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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 17, 1910.
NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 188.-It is hereby notified that any Britith subject residing in the Colonies, who may expect to require a passport to be issued to him in England, must furnish himself with evidence of such a character as will enable the Colonial Office to recommend him to the Foreign Office as a fit and proper person to be entrusted with a passport. In the case of a naturalized British subject, this requirement is in addition to the evidence of identity and nationality contained in the applicant's naturalization papers.
No. 189. The following Regulations issued by the Director of the Bureau of Agri- culture, Manila, with reference to the importation of cattle into the Philippine Islands, are published for general information.
“1. Whenever animals imported into the Philippine Islands from foreign ports upon arrival in any port are found to be suffering from, infected with, or exposed to any danger- ous communicable animal disease, the landing of animals in such shipment will not be allowed, but they with all the affects pertaining to them must be removed from the l'hilip- pine Islands.
2. If animals imported into the Philippine Islands from any foreign port considered and declared by the Director of Agriculture to be infected with dangerous communicable animal disease arrive apparently free from such disease they will be permitted to land ten days after their departure from the port of origin, provided no disease has appeared among them during this period. Permission will be given for the transfer of such animals from the vessel on which they arrive to lighters, cascos, or other suitable vessels, where they will be held until the above mentioned ten days shall have elapsed; or, if any such animal disease appears, until they have been free from disease for a period of ten days, when they may be he brought ashore.
3. Animals imported into the Philippine Islands from a non-infected port of any foreign country, in which country any animal disease is known to exist, may be landed immediately upon arrival if found free from dangerous communicable animal disease, and will be quarantined on shore until ten days shall have elapsed from the date of embarkation.
4. Animals imported from foreign countries where rinderpest, surra and foot-and-mouth disease do not exist may be landed immediately upon arrival, if found free from dangerous communicable animal disease, and will not be held in quarantine unless exposed to infection after arrival.
5. The provisions of this General Order shall become effective on and after June 1, 1910, and shall supersede all portions of General Orders Numbered 13 and 14 in conflict. therewith."
No. 190.-The following notice dated the 20th ultimo, which has been issued by the Director of the Bureau of Agriculture, Manila, is published for general information.
"Notice is hereby given that in accordance with the provisions of Act 1760 of the Philippine Commission, and General Order No. 15 of the Bureau of Agriculture approved by the Honorable, the Secretary of Public Instruction, May 17th, 1910, the undersigned hereby declares the ports of Hongkong, Amoy, Shanghai, and other ports along the Chinese coast either on the mainland or adjacent islands to be infected with a dangerous communicable animal disease or diseases within the meaning of Act 1760 and General Order No. 13 of the Bureau of Agriculture. Therefore all cattle and carabaos shipped to the Philippine Islands from the ports or places above referred to shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of General Order No. 15.”
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