CO129-300 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne Governor Sir Blake - 1900 [7-9] — Page 411

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No.1178:

Hon. Acting Colonial Secretary,

Singapore.

Ris

Sir,

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REC

Colonial Secretary/SEP

HongKong, 29th.June, 1900.

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I am directed to acknowledge the re-

ceipt of your letter No. Colonies 4526/00 of the 13th.

inst.stating that the 0.A.G., of the Straits Settlements

in Council was induced to prevent coolie imigration from

HongKong to the Straits Settlements, by the growing in-

crease of plague cases in liongKong and by an intima-

tion in the Local Press that the Sanitary Board of this

Colony proposed to permit plague patients to leave the

Colony, and asking for particulars of such proposal.

You further complained that no notice

has been sent to your Government regarding the cases of

plague that had occurred on board the S.S."Coromandel"

and stated that a lascar who, you were informed had been

ill since the 23rd. May, and had been seen by the Health

Officer at this Port but had been permitted to continue

his voyage, had died between HongKong and Singapore.

2. In reply I am to forward for your in-

enclosed copy of the conditions under

which plague patients are permitted to leave the Colony.

These conditions apply solely to Chinese, and to their

removal to their own homes in China. if situated

formation the

a radius of 40 miles of the Colony.

beyond

These conditions entail such considerable

expense

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