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No. 91.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST MAY, 1873.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

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The following Quarantine Rules for certain Ports in India, are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th May, 1873.

MARINE DEPARTMENT.

NOTIFICATION.

Fort William, the 26th March 1873.

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary,

No. 2 of 1873. The following Quarantine Rules, submitted by the Chief Commissioner, British Burmahi, having been proved by the Right Hon'ble the Governor General of India in Council, are published under the provisions of Section Act I of 1870:—

Rules relating to Quarantine for the ports mentioned in Schedule A hereto annexed.

The following rules, made by the Chief Commissioner of British Burmah, with the sanction of the Governor General in Commeil, in pursuance of the provisions contained in Act I of 1870, are hereby promulgated for general information:-

1.The master or other person in charge of any vessel, about to enter any of the ports mentioned in Schedule A exed hereto, in which any case or cases of cholera, yellow fever, Asiatic plague, small-pox, or other disease dangerous to the general health, may have occurred within a period of ten days previous to the date of the arrival of such ship or vessel at ay of the ports aforesaid, shall notify this fact by hoisting a signal, which signal shall be in the day time a yellow flag at the fore, and in the night time two lighted lanterns, one over the other, at the same mast-head; and such master, or other person as aforesaid, shall not take up anchoring ground within the said port without having obtained the previous sanction of the Master Attendant or other officer in charge of the port, nor without such leave shall he hold any communication with the shore or with any shipping within the said port.

II-Whenever the master or other person in charge of any vessel, about to enter any of the ports aforesaid, is unable produce a clean bill of health obtained from the proper authority at the port last visited, he shall notify this fact to the Master Attendant or other officer in charge of the port, by hoisting a signal as aforesaid, and thereupon the Master Atten lant or other officer in charge of the port may, on the report of the Health Officer or other officer appointed by the Local Government in that behalf, suggesting or warranting the adoption of such a measure, refuse to permit the master o other person as aforesaid to anchor his vessel within the ordinary limits of the said port, and may forbid all communication between the vessel and the shore until a quarantine of observation, not exceeding twenty-four hours from the receipt of the report of the Health Officer or other officer appointed by the Local Government in that behalf, shall have been enforce 1.

III-It shall by the duty of the Health Officer or other officer appointed by Government in that behalf, to proceed without delay on board any vessel about to enter any of the ports aforesaid in which any case or cases of cholera, yellow fever, Asiatic plague, small-pox, or other disease dangerous to the general health, shall have occurred within ten days previous to the date of the arrival of such vessel as aforesaid, or whenever the master or other person in charge of any Vessel is unable to produce a clean bill of health from the port last visited, and such Health Officer or other officer as aforesaid shall inspect the crew and passengers of every vessel as aforesaid, and make careful enquiry as to the nature of the disease then existing on board every such vessel, and make a report thereon to the Master Attendant or other officer in charge of the said port.

IV-Upon the receipt of the report of the Health Officer or other officer appointed by the Local Government in that behalf, the Master Attendant or other officer in charge of the port shall determine whether any passengers or merchandize may be landed, or whether the master or other person in charge of such vessel shall be required to proceed to a quarantine anchorage, or to put out to sea, or to anchor beyond the limits of the port in such place as may be appointed for that purpose by the Master Attendant or other officer in charge of the port, or to undergo a quarantine of observation.

V.Whenever cholera, yellow fever, Asiatic plague, small-pox, or other disease dangerous to the general health, shall he actually prevailing amongst any of the crew or passengers of any vessel as aforesaid, and none of those diseases shall exist at the time in the neighbourhood of the port which the said vessel is about to enter or has entered, it shall be the duty of the Health Officer or other officer appointed by Government in that behalf, to report this state of the facts to the Master Attendant or other officer in charge of the port. Thereupon the Master Attendant or other officer in charge of the port shall require the master or other person in charge of such vessel as aforesaid, to take the said vessel out to sea for a period of ten days, or to anchor at any place, to be appointed for that purpose, for a period of ten days.

VI.--All persons on board vessels in quarantine are hereby prohibited from communication with the shore beyond the limits of any place which may be set apart for performing quarantine on shore, or with any vessel in the roadstead or vicinity of the roadstead, unless the permission of an officer duly authorized by the Local Government in that behalf, shall have been previously obtained; and all persons are hereby prohibited from going on board any vessel in quarantine, unless the permission of an officer duly authorized by the said Government in that behalf shall have been previously obtained.

VII.-It shall be lawful for every officer, duly authorized by the Local Government in that behalf, to appoint a sufficient number of subordinates for the purpose of enforcing these rules at the expense of the owners of such vessels, and the master or other person in charge of such vessel shall pay the subordinates so appointed, and defray all expenses incurred in pursu- ance of this rule. It shall be the duty of the officer in charge of the Custom House to refuse port clearance to such vessel until all such demands be discharged.

VIII-It shall be lawful for every officer, duly appointed as aforesaid with the sanction of the Local Government, to appoint as many places for performing quarantine on shore as may be required, and to provide accommodation at such Places for passengers on board any vessel to which these rules are applicable, at certain fixed fees, to be determined from time to time by the Government, which fees shall be payable by the master or other person in charge of such vessel. No person shall be permitted to leave the place so appointed within ten days from the date of last case of the disease for which quarantine was enforced, unless with the previous sanction of the said officer duly authorized as aforesaid.

IX.---Disobedience to any of the above Rules Nos. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, and VIII will subject the offenders, and all persons aiding or abetting him, to a prosecution under Section 271 of the Indian Penal Code.

SCHEDULE A.

(Referred to in Rule 1.) .

Rangoon, Moulmein.

Akvab.

Kyonk-phyoo.

Sandoway.

Tavoy.

Mergui.

Bassein.

H. K. BURNE, Colonel.

Secy, to the Goet. of India,