THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH JUNE, 1879.
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And whereas His Majesty was pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order that all vessels coming from the aforesaid places should be liable to perform quarantine in manner in such Order directed :
Her Majesty, under the authority of the said above recited Act, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, doth hereby adjudge and declare it probable that the Plague, or some other infectious disease or distemper highly dangerous to the health of Her Majesty's subjects, may be brought into the United Kingdom, or the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, by vessels coming from the Baltic, or from the Black Sea, or from the Sea of Azoff, or from the Sea of Marmora, or from or having touched at any place in, or any place the passage from which is by or through, any of the said
seas.
And Her Majesty is therefore pleased, under the authority of the said Act, and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order that all vessels, persons, goods, wares, and merchandize, and all other articles hereby made liable to Quarantine, shall perform the same at such places and for such times as shall be appointed in that behalf by any Order of Her Majesty in Council or of the Lords and others of the Privy Council or any two or more of them, and shall be subjected to the provisions, rules, and regulations and restrictions contained in the said Act concerning Quarantine and the prevention of infection, and to all the pains and penalties, forfeitures and punishments contained in the said Act, or otherwise by law provided, for any breach or disobedience of the provisions of the said Act, or of any Order or Örders made or hereafter to be made in pursuance of the said Act, and that all persons hereby made liable to perform Quarantine, and all persons having had any intercourse or communica- tion with them shall, upon arrival at any port or place in the United Kingdom, or in the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, and during the said Quarantine, or during the time they shall be liable to Quarantine, observe and obey all such orders and directions as they shall receive from the Quarantine Officer at such port or place authorized to act in that behalf.
And it is hereby ordered that this Order shall take effect and be in force from and after the date hereof.
And the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.
No. 140.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
C. L. PEEL.
It is hereby notified, that the Queen's Exequatur empowering J. DA SILVA LOUREIRO, Esquire, to act as Portuguese Consul at Hongkong received Her Majesty's signature on 28th March, 1879.
By Command.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th June, 1879.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
NOTICE.
Tenders will be received at the Office of the Captain Superintendent of Police, up to Noon of the 25th instant, for the supply of provisions to the European and Chinese Messes, for the six months ending on the 31st December, 1879.
Forms of tender can be obtained on application.
Police Office, 9th June. 1879.
W. M. DEANE, Captain Superintendent of Police.
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