679072-1882-Quarantine-Regulations-Batavia--c- — Page 1

DIE

MON

DROIT.

THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

午夜

門 it 港香

Published by Authority.

No. 28.

號八十二第

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 1ST JULY, 1882. 日六十月五年午壬 日一初月七年二十八百八千

VOL. XXVIII.

?

簿八十二第

1879.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 275.

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

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong. 1st July, 1882.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

REGULATIONS MADE BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 25 OF ORDINANCE 8 OF 1879.

Whereas by Section 25 of Ordinance 8 of 1879 it is provided that whenever the Governor in Council has reasonable cause for believing that any country or place is infected with any infectious or contagious disease, he may make such regulations concerning vessels arriving from 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 the residencies of Batavia, Cheribon, Probolingo, Bezocki and Banjoemas are places now infected with an infectious disease, viz. cholera, it is hereby ordered by the Governor in Council as follows:--

1. No boat, except that of the Health Officer of the Port, is to approach within twenty yards

of any Vessel that is flying the quarantine flag or has been placed in quarantine.

2. No person shall leave any vessel that is in quarantine without permission of the IIealth Officer of the Port: neither shall any letters be sent or received except through the Guard Boat employed in the quarantine service.

3. Vessels arriving from Batavia, Cheribon, Probolingo, Bezocki, and Banjoemas shall imme-

diatly on entering the waters of this Colony fly the Quarantine Flag.

4. No such vessels shall be admitted to pratique until 10 clear days have elapsed since the vessel

left any of the said places.

5. If there has been any case of cholera on board of such vessel, the vessel shall not be admitted to pratique until 10 clear days have elapsed since any person suffering from such disease was lost on board such vessel.

J. H. STEWART-LOCKHART, Acting Clerk of Councils.

Council Chamber. Hongkong, 1st July, 1882.