File 2908/1907 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf:- Quarantine; German complaint’ [‎90r] (179/250)

ment of passengers or goods, are forbidden during the passage of
the Canal from Suez to Port Said.
Provided always that travellers may embark at Port Said in
quarantine.
Art. 72. Ships passing through the Canal in quarantine must
make the journey from Suez to Port Said without lying up.
In case of the vessel running aground, or being compelled to
lie up, the necessary operations shall be carried out by the staff of
the ship, all communication with the staff of the Suez Canal
Company being avoided.
Art. 73. Infected or suspected transports passing through the
Canal in quarantine with troops must do so only by day. If they
are compelled to pass the night in the Canal, they shall anchor in
Lake Timsah or in the Great Lake.
Art. 74. Ships that pass through the Canal in quarantine are
forbidden to stop at Port Said, except as provided for by the
second paragraph of Article 71 and by Article 75.
Pevictualling must be effected by the means at the disposal of
the ship.
All stevedores and others who have gone on board shall be
isolated on the quarantine barge, where their clothing shall be
disinfected as prescribed by the Regulations.
Art. 75. When it is absolutely necessary for ships passing in
quarantine to coal at Port Said, they must do so at a place to be
fixed by the Sanitary Board, where the necessary isolation and
sanitary supervision can be secured. The coaling may be done by
the labourers of the port in cases where effective supervision of
this operation is possible, and when all contact with the crew can
be avoided. At night the coaling place must be lighted by
electricity.
Art. 76. Pilots, electricians, agents of the Company, and
sanitary guards shall be disembarked at Port Said outside the
port, between the jetties, and shall be taken thence direct to the
quarantine-barge, where their clothing shall be disinfected if
necessary.
Art. 77. As regards the passage of the Suez Canal, the follow
ing advantages shall be accorded to ships of war as hereinafter
specified:—
The quarantine authority shall accept them as healthy on their
presenting a certificate signed by the ship surgeons, countersigned
by the captain, and stating on oath—
{a.) That there has not been, either at the time of departure or
during the voyage, a case of plague or of cholera on board;