain free pratique.
(i) "Surveillance" means that travellers are not isolated; they receive free pratique immediately, but the authorities of the several places whither they are bound are informed of their coming and they are subject to medical examination daily with a view to ascertaining their state of health. Such passengers shall give their names and addresses to the Health Officer for transmission to the Medical Officer of Health before whom such passengers as remain in the Colony appear for examination by arrangement.
Flying of 2. Every infected, every suspected, and every healthy vessel on entering Quarantine the waters of the Colony shall fly and keep flying the Quarantine Flag, Flag on and shall not communicate with the shore until granted pratique by arrival: such examination express written order of the Health Officer, who shall board every vessel and shall examine all the passengers and crew thereof: Provided nevertheless, that any such vessel, which is on a voyage to any other place and which has held no communication with the shore except as permitted by these regulations, may with the written consent of the Health Officer proceed on such voyage or tranship the passengers for the purpose of completing such voyage.
Proceeding 3.-(1) Every infected, every suspected, and every healthy vessel shall, to Quarantine unless previously granted pratique, proceed at once to the Quarantine Anchorage.
Anchorage and shall not remove therefrom, except from stress of weather, until released by order of the Health Officer. No vessel which is compelled to leave the Quarantine Anchorage from stress of weather shall communicate except by signals with the shore, or with any other vessel 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 subject to all other regulations applicable to such vessels.
Quarantine Anchorage, Obligation to tion about vessel, etc.
(2) No such vessel shall enter the harbour limits before 6 a.m. or after 6 p.m.
4. The master of every vessel shall remove his vessel to any part of the Quarantine Anchorage, as and when required by the Harbour Master.
5. The master or other person having the control of any vessel shall give to 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 the questions put to him by the Health Officer or Boarding Officer.