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CHAPTER XI.
MISCELLANEOUS ORDERS.
(1)-Plague Correspondence.
1.  All correspondence about plague and pilgrims returning
from the Hedjaz should  be addressed   to the Secretary to
Government, Local and Municipal Department, and should
be marked with the word ' Plague ' in red ink on the out-
side covers and on the left hand corner of the papers.    All
communications, except reports or returns on printed forms,
should be forwarded with a docket sheet, copies of which are
supplied by the Superintendent, Government Press.
(G.O., No. 379-M., dated 4th March 1897; No. 2414-M., dated 2nd November 1897;
P.C., No. 94, dated 11th January 1899.)
2.   All references  regarding  account matters should be
addressed to, or forwarded through, the Accountant-General.
(P.C., No. 672, dated 14th November 1898.)
3.  Plague correspondence should be entered in a separate
current register, and the papers shown against a new item
' Plague ' in the quarterly business returns.    A separate series
of numbers should be given to the disposals, and the question
of destroying or retaining them settled in accordance with
the mode indicated in Board's Proceedings, No. 101, dated
18th April 1898.    As regards passports, however, they are of
no use after the expiration of the ten days' period of observa-
tion and may then be destroyed except in cases where they
are required or likely to be required in connection with any
prosecution or for any special purpose.
(B.P., Land Rev., No 19, dated 21st January 1899; No. 45, dated 14th February
1899; P.C., No. 1171, dated 1st May 1899; and G.O., No. 1213-P., dated 7th
August 1899.)
4.  The Government does not consider it necessary that
copies of all printed Government orders relating to plague
matters should ordinarily be  supplied to Medical Subordi-
nates, Sanitary Inspectors or Chairmen of Unions, or to each
Member of a Municipal Council.    Where necessary, district
circulars should be issued to subordinate officers embodying
the  purport of  the   Government orders.    Spare  copies   of
Government orders are at present distributed in accordance
with the statement printed in Plague Commissioner's Proceed-
ings, No. 982, dated 14th April 1899.
(G.O., No. 580-P., dated 15th June 1898.)