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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH JULY, 1883.

5. The Quarantine Ground shall be within the following boundaries, and the Master of every vessel shall remove his vessel to any part of the Quarantine Ground as, and when, required by the Harbour Master:--

Western Boundary-A line drawn from the West side of Stone Cutters' Island to West side of Green Island (on Admiralty Chart marked as Harbour boundary).

Southern Boundary.-That part of a line having the Naval Coal Sheds at Kaulung bearing E. by S., commencing where it meets the Eastern Boundary and terminating where it meets the Western boundary.

Eastern Boundary.-A South line drawn from a white mark on South side of Stone Cutters' Island until it reaches the Southern boundary.

Northern boundary.-Five fathom line of soundings.

The place hereafter described, as follows, is hereby set apart to be a Quarantine Station, namely:- That part of the West end of Stone Cutters' Island which lies West of a line to be determined by the Health Officer and to be indicated by a line of Yellow Flags to be fixed by the Health Officer from shore to shore.

6. The master or other person having the control of any vessel arriving from the infected place shall give the Health Officer or Boarding Officer such information about the vessel and the voyage and the health of the crew and passengers and otherwise as the Health Officer or Boarding Officer may re- quire, and shall answer truly and fully all questions put to him by the Health Officer or Boarding Officer.

7. The Health Officer may order the removal of such persons as he thinks fit from any vessel in quarantine to the Quarantine Station, and the master of any vessel from which such persons are ordered to be removed shall conduct their removal according to the orders of the Health Officer.

8. No vessel arriving from the infected place shall be released from quarantine until 10 clear days have elapsed since the vessel left such infected place, and such precautions by way of burning clothing or fumigating or otherwise as may be ordered by the Health Officer have been carried If there has been any case of cholera on board such vessel or any death from cholera, the vessel shall not be released from quarantine until 10 clear days have elapsed since any person was suffering from cholera or died from cholera (as the case may be) on board such vessel.

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In case of a death happening on board any vessel in quarantine or in a Quarantine Station the body shall be disposed of in such manner as may be ordered by the Health Officer, and the Master of the vessel shall carry out such order as the Health Officer may give him in relation to the disposal of the body.

9. When any vessel arrives in the waters of the Colony from the infected place no person shall leave the vessel or hold communication from the vessel with the shore or with any other vessel or boat or take or send any person or thing whatever out of the vessel, until the express written permission of the Health Officer has been communicated to the master or other person having the control of the vessel and such precautions as the Health Officer may require have been observed.

10. When any vessel is in quarantine under these regulations no person other than the Health Officer or persons in his boat shall approach within 30 yards of such vessel or hold any communication with such vessel or with any person on board of it or receive or take any person or thing whatever directly or indirectly from the vessel or from any person on board of it, without having first received the express written permission of the Health Officer and observing such precautions as the Health Officer may require.

11. No person placed in the Quarantine Station shall leave the same or hold communication with any vessel or boat or take or send any person or thing whatever out of the Quarantine Station without having first received the express written permission of the Health Officer and observing such precautions as the Health Officer may require.

12. No person other than the Health Officer or persons expressly deputed by him shall enter the Quarantine Station or approach within 30 yards of the boundaries thereof, or hold communication with the Quarantine Station, or with any person in it, or receive or take anything whatever directly or indirectly from the Station, or from any person in it without having first received the express written permission of the Health Officer and observing such precautions as the Health Officer may require.

13. The Captain Superintendent of Police and any officers that he may appoint for the purpose of enforcing quarantine may order any person leaving or coming from any vessel that is in quarantine or from a Quarantine Station, or taking or sending any person or thing whatever from any such vessel or Quarantine Station to remain in or return to, and to return such persons or things to, such vessel or Quarantine Station and may by such necessary force as the case requires compel any person neglecting or refusing to observe such order to obey the same.

14. The above regulations shall not in any way interfere with the internal management of any of Her Majesty's Ships or with their freedom to proceed to sea whenever the Officer in command may deem such course requisite.