CHAP. XIV.] India enforced in other countries. 413
Temporary
closure of the
Dardanelles to
Indian ships.
was detained in the lazaretto, stringent quarantine and sanitary pre-
cautions were enforced. Early in March the Ottoman Government
prohibited ships from India from passing through the Dardanelles,
unless they had been detained for fifteen days in an Ottoman or other
quarantine station. Protest was raised against this regulation and it
was rescinded by the Porte in the beginning of April.
PERSIAN GULF.
Restrictions in
Asiatic
countries.
Turkish Arabia.
Persia.
Muscat.
In Asia the group of countries lying round the Persian Gulf have
first to be noticed. Early in October twenty-one days' quarantine was
imposed at Bussorah in Turkish Arabia against arrivals from Bombay.
Bussorah lies at the head of the Persian Gulf. The general regulations
of the Ottoman Empire which imposed first ten and then fifteen days'
quarantine against all arrivals from India and which repulsed vessels on
which a case of plague had occurred were enforced in Turkish Arabia.
Early in August the quarantine period was again reduced to ten
days. In the middle of February fifteen days' quarantine was
imposed at Bagdad on passengers from India, and all ships com-
ing from Indian ports were repulsed. Persia imposed quarantine
against all arrivals from India in the middle of October. In Febru-
ary orders were issued absolutely excluding infected and suspected
vessels, except that they were allowed to land their mails. In
the case of healthy vessels five days' quarantine was imposed on
passengers and cargo at Bushire and seven days at ports nearer
India, Early in July the period of quarantine was reduced to three
days. The Sultan of Muscat issued orders imposing quarantine
against arrivals from Bombay and Karachi in the beginning of Feb-
ruary. A set of regulations for the control of the arrangements at the
port of Muscat was subsequently published. All arrivals from Indian
ports were placed in quarantine and medically inspected. Healthy
vessels were granted free pratique and allowed to discharge
cargo into lighters brought alongside the vessels. Passengers for
Muscat were landed under supervision and detained under obser-
vation for nine days from the date of departure of the vessel. The
baggage was disinfected before landing. Infected vessels were pro-
hibited from communicating with the shore except for the purpose
of landing mails.
Regulations for
the Persian Gulf
in the Paris
Convention,
1894.
A set of quarantine regulations for the Persian Gulf and a list of
sanitary posts to be established were prescribed by the Paris
Sanitary Convention of 1894. The arrangements there laid down were
considered open to grave objections for commercial and other rea-
sons and Her Majesty's Government in ratifying the Paris Convention