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such vessel in the port. If the master shall have neglected to
do so or have done so ineffectually before the vessel arrives in
port, he shall forthwith, upon the direction of the Sanitary
authority or the Port Health Officer, cause the same to be
disinfected or destroyed to the satisfaction of that authority, and in
accordance with the instructions as to disinfection contained in the
appendix to these regulations. If the said mister neglects to
comply with any such directions within a reasonable time the Sanitary
authority or the Port Health Officer shall cause the same to be
carried into execution at the expense of the said vessel"
Water-supply.
The water tanks of infected or suspected vessels must be emptied,
cleaned and re-filled, provided facilities exist for obtaining a fresh
supply. The Port Health Officer may direct the same precaution in
the case of healthy vessels.
Mails and cargo.
Supplies.
Mails and cargo may be landed under due precautions.
The Port Health Officer   must  facilitate   the   conveyance,  under
due precautions, of provisions, etc., to vessels under detention.
BURMA.
Draft rules for
Rangoon.
The Government of Burma submitted a revised set of draft
quarantine rules for the port of Rangoon with a letter dated the 8th
September. The Government of India approved of the draft
rules on the 28th of this month.
Based on the
Bengal Rules.
Definition of
infected port.
The Rangoon draft rules were based on those issued by the
Government of Bengal for the port of Calcutta, with a few slight
modifications. Amongst other modifications the Government of
Burma introduced a definition of the term "infected port," which it
defined to mean "Bombay or Goa." The Government of India
stated in the letter of the 28th September that it appeared
to them hardly necessary to introduce a definition of the term "in-
fected port," since the Local Government could at any time issue
instructions to its officers stating the ports that should be treated as
infected. If, however, the Government of Burma preferred to retain
a definition of the term, the Government of India thought that the
definition should be one of general applications, and not limited to
meet the circumstance of the existing case. They suggested that the
definition might be altered to the following:-
"Infected port means any port which the Government of Burma
may declare to be infected."
Publication of
revised rules for
Burma ports.
On the 7th of October the Government of Burma   issued   notifica-
tions under the Epidemic Diseases Act   introducing   the new rules  at