QUARANTINE REGULATIONS FOR THE COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND.

Southland Times, 2 March 1864, Page 4

QUARANTINE REGULATIONS FOR THE COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND.

At the Government House at Auckland,. the: ; ;T twelfth day of -January, 1864. : 7r.- 7 * 7 Present: ,:., . His Excellency- the Governor in "•;;■ _ ._ Cbtfiibiij..;^-")- ; — In pursuance and in, pxercise jof jthie 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, QuarantineRegulations, 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 o£ January^ 1.864;; , : ; ■■ • •'■ '■•<"■' ■<■*.<■:>■' i;V; 'iFoSTBK GoBING, ■ i l -.".' Clerk of Executive Council. 1. The Master of every vessel which .shall ; be deemed by the Harbour Master to belia- i ble to Quarantine, shall, on being directed so i to do 1 by the Harbour Master; cause such' vessel to be. anchored in the Quarantine 1 Ground; appointed for the- Harbour, or forfeit! the' sum* i of LSO for every day, 4 /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 himself quit, or permit any seaman^ passenger, or other person to quit the same, except by authority from the Board 6f Health i hereinafter mentioned, until he shall have beeaduly admitted to pratique, shall forfeit' j the sum of LSO in respect to each person who shall so quit the vessel. 3. Every person who shall so quit such vessel shall forfeit the 9um of L2Q. ..... ,; 4. The Master of every vessel so anchored shall hoist a yellow nag 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. Mavy, and shall keep the same, respectively hoisted until released from Quarantine; otherwise he shall forfeit for each, offence the sum of L2O. ■••.,..• 5. The Master of every vessel so anchored shall deliver to the Harbour 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 Sehediile 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; andi anyperson 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 e\ cry 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 L2O, and shall be liable to be detained and kept in Quarantine as if he were a passenger of such vessel stxbject 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 exceeeding L2O. 10. The Harbour 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. <v 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 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 full information with 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, 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 the 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 harbour in the said Province for the performance of Quarantine, where all vessels liable to Quarantine, and the crews, passengers, aud persons on boar.d there shall perform the same, and also, if ' necessary, to appoint Lazarets and other place? ! where the crews, passsengers, 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 I , ' quit any vessel -ip Quarantine, or go within the .'limits of ahy 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. think, fit^ grant his warrant for conveying suchperson back to the vessel, Quarantine. Station, or Lazaret which he shall have left, there to remain and^performiQuarantine. > 16. The aforesaid'^Board shall have' power to prescribe all measures necessary for cleansing, i^unfyirig, andf disinfecting- any ivesselfin Quarantine, and' the ;^passengers and crew thereof, and the goods,"wares, and merchandise therein, and, if ,;necessaxy, to order the destruction of any clothing or materials which cannot be cleansed, purified, or disinfected, ' 1!^ During the!; detention |6f3be, .cre^or passengers 'of any vessel ' in Quarantine^ whether on board or,.pn .shore, the master of such vessel' shall" provide supply^ provisions, for the said, crew ahdipassengers on •; the same ■'. scale as ; d^ring the voyage.*^ '' i : _... , S 18. During the period any vessel maybe in Quarantine the Resident Magistrate and Health Officer shall visit her alongside from

