CO129-281 - Governor Sir Robinson & Acting Governor Major Gen Black - 1898 [1-3] — Page 471

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Settlements has declared this Colony to be infected with plague and that 9 days quarantine will be imposed on ships arri- ving from Hongkong.

2.

Since the com- mencement of this

year up to the 10th instant there have been 104 cases alto- gether- of these 22 oceur- red between the 1st Janua ry and the 19th February- which was not regarded

-as

as an abnormal number-

at the end of the follow-

ing.

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new cases were

reported most of which were traced to the large influx of Chinese from the main. land during the local Race meeting.

3.

The return for the

week ended the 5th instant

revealed only 22 further

cases, also said to be im-

ported, and since that date up to the 10th instant only