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217.
"adoption of those causitary
incasures which
"alone are proved to check the spread of
the
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Epidemie.
"If th
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the above reasoning be
applicable to epidemie Cholera, it would
appear to have greater force in regard.
to
any
endrinie form of the disease,
"such as that which occasionally
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appears at places in China during
the summer months."
2.
lo
agree
from
Personally, I are disposed
with the
spirit of the instructions
the Foreign Office quoted above. But;
it will be remembered that
very conflicting
opinions have been held and very
different
different
Course
• action have been followed; of action.
respecting Quarantine by various Colonial Governments and Communities. I would
request Your Lordship to inform we,
for my future guidance, if you t desire that the principles laid down by the Foreign Office should be
be followed,
in questions relating to Quarantine, by the Government of Hougkong .
I have the honour to be,
Myford,
Your Lordship's Most Obedient;
Humble Servant,
5 Mowin.
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