?CONTENTS.
PART I.
CHAPTER I -	PAGE
(1) Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 .. .. .. .. .. 5
(2) Government of India, Home Department Notification, No. 302,	
dated 4th February 1897, conferring powers on Local Govern-	
ments .. .. .. .. .. .. 6
(3) Government of India, Home Department Notifications,* No.	
1550, dated 28th April 1899, and No. 2653, dated 15th Sep-	
tember 1899, prescribing rules for the transmission of	
plague microbes or cultures . . . . . . . . . .	7
CHAPTER II -	
(1) Regulations for the City of Madras (Notification,* No 898,	
Fort St. George Gazette, dated 18th December 1897) - .	10
(2) Notification No. 830, dated 18th October 1898, declaring the	
whole of the City of Madras to be subject to section 309 of	
the City of Madras Municipal Act, 1884 ......	23
CHAPTER III --	
(1) Original Mufassal Regulations for District Municipalities and	
Towns and Villages (Notification,* No. 897, Fort St. George	
Gazette, dated 18th December 1897)	24
(2) Notification, No. 531, dated 5th July 1898, directing that passen-	
gers proceeding from infected parts to the Nilgiris shall	
obtain passports at Pódanúr ... . . . . . .	40
(3) Notification, No. 638, dated 9th August 1898,framing rules	
in connection with the issue of passports at Pódanúr	41
(4) Additional Mufassal Regulations for District Municipalities	
and Towns and Villages (Notification,* No. 169, Fort St.	
George Gazette, dated 1st March 1898)	41
CHAPTER IV -	
(1) Regulations for the Inspection of Inward-bound Vessels (Noti-	
fication,* No. 163, Fort St. George Gazette, dated 31st August	
1897) ................	58
(2) Regulations for the Inspection of Outward-bound Vessels	
(Notification,* No. 181, Fort St. George Gazette, dated 2nd	
November 1897) ..............	66
(3) Notification, No. 37, dated 26th April 1898, directing that the	
Regulations for the Inspection of Outward-bound Vessels	
be brought into force in certain ports	72
CHAPTER V -	
Rules under the District Municipalities Act, 1884, for combating	
plague in Municipalities (Notification,* No. 185, Fort St. George	
Gazette, dated 16th March 1897) . . ........	73
* As amended by subsequent Notifications.