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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPT. 21, 1906. 1649

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 804. The following amendment to the Quarantine Regulations for the port of Newchwang is published for general information.

T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary,

20th September, 1906.

QUARANTINE REGULATIONS: AMENDED REGULATION No. 11.

11. The importation of furs, skins, hair, old gunny bags, rags, old paper, fresh fruits, vegetables, plants, coffins containing corpses, earth, mould or sand from infected ports and ports from which the Declaration of Infection has been withdrawn, shall be governed by the following regulations :---

I. Importation from Ports declared infected, permitted under the following con-

ditions:

. Furs, skins, hair.

If accompanied by a Certificate of Disinfection, giving marks for identification,

from the Medical Officer of the port of Shipment.

b. Rags, old paper.

Importation not permitted,

e. Fresh Fruits.

If accompanied by a Certificate or Bill of Health from the Medical Officer of the port showing that no cholera is present in the district, apples, bananas, citrons, grapes, lemons, lichees, loquats, mangosteens, mangoes, olives, oranges, peaches, pears, pineapples, pomegranates, pumeloes, and sugar cane, if in sound condition and cleanly packed as cargo.

(Apricots, cherries, figs, melons, plums, raspberries, strawberries, tomatoes

and thin-skinned fruit are prohibited.)

d. Vegetables.

Tubers, roots, bulbs and bamboo shoots, if cleanly packed as cargo.

(Celery, lettuce, endive and other leaf-vegetables are prohibited.)

e. Plants of any kind to which earth or vegetable mould adheres,

Importation not permitted.

f. Coffins containing corpses.

Importation not permitted.

g. Earth and mould.

Importation not permitted.

h. Sand.

If accompanied by a certificate from the Medical Officer of the port that it has

been taken from the seashore.

II. Importation from ports from which the declaration of infection has been removed

permitted under the following conditions.

a. Rags, old paper.

If accompanied by a Certificate of Disinfection from the Medical Officer of the

port of shipment.

b. Coffins containing corpses.

If accompanied by a Certificate from the Medical Officer of the port that the coffin is in sound condition and that death occurred at least six months before, importation permitted during April, May, October and November.

e Earth and mould.

If adherent to plants or bulbs in small quantities and cleanly packed, permitted importation when accompanied by Certificate from the Medical Officer of the port that the earth and mould is from a plague-free district.

III. Articles considered dangerous.

Old Gunny Bags are considered dangerous articles, whether coming from a port

declared infected or from a port where such declaration has been removed.

These unless accompanied by a Certificate of Disinfection, giving marks for indentification, from the Medical Officer of the port of shipment or have been so cleaned that on examination here they show no trace of their former food contents, are liable to be refused entry.

The restriction on importation from ports from which the declaration of infection has been removed, may be terminated at the discretion of the Quarantine Authorities.