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been efficiently performed, signed by the supervising officer without 

 which the railway officials shall refuse to receive the articles. 



9. When disinfection is completed, the articles disinfected shall be 

 loaded direct into a previously disinfected railway truck. 



10. Drying, salting or any other subsequent treatment of the hides 

 or skins shall be done by the owners or their agents at their own risk." 



'^ Disinfection of travelers or passengers, i. Travelers and passen- 

 gers shall be disinfected at railway stations and at authorized crossing 

 places, in terms of Regulations 7 and 8 issued under Proclamation No. 

 587 of 1896, by the police or other persons duly authorized by the Sec- 

 retary of Agriculture in the manner hereafter described. 



2. Natives shall strip and enter a bath containing 2 per cent solu- 

 tion of carbolic acid; they shall then be provided with a blanket or 

 other suitable clothing until the clothes they are wearing have been 

 disinfected. 



3. The clothing of all natives, and the blankets, rugs, karrosses, 

 wraps, etc., of all Europeans, whether from disinfected areas or not, 

 shall be subjected to sulphurous acid fumes produced by burning an 

 excess of sulphur in a closed chamber for at least 15 minutes, pending 

 arrival and erection of a proper steam disinfecting apparatus. 



4. Europeans coming from an infected farm or place or who have 

 otherwise rendered themselves liable to infection from contact with 

 natives or their huts or kraals, shall be disinfected in such a manner as, 

 in the discretion of the disinfecting officer, may be deemed necessary 

 and their clothing as provided by clause 3. 



5. The disinfectant to be used shall be 



2 per cent solution of carbolic acid or 



5 per cent solution of Jaye's Fluid or 



5 per cent solution of Odam's Disinfectant or 



5 per cent solution of Izal. 



6. Boots of Europeans and natives shall be well dry brushed, and 

 then the uppers and soles well wiped with the disinfecting solution by 

 means of cloths. 



7. Europeans on coming from an infected farm or place and all 

 natives presenting themselves at a railway station, siding, halt or other 

 place north of the Orange River, shall, before the station master, clerk, 

 guard or other officer permits them to obtain a traveling ticket, hand to 

 the station master or booking clerk a certificate signed by the disinfect- 

 ing officer in terms of Form A, to the effect that they and their clothes 

 have been properly disinfected as well as such articles and things in 

 their possession as are intended to be carried by rail, not being articles 

 or things actually prohibited to be carried south of the Orange River. 



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