278 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECTIONS. 
Federal Quarantine. 
By Dr. Cuartes K. MAckeE Liar, 
Health Officer and Medical Adviser to the Government of New 
S$ Wales. 
[Read before the Medical Section of the Royal Society of N.S. Ws 
20 July, 1883.] 
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pose, in a general and discursive way, to give a short history of 
quarantine, and to answer in the affirmative the three following 
questions :— 
Ist. Is the imposition of quarantine in accordance with the 
teaching of modern medical science ? 
Znd. Is it advisable that a rigorous quarantine should be 
maintained throughout Australia ? 
3rd. Is it necessary that there should be a mutual agreement 
between our various Governments on this subject—in fact, 
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a federal quarantine 
influence. Moreover, many commercial writers, and even somé 
medical authors of the greatest repute, especially in those countries 