time to time, and institute sueh 1 regulation* las! the nature of the case may demand, and the Master or GommandprlshaU carry jsuch^egu;; latiqris into effect, or forfeit for each offence a sum not exceeding twenty pounds. VI .19. The Resident Magistrate at !i anv port for which no Harbour Master or Health Officer is appointed shall have '-and* exercise all the powers hereinbefore giyen 5 ,t0 such officers. „vt ; ■"' '"ScHEDUIi:' A".' : ■''•':■ .. - . Questions' required to be answered by the Master or other -person Jn_command_ of _any_ ship or vessel arriving in the c Port of , . from any infected placer ... : /" ' ' ;__ . * 1. What is the "tonnage of the vessel, and ; herilame? f;,; , - v „.„ Answer. r. 4 .;'■* \.:\ ■ ; ■./"'i... ;: 2. 'What is the 'Master's name, arid ! are yon the MJaster?--' ; -v!>-nn.:'.' 'i.^^i^U,: -^siir,-- o ;) Answer. ; ;; ; ' ui<:< '■■,'■' "' ■•■■- ? : H' ! a ; s '' i!. fi f <* !> i 3.1 JYcim "whence 3o you ; 'c6mej : and^wh^i 1 did you sail? '"' irjApßxrer. -• ' i l iUi f" lf '' j : ' ;; ' i: ;f ;t - : ' 1 v ' :iiil ' 1 '''' h^ %.;At what Port' have ! you' touched oh your''passage? ■■'' i: ''■'"• v ' ! ''' ' : ''^f- . i,-.i.ii."-J. .^ =^;r: ;i "Answer. ><r- : i ■>„'.•..■:■.' -i--.J-iij.ifJ ,w .'< ; 5.j What vessel have you had intercourse. or communication with on your passage, .^ndj from whence did they c0me,? ..." , r <, ;.,'■',?"' - Answer. '/'"•, , 'T . ' \ Qi Have you any, and wh^t Bills of 'Health? x Answer. ■i^,-Mi.\,s.ii ..-■:..;.!,-.-.:! , ,7i Did the ;f d/holera^ or; i<any other :; infectious and dangerous disease, prevail at the 'place from wWch'you sailed, or at any of the places at •.which 'yqu • have ; touched^ or. on| board of any vessel with^ which you have had .communication ? if so, state wljen and where. .^Answer 1 : ■<-■ -- : B> - '^**-> r^ i 5 8. In th c course of your -voyage] have any persons on board ji suffered from ■sickness of any kind, what !was7.the. nature of" such sickness, arid when 1 did it prevail ? how many persons were affected by it, and have any of them, died in the course of the voyage ? . ; . . Answer»f' „••.,,. ■■,■:■■>-< ■- : ' ';;; '";■.' ,■■,'■'■'>"' passengers have ybu'oti board* ? "" --"'"■'■'-' ~-"-' ■"■'' Answer. .".'*;UOi^. 10. What was the number of persons on ! bpar y d youri vessel when you paited '^ , „ . .. ! " Answer. -„.•...'., ■, v'; , IN! , ■"■/ | 11. What is the whole number of persons now ill on board your've'Ssel ? Answet;^' ■••"!'< ■'. «''./'■■./'"'} ?='.;/. -:■ • -i.' 12. If there be, no, sickness, now onboard, when did the.l ast. ""attack" of disease^appear, land when did it entirely disappear ? '-*-—■»■■:■ - Answer. -,j. /-,-<-,,,/ r-i{ \■ ■

