542
Cancelled &
substituted for by G. n. 169/or 6.7.169708 1/4 fot.
Position of Quarantine Anchorage.
Obligation to give informa-
tion about vessel, etc.
Examination
of persons on board vessel
on arrival, and proceedings thereafter.
No. 10.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1899
has subsided: Provided that, in case of stress of weather involving probable actual danger to the vessel, the vessel may remove for a time, but shall be deemed, nevertheless, for all purposes to be subject to all other regulations applicable to such vessels
(b.) No such vessel shall enter the Harbour limits before 6 a.m. or after 6 p.m.
4.(a.) The Quarantine Anchorage shall be within the following boundaries:
Western Boundary.-A line drawn from the western side of Stonecutters Island to the western side of Green Island (on the Admiralty Chart marked as the harbour boundary); Southern Boundary.-That part of a line having the Naval Coal Sheds at Kowloon bearing Elby S., commencing where it meets the eastern boundary, and terminating where it meets the western boundary; Eastern Boundary.-A north and south line drawn from a white mark on the south side of Stonecutters' Island until it reaches the southern boundary; and
Northern Boundary.-The five-fathom line of soundings.
(b.) The master of every vessel shall remove his vessel to any part of the Quarantine Anchorage, as and when required by the Harbour Master.
5. The master or other person having the control of any vessel shall give to the Health Officer or Boarding Officer such information about the vessel, and the voyage, and the health of the crew and passengers, and otherwise as the Health Officer or Boarding Officer may require, and shall answer truly and fully all questions put to him by the Health Officer or Boarding Officer.
6.(a.) On the arrival of an "infected" vessel at the Quarantine Anchorage the Health Officer shall medically examine all persons on board such vessel and shall arrange for the removal of any persons suffering from any of the above-mentioned diseases to a hospital and the removal of any dead bodies for burial. The passengers and crew shall then be kept under observation either on board such vessel or at an Observation Station to be hereafter appointed by the Governor-in-Council, or shall be permitted to land and kept under surveillance at their residences on shore, at the discretion of the Health Officer: Provided that such observation or such surveillance shall in no case extend for a longer period than ten days, or, in the case of cholera, five days, from the date of arrival of the vessel in the waters of the Colony. The Health Officer shall then forthwith proceed with the disinfection of the vessel and with the disinfection or destruction of such of the merchandise on board and of the baggage and personal effects of the passengers and crew as he may deem necessary, and the master of every such vessel shall comply with any instructions that the Health Officer may give as to the cleansing and pumping out of bilge water, the disinfection of drinking water tanks, and the provision of a proper and adequate supply of fresh water: Provided that any person certified by the Health Officer to be
542
Cancelled &
substituted for by G. n. 169/or 6.7.169708 1/4 fot.
Position of Quarantine Anchorage.
Obligation to give informa-
tion about vessel, etc.
Examination
of persons on board vessel
on arrival, and proceedings thereafter.
No. 10.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1899
has subsided: Provided that, in case of stress of weather involving probable actual danger to the vessel, the vessel may remove for a time, but shall be deemed, nevertheless, for all purposes to be subject to all other regulations applicable to such vessels
(b.) No such vessel shall enter the Harbour limits before 6 a.m. or after 6 p.m.
4.~(a.) The Quarantine Anchorage shall be within the following bound
aries:
Western Boundary.-A line drawn from the western side of Stonecutters Island to the western side of Green Island (on the Admiralty Chart marked as the harbour boundary); Southern Boundary.-That part of a line having the Naval Coal Sheds at Kowloon bearing Elby S., commencing where it meets the eastern boundary, and terminating where it meets the western boundary; Eastern Boundary.-A north and south line drawn from a white mark on the south side of Stonecutters' Island until it reaches the southern boundary; and
Northern Boundary.-The five-fathom line of soundings.
(6.) The master of every vessel shall remove his vessel to any part of the Quarantine Anchorage, as and when required by the Harbour Master.
5. The master or other person having the control of any vessel shall give to the Health Officer or Boarding Officer such information about the vessel, and the voyage, and the health of the crew and passengers, and otherwise as the Health Officer or Boarding Officer may require, and shall answer truly and fully all questions put to him by the Health Officer or Boarding Officer.
6.-(a.) On the arrival of an "infected" vessel at the Quarantine Anchorage the Health Officer shall medically examine all persons on board such vessel and shall arrange for the removal of any persons suffering from any of
dead bodie above-mentioned diseases to a hospital and the removal of any dead for burial. The passengers and crew shall then be kept under observation either on board such vessel or at an Observation Station to be hereaft appointed by the Governor-in-Council, dr shall be permitted to land and kept under surveillance at their residences on shore, at the discretion of the Health Officer: Provided that such observation or such surveillance shall no case extend for a longer period than ten days, or, in the case of cholers five days, from the date of arrival of the vessel in the waters of the Colony. The Health Officer shall then forthwith proceed with the disinfection of the vessel and with the disinfection of destruction of such of the me chandise on board and of the baggage and personal effects of the passenge and crew as he may deem necessary, and the master of every such vessel Ba comply with any instructions that the Health Officer may give as to the infection and pumping out of bilge water, the disinfection of drinking w tanks, and the provision of a proper and adequate supply of fresh water: Provided that any person certified by the Health Officer to be
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