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From the New Zealand Gazette, No. 2, January 18, 1864.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

G. GREY,
Governor.

Making Quarantine Regulations for the Colony of New Zealand.

At the Government House at Auckland, the twelfth day of January, 1864.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in the Governor in Council by the "Marine Board Act, 1863," His Excellency the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby approve of the following Quarantine Regulations, made and issued by the Marine Board for the several Ports and Harbours in the Colony of New Zealand, and doth declare that the same shall be in force from and after the twelfth day of January, 1864.

FOSTER GORING, Clerk of Executive Council.

QUARANTINE REGULATIONS.

1. The Master of every vessel which shall be deemed by the Harbor Master to be liable to Quarantine shall, on being directed so to do by the Harbor Master, cause such vessel to be anchored in the Quarantine Ground appointed for the Harbor, or forfeit the sum of £50 for every day, or portion of a day, during which he shall neglect or refuse so to do.

2. The Master of any vessel so anchored, who shall either himself quit, or permit any seamen, passenger, or other person to quit the same, except by authority from the Board of Health hereinafter mentioned, until he shall have been duly admitted to pratique, shall forfeit the sum of £50 in respect of each person who shall so quit the vessel.

3. Every person who shall so quit such vessel shall forfeit the sum of £20.

4. The Master of every vessel so anchored shall hoist a yellow flag of not less than six breadths of bunting at the main by day, and a light by night in a lanthorn such as is used in H.M. Navy, and shall keep the same respectively hoisted until released from Quarantine, otherwise he shall forfeit for each offence the sum of £20.

5. The Master of every vessel so anchored shall deliver to the Harbor Master or other authorised person his bill of health, manifest, log book, and journal, and shall fill up a report in the form pointed out by the schedule A, annexed.

6. The Master of every vessel so anchored who shall suffer any Goods, Wares, or Merchandise, Packets, Books, Letters, or other articles to be unshipped or landed, and any person or persons who shall be concerned in the unshipping or landing of the same, shall forfeit for each and every article so unshipped or landed the sum of twenty pounds.

7. Every person or persons who shall knowingly receive any Goods, Wares or Merchandise, Packets, Package, Baggage, Books, or Letters, or any other article whatever, from any vessel so anchored, shall forfeit for each and every article the sum of twenty pounds.

8. Any person who, without the authority of the Board of Health, shall go within the limits of any Quarantine Station when any vessel shall be there at anchor performing Quarantine, or within the limits of any Lazaret whilst the same is occupied, shall forfeit any sum not exceeding twenty pounds, and shall be liable to be detained and kept in Quarantine as if he were a passenger of such vessel subject to Quarantine.

9. If any Officer or person entrusted with the performance of any duties respecting Quarantine, shall in any way neglect his duty, he shall for each offence forfeit any sum not exceeding twenty pounds.

10. The Harbor Master or Pilot shall, immediately after any vessel shall have been anchored in Quarantine, report the same to the Resident Magistrate, and to the Health Officer of the Port, or to the person or persons acting or appointed to act for those functionaries.

11. There shall for every Port be a Health Officer, to be from time to time appointed by the Superintendent of the Province, who shall, immediately upon the receipt of the said report, visit the vessel so anchored, and if he shall find that any sickness of an infectious or contagious nature exists, or shall then recently have existed on board of her, submit his information in regard thereto to the Board of Health hereinafter mentioned.

12. The Board of Health shall consist of the Resident Magistrate of the Port, one or more Justices of the Peace, the Superior Officer of Customs at the Port, the Health Officer of the Port, and if the Health Officer be not a medical practitioner, one or more legally qualified medical practitioners, to be appointed by the Superintendent of the Province, of which Board the Resident Magistrate shall be convener.

13. The said Board, or the majority of them, shall have authority to detain any such vessel as aforesaid in Quarantine until every symptom of any infectious or contagious disease as aforesaid shall have disappeared, and until sufficient time to prevent the spread of such disease shall in the opinion of the Board have elapsed since the last case disappeared, and thereupon to release such vessel from Quarantine and admit her to pratique.

14. It shall be lawful for the Superintendent of any Province, upon the recommendation of the said Board, to appoint any station or place within any port or harbor in the said Province for the performance of Quarantine, where all vessels liable to Quarantine, and the crews, passengers, and persons on board thereof shall perform the same, and also, if necessary, to appoint Lazarets and other places where the crews, passengers, and other persons, and the goods, wares, and merchandise which shall or may be on board the said vessels shall and may be detained, landed, and kept for the performance of Quarantine.

15. If any person shall, contrary to the provisions of this Act, quit any vessel in Quarantine, or go within the limits of any Quarantine Station or Lazaret, it shall be lawful for any Peace Officer or Constable to apprehend him and carry him before a Justice of the Peace, who may, if he shall think fit, grant his warrant for conveying such person back to the vessel, Quarantine Station, or Lazaret, which he shall have left, there to remain and perform Quarantine.

16. The aforesaid Board shall have power to prescribe all measures necessary for cleansing, purifying, and disinfecting any vessel in Quarantine, and the passengers and crew thereof, and the goods, wares, and merchandise therein, and, if necessary, to order the destruction of any clothing or materials which cannot be cleansed, purified, or disinfected.

17. During the detention of the crew or passengers of any vessel in Quarantine, whether on board or on shore, the master of such vessel shall provide and supply provisions for the said crew and passengers on the same scale as during the voyage.

18. During the period any vessel may be in Quarantine the Resident Magistrate and Health Officer shall visit her alongside from time to time, and institute such regulations as the nature of the case may demand, and the master or commander shall carry such regulations into effect, or forfeit for each offence a sum not exceeding twenty pounds.

19. The Resident Magistrate at any port for which no Harbor Master or Health Officer is appointed shall have and exercise all the powers hereinbefore given to such officers.

SCHEDULE A.

Questions required to be answered by the Master or other person in command of any ship or vessel arriving from any infected place.

1. What is the tonnage of the vessel, and her name?
   Answer.