, 1892-11-09
PR 0 G EED[NG S
OF THE
COLONIAL COUNCIL
FOR ST. CISOIN.
Continuation qfmeetiug Qf24h Octo5er)

" uIl D6 SLUppeQ.
The Chairman 1t is before the Council if
the honorable Member is allowed to bring in
an interpellation which was agreed to una
nimouSly with IL votes.
md Member for Christiansted lStakemann)
Ia St. Thomas according to the information
received last mail, a quarantine Of II days yet
existed against vessels from Europe and the
United States, and according to public adver-
tisement for St. Croix the quarantine exists
against vessels from Europe and the United
States. But it happened that a couple days
ago a passenger who had arrived by the steam
er from the United States to Frederiksted
was refused permission to land, but was al
lowed to 90 over in a schooner to st. Thomas,
and after being there "a hours, he was allowed
to return and land in West End. The steamer
had only been out 6 or 7 days. This seems not
in con8istence with the quarantine regulations.
The quarantine is IA days, but in this instance
the party had only IS days quarantine and
was allowed to land. The public has received
no information as to how the regulations are
TO be understood or if they have been altered.
1t cannot be understood why the passenger
should be allowed to land after being III st.
Thomas for only such a short time and as
there dre many persons just about to return
from tours abroad, it is important that they
should know how the regulations are here, 1t
- bdlQ that TIC Odul5u 1Uu5uI O6uGLdi III
the United States had said there was no qua
~rantine against the United States, therefore
the passenger in question came by the last
steamer; of course his having had to go to
st. Thomas caused a great deal of expense.
The Governor said he had no objections at
once to answer the Interpolation that had
been introduced by the honorable Member.
Since the quarantine was established against
the United States things have changed to al
low Of a relaxation Of the quarantine mea-
sures but at the same time it has not been
considered advisable to take off the quarantine
altogether, passengers must continue Tor some
time yet to have themselves and their luggage
disinfected before landing. With reference
to the individual instance to which the honora-
BILE Member had alluded, he would say that we
have no Accommodations here to disinfect pas
sengers, but in ST. Thomas such distinction
can be effected at the Quarantine establish
ment. This is the reason why the person had
to go to st. Thomas, and at his own wish 10
return here.
2nd Member for Christansted (~Stakemanpl
Would it not be right that the public be IN
formed Of such relaxation Of the quarantine
measures? 1t might be that persons on bust
ness want to come to the Island, but have no
information of the quarantine being relaxed.
1t is to be regretted that st. Croix is not able
20 nave the QlSlnfectlOn OF passengers per-
formed here we have spent so much already
for disinfection purposes in Christisnsted that
VT might also afford such an accommodation in
West End at least in West End a d~isinfect-
ing apparatus should be provided. by which
passengers could avoid the delay and the ex-
pense by going to St. Thomas. He could not
see otherwise than that the Danish Consul
should have been informed as to the actual
state Of things. In this instance the party
was able to pay the additional expense of the
extra tour to and from St. Thomas, but many
others might be unable. On the whole the
public ought to know what t@ey have to go
by.
The Governor: AS already stated, quaran-
tine here has not Yet been removed against
the United S ates, therefore there had been no
notice of the relaxed measures allowed of late.
We are exposed to quarantine measures being
taken against us in the nelghbouring Islands,
hence it is not always advisable to publish al.
t~erations in that respect. If the Danish Con-
sui General has given such information as
stated by the honorable Member it is on his
own responsibility. As regards the point Of
the pas engers having been delayed and hay
ing been put to additional expense in this
case, he would say that such things happen all
over t. . world it is not the case that every
little place or little Island has a quarantine
establishment or a place to disinfect passen-