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Governor in Council may make quarantine regulations.

Table 1..

Interpretation

of terms.

Hongkong--Port Regulations, &c.

master who wilfully neglects or disobeys this regula- tion, or wilfully gives false information, or goes to sen without having obtained a port clearance, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 250 dollars : Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall be held to apply to any ship arriving when the Harbour Master's Office is closed for business, and leaving before the said office is again open for business, but in such case the master shall cause such arrival and departure to be reported to the Harbour Master as soon as practicable.

Quarantine.

23. (1.) The Governor-in-Council may make regu- lations for maintaining and enforcing an effectual quarantine in the Ports and waters of the Colony, and for the setting apart of suitable places in available situations for Quarantine Stations and providing for the detention and seclusion in such places of persons, whether actually suffering from disease or not, arriving on board vessel subjected to quarantine, and for the payment to the Government by the owner or agent of any such vessel of any such costs and expenses charged or incurred for the medical attendance and maintenance of any person removed to any hospital or other place.

Table L.

QUARANTINE REGULATIONS.

(s. 23 (1).]

1. In these regulations, "Health Officer" means the 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 detention and seclusion of persons actually suffering from disease: “ Vessel includes British and Foreign Ships-of-War, as well as all other vessels: "Port or place at which any infectious or contagious disease prevailed" means a port or place proclaimed to be such by order of the Governor-in-Council : Infectious or contagions disease" means cholera, choleraic diarrhea, small-pox, typhus fever, yellow fever, plague, and any such other epidemic disease as the Health Officer may consider to imperit the safety of the passengers or crew: fected vessel" means any vessel which has a case of any of the above mentioned diseases on board, or on which any case of any such diseases has occurred within a period of twelve days in the case of small-pox previous to the date of arrival of the vessel in the waters of the Colony, or in the case of cholern, yellow fever and plague when such period shall be seven days instead of 12: Suspected vessel'

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Hongkong Port Regulations, &c.

means any vessel on which any case of any of the above mentioned diseases has occurred at the time of departure or during the voyage, but on which no fresh case has occurred within a period of twelve lays, in the case of small-pox or in the case of cholera, yellow fever and plague 7 days, previous to the date of arrival of the vessel in the waters of the Colony: "Healthy vessel " meaus any vessel which, having come from a port or place at which any infectious or contagious disease prevailed, has had no death from, and no case of any such disease on board while at such port or place or during the voyage therefrom, or où arrival: "Observation means isolation of travellers or crew either on board a ship or in a Sanitary Station before they obtain free practique : "Surveillance" means that travel- lers are not isolated; they receive free practique immediately, but the authorities of the several places whither they are bound are informed of their coming and they are subject to medical examination daily with a view to ascertaining their state of health. Such passengers shall give their names and addresses to the Health Officer of the Port for transmission to the Medical Officer of Health before whom such passengers as remain in the Colony appear for examination by arrange-

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2. Every infected", every suspected", and every "healthy vessel on entering the waters of the Colony shall fly and keep flying a yellow flag (letter Q in International Code of Signals) and shall not communicate with the shore until granted practique by express written order of the Health Officer, who shall board every such vessel and sball examine all the passengers and crew thereof: Provided never- theless, that any such vessel, which is on a voyage to any other place and which has held no communication with the shore except as per- mitted by these regulations, may with the written consent of the Health Officer, proceed on such voyage or tranship her passengers for the purpose of completing such voyage.

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3. (a) Every "infected ", every suspected ", and every "healthy" vessel shall, unless previously granted practique, proceed at once to the Quarantine Anchorage and shall not remove therefrom, except from stress of weather, until released by order of the Health Officer. No vessel which is compelled to leave the Quarantine Au- chorage from stress of weather shall communicate except by signals with the shore or with any other vessel, and such vessel shall return To the Quarantine Anchorage immediately such stress of weather has subsided: Provided that in case of stress of weather involving probable actual danger to the vessel, the vessel may remove for a time, but shall be deemed nevertheless for all purposes to be subject to all other regulations applicable to such vessels.

(b.) No such vessel shall enter the Harbour limits before 6 a.m. or after 6 p..

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Firing of yellow flag on arrival. Examination by Health Officer.

Proceeding to Quarantine Anchorage.

4. The master of every vessel shall remove his vessel to any part Quarantine of the Quarantine Auchorage, as and when required by the Harbour Anchorage. Master.

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