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Quarantine Regulations.

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Under section 23.

In these regulations the term "health Offi-

cer" meansthe Health Officer of the Port or any other

medical officer duly authorised to act for, or assist

him, or in charge of any place set apart for the de-

tention and seclusion of persons actually suffering

from disease; the term "Vessel" includes steamers,

sailing ships, junks, and lerchas, and British and Foreign ships of war, as well as merchant ships of al

kinds; the term "boat" includes any rowing-boat,

sailing-boat, launch or pinnace; the term "port or place at which any infectious or contagious disease prevailed" means a port or place proclaimed to he

such by order of the Governor in Council published

in The Gazette from the date of such proclamation. The words "infectious or contagious disease" shal for the purposes of the regulations, mean cholera, choleraic diarrhoea, smallpox, typhus fever, yell fever, bubonic plague, and such other epidemic din sease as the Health Officer may consider to imper

the safety of the passengers or crev.

"infected vessel" shall mean any vessel which has

The term

case of any of the above mentioned diseases on bo or on which one or more cases of any such diseas shall have occurred within a period of twelve q previous to the date of arrival of the vessel waters of this Colony except in the case of chole when such period shall be seven days instead of

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