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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 26, 1921.

No. 362.

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Regulation made by the Governor in Council under section 37 of the Merchant Ship- ping Ordinance, 1899, Ordinance No. 10 of 1899, the 25th day of August, 1921.

The regulations made by the Governor in Council under Section 37 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, Ördinance No. 10 of 1899, on the 5th day of April, 1917, and published in the Gazette on the said 5th day of April, 1917, as Government Notification No. 141 as amended by the regulation made by the Officer Administering the Govern- ment in Council on the 3rd day of October, 1918, and published in the Gazette on the 4th day of October, 1918, as Government Notification No. 381 are amended by the addition thereto of the following regulation :----

38. The master of every launch or motor boat when conveying passengers shall be responsible that such launch or motor boat is carefully steered and travels with reasonable expedition and shall permit any passenger travel- ling on such launch or motor boat not being a ferry to disembark at any place where such passenger can lawfully disembark without risk when requested by such passenger to do so.

No. 363.

Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 6 of the Dogs Ordinance, 1893, Ordinance No. 5 of 1893, this 25th day of August, 1921.

1. In these regulations

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(a.) Dogs Quarantine Station" means the place for the time being set apart

by the Government for the quarantine of dogs.

(b.) "Quarantine Permit" means a permit by the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon solely for the purpose of enabling a dog imported or brought into the Colony to be landed or brought in and taken to the Dogs Quarantine. Station.

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(c.) Clean Certificate" means a certificate by the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon that a dog may be landed in or brought into the Colony without any quarantine restrictions.

(d.) "Imported" means brought into the Colony by water on board a vessel of

any description.

2. The person having the custody control or care of any dog which has or may reasonably be suspected of having rabies shall report the fact to the nearest Police Station without delay.

3. The person having the custody control or care of any dog that is or is suspected of having rabies or of having been in contact with a rabid animal shall on receipt of notice from the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon requiring him so to do forthwith take such dog to the Dogs Quarantine Station to be detained there for such period as the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon may prescribe.

4. No owner or person having the custody control or care of any dog shall allow such dog if imported to be landed in or if not imported to be brought into the Colony until he has received from the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon either a clean certificate or a quarantine permit. Provided that a dog brought into the Colony by rail may, subject to any regulations or directions of the Railway Authorities, be allowed to proceed as far as the terminus of the railway as Tsim Sha Tsui but shall not be removed therefrom until the owner has obtained either a clean certificate or a quarantine permit.

5. No clean certificate will be issued except on the production to the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon of the following documents:--

(a.) A certificate to the satisfaction of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon dated not more than two months before such dog is imported or brought into the Colony, from a duly qualified Veterinary Surgeon or a Medical