Quarantine rules framed by the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
pp 313-18. Government of Bombay submit Rules relating to Quarantine for the ports of Bombay [Mumbai], Kurrachee [Karachi], Aden and Karwar; and extract thereon from a Report by the Health Officer, Bombay. Plus communication from the Government of India noting their concern over the proposals.
Proposed quarantine at Suez for all vessels arriving from India
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pp 315-19. Secretary of State forwards copy telegrams regarding the Egyptian Board of Health proposals to impose quarantine restrictions at Suez on vessels arriving from India without a clean bill of health, because of concerns arising from the famine in India. Received from Major-General Edward ...
Petition requesting amendment of the Native Passenger Ships and Steam Vessels Act (XII of 1870)
Scope & Content:
pp 17-19. Petition received from Hajee Mahomed Seedick, and other ship-owners, requesting changes to Act XII of 1870, as it makes their shipping routes unprofitable and unable to compete with steamers, who are not bound by the restrictions on passenger space. Plus correspondence thereon from the ...
Bills of Health and Quarantine Rules for ships arriving in Aden
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pp 127-29. Letter from the Government of Bombay to the Secretary of State for India, regardng the granting of Bills of Health to ships arriving at Aden from infected ports, without having received Bills of Health from the ports of departures and ports touched at en route; and the proposed establi...
Steamers from Indian Ports to the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
pp 131-36. Correspondence regarding the application of Act XII of 1870 (the Native Passenger Ships Act) to steamers sailing to ports in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, including discussion of pilgrim ships.
Bill to amend Act XII of 1870 (the Native Passenger Ships Act)
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pp 107-09. Copy of the draft Bill as amended by the Select Committee, plus comments thereon by the Legislative Department, suggesting that the scope be enlarged to include all sea-going vessels excepting ships-of-war or transports; and that the term "Native Passenger Ships" be defined to mean ves...
Communication regarding sanitary and quarantine measures for ships sailing between Indian and Red Sea ports
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pp 245-46. Secretary of State forwards copy communication from Dr E Dickson, British Delegate to the Board of Health, Constantinople, reporting on the measures taken by the Ottoman authorities to enact relevant sections of the Native Passenger Ships Act of 1870, and discussion of the proposal of ...
Proposal of Captain Beyts for remedying existing evils in the Red Sea pilgrim traffic
Scope & Content:
pp 57-58.Communication from the Government of India regarding the proposed supervisory establishment at Jeddah, and the existing regulations in the Native Passenger Ships Act.