blace E laW -MSridar everiingV' i 4t* proved; Successful, thanks be to the- ability ; of Mr Stewart, b-E., who superintended the! oi this ve-ssel at Sydney, and the readjiistmesnt of , its sections and machinery at Port Waikatb: * Tlie^Kftheroa proceeded up the river nvith: steam at about three-/ quarters pressure, and stemmed the current, attaining a speed of seven miles per hour. Her draught, an all-important consideration, 1 looking 'to, thespeeial service for. which this tug is destined, did npt,exceed the estimate, being only" seventeen inches; with lier machinery- complete; -four tons/ of .coal; 1 , and allvthe material to complete her fittings on board. — Ibid. Tlie Auckland correspondent of the New Zealand writes a? follows :— ; , „, . s }'.. : ; v •,; '■.-,, At present here: all prqyinciaLj andpolitical politics are considered nothing -iii comparison to the uppermost question in all men's, months, of— "ls there anything fresh to-day ? " ■ Or, ,*.' "What is tlie news frpni the^ Front ? ", Every day ; brings fresh news here/ more' or less, arid" to a chronicler interested in tlie events of this province, it would be an animating study, more especially 'if he were a Eearcher into the minds' and mariners. 6f human nature. I am led to make; this remark from the state of feeling pervading the community just now, consisting, as it does, of principally militia and volunteers^ as thei'e is sd much dis&ltisfactisa now existing in t-ne latter body, -that it was even reported they were about to be disbanded as rifle volunteers, and -would be compelled ,to serve in the, militia... This rumour, probably, arose on account of their wretched muster for the Front, and being made Leasts of burden, when at the Front, as well as "hewers of wood and drawers of water." Consequently a number of those members who could, and were wealthy, got exemption frotn the colonial authorities by paying a fine of LlO. These special few are of course now envied by. their poorer brethren in arms -who cannot afford to pay this sum. Some even offered the money, which would not be accepted, and they say that favouritism is the order of the. day, frowever, one thing is certain: from the, numbersof men gone,' the dreat South Roail and tne works on the new buildings in and about the town, are all nearly suspended ; while a number of tradesmen Lad also to "shut up shop" for the time ; all leave of absence and all passes have been stopped until fnrther notice. So great lias this. been. now felt, that notice has been given to all clerks of Colonial and Provincial Government Offices holding commissions, that they must either resign such commission or office, either of which is made . optional. Some have already resigned their commissions in favour of their office duties, which will probably be followed by others. . .. ■ . From the Front we Hear of anlbushes of the enemy, of shots exchanged, of some being killed and wounded on each side, but every one are not aware that the General is now endeavouring to encircle the rebels in. his net, as he is drawing his lines around them by degrees, increasing and relieving his positions all round them, intent on cutting off all supplies, until probably they will be starved into a surrender — that is, if he succeeds, and if these are his tactics. The rebel positions being so formidable, and the late experience gained at Rangiriri, have no doubt induced the General not to throw away so many of his m?n's lives if the object can be gained in any bth.er form. The loss of the Avon, wrecked nearly on the Waipa, having stuck fast on a snag in the river, and some stores lost going up which'she was towing, will be felt severely, but now the Koheroa is just in time to relieve or lessen the difficulty. His Excellency has been paying a visit to the Front, going partly there by water and returning overland, with what objects i.9 of course unknown to us all here: Escorts have been fired on by the rebels lately on the Great South Road, and Natives have been reported to be prowling about the country again among some of their old haunts between this town and the Waikato river, which for the present lias prohibited some of the country settlers of going :i<jain on their farms, as a few among them were i lately about doing. AtTekori, four of the 40th have been wounded, one of whom has been reported dead ; the men were said to be building a bridge at the time. The troops and rebels have had a little by play in the i way of playing at soldiers, they at both sides having | Ai^ot up some " Aunt Sallies" to fire at by way of Amusement, one party endeavouring to deceive the 1 filler, at the same time 1 that they -were improving itieir ride practice by trying shots at each other. ' At Taurangi we were lately here prepared to hear tlie tiding of a battle, it being circulated that the natives were about to attack the troops, and that the latter were ready to meet them. It appears, I however, this has "turned out to be all bounce, I and that the latest news now heard from that post I was that the natives had held a ranunga and con- ■ demned the proceedings of a Wairoa native who I; purchased some powder in the district of Tauranga, I Poverty Bay, and not at Taitragi. ■ In provincial politics we have still the sparring ■ anil snapping of the oppositions both in and out of I the Council ; tliis party, a small remnant of the ■ friends of the ex-Superintendent, always endeavours I' to find fault with the least faux pas in the conduct fl of the present Superintendent or his Executive. ■ Two hundred pounds has been voted by the fl Couueil for the New Zealand Exhibition Commis- ■ sionerc. fl: The next sitting of the Provincial Council is ■ decided for October next, when the motion carried ■ for Ministerial responsibility is to come into effect B and be established. B A telegram has just come in to say that "the fl kck of the gunboat Koherea has been broken." B . 12th February. fl: One of the Kaipara Europeans has been remanded fl for the shooting with intent, at three Maories, and fl is to be tried at the next Supreme Court sittings, fl k) the other man got clear. fl The Governor's luggage had been stopped when fl n the Front, tlie escort fired on, and one of the, fl Te i' s wounded. -fl The Avon is a total wreck. |Bf For some days past the heat is fearful, 1 the air is fl quite hot and oppressive ; a sultry day, annoyed by fl liy flies here, is only succeeded by a warm night fl irritated by mosquitoes — -if you attempt to write I ilie perspiration " runs down yonr fingers, and as I to animal energy it is all out of the question. To-., fl day we had a few cooling showers, but yet still it is fl too hot for any athletic exercises. The rain is now ; I over, and all our wells are drying up. If this I ilrenght continues. , we shall be. as, badly oft" shortly I for want of water as we were last summer, when ■ some of the people had to travel miles to obtain I w.ter from the public pumps here in Queen-street. I . ; li .•:..!■• ISfcli February. ■ Tlie Koheroa has been got off the sandbank; ■ she is now towing up ■provisions in boats. Yester- .;■: day, however, to be prepared for 'all: emergencies, I and to keep a grand army from feeling the pangs ■ oi hunger, the. officers, of., the. ..Commissariat com- ■ menced loading two vessels at^Oriehunga, one with I supplies to be- taken to Raglan, and the other with B ilringht bullocks to convey , these V supplies from ■ Kaglan overland to the General's positions. These S are the episodes of the war, showing, energy and ■ activity that k are s always overlooked; when heiivy. 9 work has been performed with promptitude. -' ' ■ The Star of the South steamer has been very ■ active lately. In bringing cargoes >of sheep from ■ Napier, for the great Auckland commissariat con- ■ tractor for fresh meat and live cattle,- J. S. Macfar--8 lane. They were "lande'd' at the Tamaki, and she is ■ Mid to be going off for another cargo of live stock, ■to the same place. :; , ;. •,;,,.;■• . ....; .1 s]f»ere is nothing of "grave" importance from the M front, but our camp is moved in front of the rebel ■ position at Paterangi. Skirmishes with the 'enemy ■ in such close quarters daily prevail^ and all faces m tare are anxiously turned towards the Front, on the ■' look out for the latest information.-' IV}V[ T' ' j * '-"■ I A rumour goes now tha£.the Governor's baggage I not attacked by but by Europeans, and 1 ftatgomeof his stores werestoleri. " ~ l '" ■ ; N \'-- fl ' ' / * '

.1 News from Mauritius^ has h&sa received to" the ■ effect that the s MaiintiiisCKamljer of Cominercecon- ■ I «ans the Peninsulariand Oriental mail service.; - ; m Some of the Federal ;greenl)ajeksha.ve found their I % into the Museum of Poole, in Pprsetshire,