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[Table L conta] Appendix. Forms Nos, 1 and 2.
Government Observation Station.
No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
in the waters of the Colony, and if the surgeon or medical officer of the vessel after entering the waters of the Colony signs a certificate, in Form No. 2 in the said Appendix, to the same effect, with the addition that he has seen every person on board such vessel within the twelve hours immediately preceding his signature thereto. In default, however, of either of such certificates being signed, these regulations shall apply.
(2) Any master, and any surgeon or medical officer of any such vessel who signs any such certificate as aforesaid containing any false statement, and any person who signs any such certificate as master or as surgeon or medical officer of the vessel when not duly entered on such articles or document as aforesaid, shall be deemed to be guilty of a breach of these regulations and may be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
18. The place known as the Government Observation Station shall be set apart as a place for the detention and seclusion of persons, whether actually suffering from disease or not, arriving on board vessels subjected to quarantine, and the owners or agents of infected vessels from which the passengers or crew or any of them are removed to such Observation Station by order of the Health Officer under regulation 6 (1) of these regulations shall comply with the instructions contained in Appendix B of this Table.
Appendix A.
FORM No. 1.
Regulation 17 (1).
Certificate by master of absence of infectious or contagious disease.
SS.
Hongkong.
I hereby certify that there has been no sickness of an infectious or contagious nature on board the SS...
...within a period of twelve
days previous to the date of her arrival in the waters of the Colony of Hongkong.
Dated the
day of
SS.
19
7
3
at
o'clock
.m.
Master.
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