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3. Before the issue of a common lodging-house or Ku Li Kun
(咕喱館) licence, the applicant shall enter into a bond in the sum of $50, with one surety approved by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, and shall pay the annual fee of $2, and shall furnish the Secretary for Chinese Affairs with two copies of the photograph of such applicant, such photograph to be taken by some photographer approved for the purpose by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
4. Every licence issued under these Rules shall state whether the house is for the accommodation of males or females, and guests or occupants of a sex other than that so stated shall not be accom- modated therein.
5. The Secretary for Chinese Affairs shall transmit each applica- tion for a new licence or for removal or extension of premises to the Chairman of the Urban Council who shall cause the premises to be inspected with a view to ascertaining the sanitary condition of the premises and their suitability for use as a common lodging-house or Ku Li Kuni).
6. The fee payable on any approved alteration or transfer of a licence shall be $2.
7. Any licence issued under these Rules may be cancelled by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs either forthwith or at the expiration of a period fixed by him, if it appears to him that the premises are, for any reason considered by him to justify cancellation, unsuitable for continued use as a common lodging-house or Ku Li Kun (T) Without prejudice to the generality of this rule, fire risks and dangers may provide such reason as aforesaid.
8. Any house to be licensed as a common lodging-house or Ku Li Kun () must be substantially built and in a good state of repair, and must be adequately lighted and ventilated, and all rooms which are to be used as sleeping places must be on all sides above the level of the ground immediately surrounding the house. The house drains must be in good order and constructed in accordance with the regulations regulating house drainage, and there must be adequate kitchen, ablution, privy, urinal and ashbin accommodation; and unless the supply of water is constant there must be a proper cistern for the storage of water. Adequate precautions must be taken or available against fire.
9.-(1) At the time of issuing any licence for a common lodging. house or Ku Li Kun() the Secretary for Chinese Affairs shall assign to every room in such house a printed ticket showing the number of person who may be accommodated in such room.
(2) The number shall be calculated with reference to the cubic capacity of the rooms, and so that in the case of sleeping rooms not less than three hundred and fifty cubic feet of air space shall be allowed for each person, provided that in measuring such air space no space at the height of more than ten feet shall be taken into consideration.
(3) The keeper of a common lodging-house shall keep every such ticket conspicuously displayed on the wall of the room to which it is assigned by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, and no person in excess of the number shown on the ticket assigned to any room shall be accommodated therein.
10. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall at all times keep his premises in a clean and wholesome condition, and the fittings of the sleeping rooms shall be maintained by him in a thorough state of repair. He shall cause every room, passage and stair to be thoroughly swept at least once a day.
11. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall cause all filth and house refuse or other offensive matter to be removed from his premises daily.
12. The keeper of a common lodging-house shall cause the internal walls and ceilings of every part of his house to be thoroughly cleansed and limewashed during the months of January and July of each year.