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6. All those among the crew or passengers must give the examining-doctor all the information he requires about their persons, the place they came from, and other facts necessary for him to judge of the state of health in the vessel, and to prove their statements if necessary. 7. The master will have to prove to the inspecting-physician—for instance, by producing a written certificate of the contractor, whoso official confirmation may be demanded —that the drinkingwater on board came from an unimpeachable source, such as Billbranerci, or the Altona Aqueduct. The date on which the water was taken on board will also have to be given. 8. The vessel must leave the Port of Hamburg within twelve hours after the examination, and if the German Protectorates in Africa are her destination, she must proceed at once to the roadstead of Brunshausen, where the crew will be subjected to medical observation for five days, under the direction of the Head of the Controlling Station No. 1, Altona, to whom the necessary communications will be made by the Head of the Controlling Station No. 11,. Hamburg, and whose orders the master must implicitly obey. Should the disinfection of bilge-water not have been done by Controlling Station No. 11, Hamburg, it may be done by Controlling Station No. 1, at Brunshausen. 9. In case the destination of a vessel is not the German Protectorates in Africa, the master may, if he desires, submit his ship to a five days' quarantine, in which case she will be dealt with as described in 8. The application for a five days' quarantine will have to be made, at the same time as that for examination and disinfection, to the Head of Controlling Station No. 11, who will make the necessary arrangements, and inform the authorities of the place where it is to be undergone. 10. A certificate entering into details will be given by that Controlling Station which has undertaken the examination, disinfection, or five days' observation, showing the results obtained. It would be advisable to get the certificates of the examination at Hamburg, for all vessels which are not proceeding to German ports or ports in the German Protectorate, confirmed by the Consul belonging to the country where the port of destination is situated. The Deputation of Trade and Navigation. Hamburg, 4th October, 1892.

No. 37. (Circular.) Sib,— Downing Street, 3rd December, 1892. I have the honour to transmit to you a copy of a letter from the secretary to the Surveyors' Institution, enclosing copies of a memorandum of the Council of the institution relative to the admission to membership of surveyors holding official appointments in the British colonies and dependencies. Any application for admission to membership should be made direct to the institution. I have, &c, The Officer Administering the Government BIPON. of New Zealand.

Enclosure. The Surveyors' Institution (Incorporated by Eoyal Charter), 12, Great George Street, Sic, — Westminster, S.W., 21st November, 1892. I am directed to send you the accompanying copies of a memorandum by the Council of this Institution, with reference to the admission to membership of surveyors holding official appointments in the British colonies and dependencies. The memorandum will explain itself; but I may point out that these arrangements apply exclusively to official surveyors, and not to surveyors engaged in private practice in the colonies. The Council of this Institution has, during the last twenty-five years, been most successful in its efforts to raise the status and improve the efficiency of surveyors in the pother-country, and is desirous of accomplishing similar results in the case of colonial surveyors, and of allowing them to participate in the privileges and advantages conferred by our charter, and bringing them under the influences which have proved so beneficial in this country. With this object in view, the Council venture to express a hope that your department may assist them in bringing the matter under the notice of influential persons in the colonies. I shall be happy to furnish you with additional copies of the memorandum should you require them. I have, &c, The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies. Julian C. Eogees, Secretary.

Sub-enclosure. Memorandum of the Council of the Institution with reference to the Admission of Colonial Members. The Council of the Institution have, during the last twenty years, received many applications from surveyors holding official appointments in the British colonies and dependencies to be elected members of the Institution ; but it is only recently that they have been in a position to entertain such applications for admission, without examination, under the following by-law, which became operative by a special provision of the charter at the end of the year 1891 : " No person shall be eligible for election as a fellow unless he shall have passed the examination declared in the rules of examination to appertain to the class of fellows. Nevertheless it shall be in the power of the 5—A. 2.