THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH NONEMBER, 1897. 953 (2.) The Officer of Customs who, on the arrival of any such ship from foreign, shall visit such ship, shall, if he find, or have reason to suspect, that the ship is infected, detain such ship, and order the Master forthwith to moor or anchor the same in such position as such Officer of Customs shall direct; and thereupon the Master shall forthwith moor or anchor the ship accordingly.
(3.). The Officer of Customs detaining, under the provisions of subdivision (2) of this Article, any ship bound to the Port of Manchester, and ascertained by him to be infected, or which he may have reason to suspect of being infected, shall forthwith give notice thereof, and of the cause of such detention, to the Liverpool Port Sanitary Authority.
(4.) Whilst such ship shall be so detained, no person (other than an Officer of Customs or a
person acting in the execution of this Order) shall leave the same.
(5.) The detention of any such ship by the Officer of Customs shall cease so soon as the ship shall have been duly visited and examined by the Medical Officer of Health of the Liver- pool Port Sanitary Authority, or if the ship shall, upon such examination, be found to be infected, as soon as the same shall have been moored or anchored in pursuance of Article VII. at the mooring station fixed by the Liverpool Port Sanitary Authority for the purposes of Our said Order dated the Ninth day of November, One thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, and herein-after referred to as the Liverpool Mooring Station: Provided, that if the examination be not commenced within twelve hours after notice given to the Liver- pool Port Sanitary Authority as aforesaid, the ship shall, on the expiration of such period, be released from detention.
(6.) The Liverpool Port Sanitary Authority, on notice of the detention of any such ship being given to them as aforesaid by the Officer of Customs under the provisions of subdivision (3) of this Article, shall forthwith cause the ship in regard to which such notice shall have been given to be visited and examined by their Medical Officer of Health for the purpose of ascertaining whether such ship is infected; and shall, at the same time, inform the Manchester Port Sanitary Authority of the detention of the ship.
(7.) The Medical Officer of Health of the Liverpool Port Sanitary Authority shall visit and examine the ship mentioned in such notice; and if on such examination, or on visiting and examining any ship under Article III., he shall be of opinion that the ship is infected, he shall give a certificate in duplicate as required by Article IV., and shall give to Us in- formation as to the arrival of the ship, and such other particulars as We may require.
ARTICLE III-If the Medical Officer of Health of the Liverpool Port Sanitary Authority, as re- gards ships bound to the Port of Manchester, and coming or being within the Port of Liverpool, or the Medical Officer of Health of the Manchester Port Sanitary Authority as regards ships coming or being within the Port of Manchester, have reason to suspect that any such ship, whether examined by the Officer of Customs or not, is infected, he shall, or, if he have reason to suspect that the ship has comè from an infected place, he may, visit and examine such ship for the purpose of ascertaining whether such ship is infected; and may make the like visit and examination in the case of any such ship which has come from an infected place. The Master of any such ship shall permit the same to be so visited
and examined.
The Master of any such ship shall also, on being required so to do by the Medical Officer of Health of the Liverpool Port Sanitary Authority or of the Manchester Port Sanitary Authority as the case may be, cause the ship to be brought to, and, if necessary, moored or anchored in some convenient place while the same shall be visited and examined; but due regard shall be had to the safety of the ship and to the convenience of navigation.
ARTICLE IV.--If the Medical Officer of Health of the Liverpool Port Sanitary Authority on making such examination as aforesaid (whether under subdivision (6) of Article II., or under Article III., as the case may be) shall be of opinion that the ship is infected, he shall forthwith give a certifi- cate in duplicate in the following Form, or to the like effect, and shall deliver one copy to the Master, and retain the other copy or transmit it to the Liverpool Port Sanitary Authority. He shall also in- form the Manchester Port Sanitary Authority of the case by the speediest method available and shall give to Us information as to the arrival of the ship, and such other particulars as We may require.
PORT SANITARY AUTHORITY.
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I hereby certify that I have examined the ship.
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