CO129-204 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1882 [11-12] — Page 8

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in

these seas, to furnish this Government with prompt information respecting... Cholera or other infectious or contagious diseases which may manifest themselves

in an

epidemic form at the ports __ where they are resident. Vessels from __

these ports where sporadie cholera

generally

occurs

every

summer,

constantly come into this harbour. To quarantine them would interfere in

a most serious marmer with

business, and it is not considered

necessary on sanitary grounds, unless the disease has become epidemia:

2.

2.

If this Government

were

assured that reliable information would

be at once furnished when cholera became

epidemie

disregard reports

it would be able to

that

come in an

indirect manner and which sometimes

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enquiry prove to be without.

foundation.

I have the honour to be

My Lord, Your Lordship's Most Obedient

Humble Servant,

Mush

Administrator.

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