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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 712, 11 January 1910, Page 4

King's regulation* havo been . tamedby the High Commissioner : for.' the We&i tßrn Pacific witl tho object of preventing' ' the' : of ; • communicable disease the .Gilbert and Ellice 'Islands. v "Communicaljledisease", isy. sot down' to: iiiean'; any j'cqntagious,'or wieotious (Useace, and includes cholora, smallpoi, scarlet fovor, 'scarlatina, Oriental plague,- enteric or typhoid fever, typhus iovor, yellow fever, measles, and any disease ,of such a nature, as-to make it uncertain, whether: 'it is in': reality-ono 'ol these \disoasea: or not. It is made unlawful for any communication otherwise than by signal to bo had between a vessel: in quarantine,and . any island vessel,' or place within, the group. It is also unlawful for a vessel in ousrantin# to be brought within lOO.yaras of' any other vessel in: any harbour, at any pi act within the group, until pratique hat been-.'granted, .as provided for. . Every master.' or' surgeon of a Vessel must report cases of disease, to the Health Officer,; who sets .apart a : quarantine ■ station; and fixes its limits. > Other regulations \ provide,; safeguards and : schemes for _ disinfection. The expenses of • quarantine havo, to: be, borne by the- vessel. The penalty for omitting -to (Jo, what th#' regulations , prescribe,or.' 'for - aiding, abetting, or. advising the doing ofanytliiiig is a Jinbiliiy to imprisonment not (acceding six months,: or to 0 fino not cxcceding vSIOO, -or both, :.