ROYAL GAZETTE.

VI. “ From time to time after the issuing of any such :7 rder as aforesaid. and whilst the same continues in force, 'il)6 General Board of Health may issue directions and re- gulations, as the said Board may think ﬁt—

E'or the speedy interment of the dead:

For house to house visitation :

For the dispensing of medicines, guarding against the Spread ofdisettse, and nﬁn‘ding to persons aﬁiicted by or threatened with such epidemic, endemic. or contagi- ous diseases such medical aid and such accommodation as may be required:

food from time to time, in like manner, may revoke. renew, 1nd alter any such directions and regulations as to the said ilt’iard appears expedient, to extend to all parts in which the provisions of this Act for the prevention of disease shall for be time being be put in force under such Orders aforesaid, unless such directions and regulations be expressly conﬁned to some of such parts, and then to such parts as therein are speciﬁed; and (subject to the power ot'revocation and alter- ation herein contained) such directions and regulations shall continue in force so long as the said provisions of this Act snail, under such Order, be applicable to the same parts.”

Kl. " Orders in Council issued in pursuance of this Act

for putting 'in force the provisions for the prevention of «tisease in the said Nuisances Removal and Diseases Pre- vention Acts contained, in Great Britain, may extend to parts and arms of the sen lying within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty; and the Board of Health for England may issue under this Act directions and regulations for cleansing, purifying, ventilating, and disinfecting, and providing medical aid and accommodation, and preventing disease in niti"S and Vessels, as well upon arms and parts of the sea aforesaid as upon inland waters.”

Ac'l whereas, by “ The Public Health Act, 1858,”

{subsequently made perpetual), it is (among other things) enacted (so ticns one and seven) as follows :—

I. “ in addition to the powers vested in Her Majesty’s Elect Honourable Privy Council for the protection of the public health, all powers now vested in the General Board 1? Health under ‘ The Diseases Prevention Act, 1855.’ shall, upon the dis'éontinuancc of the said Board, be vested in the said Privy Council, and the provisions of the said Act having reference to the General Beard of Health and the regulations and directions issued by them, except section. thirteen, shall be construed as referring to such Privy Council, and the re- :gulatious and directions issued by them :

VII. “All powers vested in the Privy Council by this Act may be exercised by any three or more of the Lords not others of the Privy Council, the Vice-President of the iffemtnittee of the said Privy Council on Education being one of them, and all Orders, Regulations, Directions, and Acts 0! the Privy Council under this Act shall be sufficiently roads and signiﬁ:d by a written or printed document, signed by one of the Clerks of the Privy Council, or such Omcer may be appointed by the Privy Council in this behalf; and all Orders, Regulations, Directions, and Acts made or signiﬁed by any written or printed document purporting to ice so signed shall be deemed to have been duly made, issued :tril done by the Privy Council, and every such document shall be received in evidence in all Courts, and before all Justices and others without proof of the authOrity or signa- ture of such Clerk or other Ofﬁcer, or other proof what- soever. until it be shown that such document was not duly signed by the authority of the Privy Council.

And whereas by uThe Sanitary Act, 1866,” it is (among an: things) enacted (section ﬁftyvtwo) as follows:—

LII. “ Every vessel having on board any person affected with a dangerous or infectious disorder shall be deemed to be within the provisions of the Act of the sixth year of King George the Fourth, chapter seventy-eight, although such vessel has not commenced her voyage, or has come from or is bound for some place in the United Kingdom; and the Lords and others of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, or any three or more of them (the Lord President of the Council or one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State being one), may, by Order or Orders to be by them from time to time made, make such rules, Orders, and regu- lations as to them shall seem ﬁt, and every such Order shall be certiﬁed under the hand of the Clerk in Ordinary of Her Majesty’s Privy Council, and shall be publihed in the London Gazette. and each publication shall be conclusive evidence of such Order to all intents and purposes; and such Orders shall be binding and be carried into eﬂ‘ect as soon as the same shall have been so published, or at such other time as shall be ﬁxed by such Orders, with a view to the treatment of persons affected with cholera and epidemic, endemic and c0ntagious disease, and preventing the spread of cholera and such other diseases. as well on the seas, rivers, and waters of the United Kingdom, and! on the high seas within three miles of the coasts thereof, as on land ; and to declare and determine by what Nuisance Authority or Authorities such Orders, Rules, and Regulations shall be enforced and executed; and any expenses incurred by such Nuisance Authority or Authorities shall be deemed to be expenses incurred by it or them in carrying into effect the Nuisances Removal Act.”

And whereas, by an Order dated the 14th day of July, 1866, the Lerds of the Council ordered that the provisions contained in the Acts for the Prevention of Diseases (there- in described), should, from and after the date of that Order, be put in force within the whole and every part of England:

And whereas, by an Order dated the 25th day of August, 1866, the Lords of the Council ordered that the said Order of the 14th day of July, 1866, should extend. and the same was thereby extended to. all parts and arms of the sea lying within thejurisdiction of the Admiralty, within three miles of the coasts of England :

And whereas the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honour- able Privy Council did, by an Order bearing date this 10th day of January, 1867, order and direct that the provisions contained in “The Dtseases Prevention Act. 1-855,” and the Act passed in the 2th and 25th years of Her Majesty's reign, cap. ’77, l0r the prevention of diseases, should, from and after the date of that Order, be and be continued in force within the whole and every part of England, and all parts and arms of the sea lying within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty, within three miles of the coasts of England, for the period of six calendar months from the date thereof; and that the said Orders of the 174th day of July, 1866, and the 25th day of August, 1866., should be renewed according- ly for such period as aforesaid.

And whereas, cholera having broken out in England. it seems to the Lords of the Council expedient to make provi- sion in pursuance of the recited enactment-s :

Now, therefore, the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council, by virtue of the powers in this behalf by the recited enactments or otherwise in them vested, do order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows :—

1. In this Order—

The term “ ship ” includes vessel or boat :-

The term " master ” includes the odicer or person hit the time being in charge or command of a ship.

The term " cholera ” includes choleraic diarrhoea: