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1750 ORDINANCE No. 9 OF 1883 .


Merchant Shipping Consolidation.


shall immediately on entering the waters of the Colony fly the quarantine flag, and shall
keep the same flying, and shall be deemed to be in quarantine until released therefrom by
express written order of the Health Officer, who shall, in every case, board and examine
all the passengers and crew of such vessel.
The quarantine flag shall be a flag of yellow colour (letter Q in International Code
of Signals) hoisted at the highest mast-head forward.
No such vessel shall enter the waters of the Colony before 6 A.M. or after 7 P.M.
4. Every vessel in quarantine shall proceed to the quarantine anchorage, and shall
not remove therefrom , except from stress of weather, until released from quarantine by
order of the Health Officer. No vessel having to leave the quarantine anchorage from
stress of weather shall communicate with the shore, or with any ship, and such vessel
shall return to the quarantine anchorage immediately such stress of weather 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
in quarantine, and subject to all other regulations applicable to such vessels.

5. The quarantine anchorage shall be within the following boundaries, and the
master of every vessel shall remove his vessel to any part of the quarantine anchorage as
and when required by the Harbour Master : -

Western Boundary. -A line drawn from the west side of Stone Cutters' Island to
west side of Green Island (on Admiralty Chart marked as harbour boundary) .
Southern Boundary. —That part of a line having the Naval Coal Sheds at Kaulung
bearing E. by S., commencing where it meets the eastern boundary, and terminating
where it meets the western boundary.

Eastern Boundary.— A south line drawn from a white mark on south side of Stone
Cutters' Island until it reaches the southern boundary.
Northern Boundary. - Five fathom line of soundings .
The place hereafter described , as follows, is hereby set apart to be a Lazaretto,
namely :
That part of the northern shore of Stone Cutters' Island which is bounded and
contained by a line of yellow posts.

6. The master or other person having the control of any vessel in quarantine shall
give 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..

7. The Health Officer may order the removal of such persons as he thinks fit from
any vessel in quarantine to the Lazaretto, and the master of any vessel from which such
persons are ordered to be removed shall conduct their removal according to the orders of
the Health Officer.

8. No vessel in quarantine shall be released from quarantine except by the express
written order of the Health Officer, nor until such precautions, by way of burning clothing ,
or fumigating, or otherwise, as may be ordered by the Health Officer, have been carried
out.