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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26тп AUGUST, 1899.

5. All parts of the ship which have been inhabited by plague patients shall be disinfected by the Health Officer, and the other parts of the ship may also be disinfected at the discretion of the Health Officer.

6. Passengers or members of the crew who are suspected by the Health Officer to be infected with plague may be disembarked and detained under observation, at the observation station appointed by Government, for ten days from arrival of the ship, or, if plague occurs among them while under observation, from date of the last case.

7. The rest of the crew shall not land, except on duty, for ten days from the arrival of the ship. 8. Passengers who are passed on medical inspection as healthy shall be allowed to proceed to their destination on their giving a written undertaking, in the form of Appendix I of the Rules for quarantine in the Port of Moulmein, published in General Department Notification No. 208, dated the 7th October 1897, to submit themselves to surveillance by the Medical Officer (if any) appointed for the purpose at their destination for a period of ten days from the date of the arrival of the ship. The undertaking shall be executed in duplicate and one copy shall be sent by the Health Officer to the Medical Officer concerned.

9. When these rules have been fully complied with, the Health Officer shall, by an order in writing under his hand, to be delivered to the commander, permit the yellow flag to be hauled down.

VIII.-Rules relating to healthy ships.

1. A healthy ship shall be given free pratique at once, whatever may be the nature of her bill-of- health.

2. Such a ship may, at the discretion of the Health Officer, be subject to the measures prescribed in Rules VII (2), 'VII (3), and VII (4), but the ship itself inay not be disinfected as in Rule VII (5), except with the consent of the commander or agent.

3. Passengers or members of the crew who, on medical inspection, are suspected by the Health Officer to be infected with plague may be disembarked and detained under observation at the observa- tion station at Sinbyubin for ten days from the date on which the ship left an infected port, or, if plague occurs among them while under observation, from the date of the last case.

4. The rest of the crew shall not land, except on duty, for ten days from the date on which the ship left an infected port.

5. The crew and passengers may, at the discretion of the Health Officer, be subjected to surveillance in the manner described in Rule VII (8), for a period of ten days from the date on which the ship left an infected port.

6. When these rules have been fully complied with, the Health Officer shall, by an order in writing under his hand, to be delivered to the commander, permit the yellow flag to be hauled down.

IX.—Ships carrying a doctor or store. In exercising the discretion vested in him by Rules VI, VII, and VIII, the Health Officer shall take into consideration the presence of a doctor or existence of a disinfecting apparatus (stove) on board the ship in question.

X.~ Crowded and insanitary ships.--Crowded ships, ships carrying emigrants or returned pilgrims, and ships which appear to be in an insanitary state, may, at the discretion of the Health Officer, be treated as suspected ships under Rule VII.

XI.-Right of ship to put back to sea.-Any ship objecting to submit to the obligations imposed by these rules shall be permitted to put back to sea. Such objection shall be notified on or before arriving at Sinbyubin.

XII.-Rules applying to ships claiming right to put back to sea.--Ships which claim the right to put back to sea, but desire to disembark passengers or land goods, shall submit to the rules relating to suspected ships.

XIII.—Provisions and stores.—It shall be the duty of the Port Officer to facilitate the conveyance to all vessels in quarantine of such supplies of provisions, stores, and other articles as may be required by those on board. Such supplies shall be placed on the boats of the vessels in quarantine, to be subsequently removed by members of their crews.

By order,

J. B. WINGATE,

Offg. Secy, to the Govt. of Burma.