HC Deb 30 October 1906 vol 163 c871
MR. REES

To ask the Secretary of State for India whether the Turkish Government has agreed to the removal by the Government of India of the quarantine restrictions imposed at Bombay upon Mahomedan pilgrims to Mecca.

(Answered by Mr. Secretary Morley.) The quarantine regulations in question were imposed, and have been removed by the Government of India on their own initiative, and without previous reference to the Turkish Government. They have been discontinued, as they were found to be superfluous for the detection of plague, while injurious to the comfort and health of the pilgrims. The Turkish Government has been fully informed of these considerations, and of the precautionary measures which have been substituted for quarantine at Bombay.