§ MR. A. GUESTasked the Vice President of the Council, Whether he has taken any steps to impress on the local authorities at ports where voluntary pilotage exists the necessity of increased vigilance, so as to prevent the entry of vessels on board which cases of Cholera have occurred without previous visitation of the Health Officer?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTERsaid, in reply, that the Orders in Council had been published twice in The Gazette, and he believed the local authorities were fully acquainted with them. The Government, however, would consider whether further steps were desirable for making them known. Although the Government acknowledged the importance of trying to prevent the introduction of cholera by these measures of disinfection, the public should not be misled by the supposition that the real danger from cholera was other than that of allowing choleraic matter to get into the water supply.