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NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. S. 37. It is hereby notified, with reference to Notification No. S. 183 pub- lished in the Gazette of the 11th July, 1919, that information has been received from H.B.M. Minister at Tokyo to the effect that the regulations governing the fumigation of ships clearing from Hongkong for Tsingtau have been cancelled.

No. S. 38. It is hereby notified that information has been received from the Consul-General for the Netherlands-India to the effect that Hongkong has been declared an infected port on account of plague.

No. S. 39.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.

Place or Port.

Nature of Measures.

Date.

Reference to Govern- ment Noti- fication.

All vessels arriving from Hongkong will be treated as

Suspected Vessels.

Philippine Islands.

Newchwang.

All passengers from Hongkong to produce special certificate.

Singapore.

Bengal.

Netherlands India.

Hongkong declared an infected port on account of plague.

Regulations for the prevention of the introduction of plague by sca euforced in the ports of Orissa against vessels arriving from Hongkong.

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Hongkong declared an infected port on account of plague. Importation of the following articles from Hongkong or transshipped at this port is temporarily prohibited :- (1) wearing apparel, old and worn clothes, household effects for daily use, and used bedding, unless these goods are transported as personal luggage or in consequence of removal; (2) rags. (Refuse of new goods coming direct from the weaving-mills, from workshops where apparel is made, or from bleaching-establishments; artificial wool, and cuttings of newspaper, are not considered as rags.)

Quarantine up to 21 days according to the state of health on board the ships but subject to exemption on production of certificates legalised by the Netherlands Consul- General at Hongkong.

7th March, 1918. No. S. 49.

27th May, 1919.

No. S. 86.

19th July, 1918.

24th June, 1918.

No. S. 181.

No. S. 192.

10th Feb., 1920.

No. S. 38.

No. S. 40.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted by Hongkong.

Disease.

Port or Place.

Restrictions in Force.

Cholera.

Bangkok.

Medical examination; quarantine at the discre-

tion of the Health Officer.

Cholera.

Philippine Islands.

Do.

Authority.

Notification No. 194 of 26th April, 1919.

Notification No. 418 of 12th September, 1919.

13th February, 1920.

CLAUD SEVERN,

Colonial Secretary.