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in the Government Gazelle of the

syth line.

The Connoil advise

I that the Chamber be informed

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that, in the present circumstances

of the

Colony,

it

would not be

practicable to apply effectively

precautionary

those alternative precar measures which, according to the terms of Lord Derby's Despatch,

would be necessary if quarantine

were to be abolished.

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Enclosure 5.

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QUARANTINE REGULATIONS

Proposed by the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce.

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10009

HEC?

26 AUG 35

1. Every vessel arriving in the waters of this Colony having at the time of her arrival any cases of infectious or contagious disease on board, shall immediately on entering the waters of the Colony fly the Quarantine flag, and shall keep the same flying, and shall be deemed to be in Quarantine until released by order of the Health Officer.

2. Any vessel arriving in the waters of this Colony having on board any case of infectious or contagious disease, shall be visited and examined by the Medical Officer of Health, and, if he is of opinion that the ship be infected, he shall give a certificate to that effect, and order the vessel to the Quarantine Ground.

3. The Medical Officer of Health shall, as soon as possible after any such vessel has been certified to be infected, examine all persons on board of her; and all persons who shall not be certified by him as suffering from an infectious disease shall be permitted to land, and any person certified by him to be suffering from an infectious or contagious disease shall be removed to some Hospital or other place previously appointed by the Sanitary Authorities, and detained there.

4. The vessel shall then be fumigated and released from detention.