immediately removed on the receipt
ram that the
nout was.
of information by teles Stong Long Government clean bills of health.
?
may
be
• issuing
In order that the matter
clearly set out, I append a
- summary of the correspondence which
passed sehseen the hos
Governments.
was
An the 5'5 September a telegram www received from you stating that the plaque proclamation had been.
withdrawn.
On the 4th September a reply cent stating that this Government pro- posed to wait for further information
in writing before cancelling the quarantine restrictions and asking for full details. In reply to a
to a further raux from
teleg
you,
- juuired were set out in
444
Your reply, giving the in-
formation asked for and stating that clean bills of health were being
issured, was received on the 7th Sep-
tember.
letter of the 11th Sep-
was
given of
By my sember, an explanation the reason for not at once removing the quarantine precautions, vez;
be
cause it was not accertained that the
disense had ceased to exist in Stong. Long
On the 18th September you
informed me that the last fresh
case occursed 21th that no
the
inv
the 12th, and on the
further case had occurred
- quarantine restrichons were then removed!
sideration of
the details re-
4.
A
telegram
you
were
dated the 6th September and
asked whether the Stong Kong Govern. ment was issuing clean bills of health. .
Your
Stis Excellency, after full con
the matter, is unable to concur in the view expressed by
Stong Kong
Chamber of Commera and considers that the precautions
the
taken