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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

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Published by Authority.

No. 32..

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 7TH JULY, 1883.

VOL. XXIX.

號二十三第

日四初月六年未癸 日七初月七年三十八百八千一

簿九十二

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 234.

The following Regulations are published under the provisions of Section 25 of Ordinance 8 of 1879.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th July, 1883.

W. H. MARSH,

Colonial Secretary.

Regulations made by the Governor in Council under the Provisions of Section 25 of Ordinance 8 of 1879.

CHOLERA.

Whereas by Section 25 of Ordinance 8 of 1879, as amended by Ordinance 16 of 1882, it is provided that whenever the Governor in Council has reasonable cause for believing that any country or place is infected with any infections or contagious disease, he may make such regulations concerning vessels arriving from such country or place, or from any port or place in China or Japan or Cochin China which appears likely to be in communication with any such country or place as he thinks necessary for preserving the public health of the Colony.

And whereas the Governor in Council has reasonable cause for believing that

SWATOW

is a place now infected with an infectious disease, viz.: cholera, it is hereby ordered by the Governor in Council as follows:-

1. Vessels, which term throughout these Regulations shall include Steamers, Sailing Vessels, Junks and Lorchas, arriving either directly or after touching at any intermediate port from Swatow (hereinafter referred to as the infected place) shall immediately on entering the waters of the Colony fly the Quarantine Flag, and shall keep the same flying, and shall be deemed to be in quarantine until released from quarantine by express written order of the Health Officer.

2. The Quarantine Flag shall be a flag of yellow colour (letter Q in International Code of Signals) hoisted at the highest mast-head forward.

3. No vessel arriving from the infected place shall enter the waters of the Colony before 6 a.m. or after 7 P.M.

4. Every vessel arriving from the infected place shall proceed to the Quarantine Ground, and shall not remove therefrom except for stress of weather until released from quarantine by order of the Health Officer. No vessel having to leave the Quarantine Ground from stress of weather shall communicate with the shore or with any ship and such vessel shall return to the Quarantine Ground 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 in quarantine and subject to all other regula- tions applicable to such vessels.