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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 23, 1931.
3. Any building used as a dairy shall be registered annually during the month of July at the office of the District Officer.
Forms of application may be obtained at the office of the District Officer.
4. Every dairy shall be adequately lighted and ventilated to the satisfaction of the District Officer, and the ground surfaces shall be paved with a layer of not less than six inches of good lime-concrete, or not less than three inches of cement-concrete composed of one part of cement, three parts of sand and five parts of stone broken to pass through a one inch ring, and the surface thereof shall be rendered smooth and impervious with a layer of asphalt or cement-mortar of not less than half an inch in thickness or such other material as the District Officer may approve.
5. Each cow housed at a dairy shall have at least 32 square feet nett area of stand-- ing room, and 360 cubic feet of air space. In no case shall the height of the room in which cows are housed be less than twelve feet from floor to ceiling. For the purpose of calculation of cubic space under this rule two calves aged under one year shall count as
one cow.
6. No person shall use any dairy as a sleeping-room or for domestic purposes.
7. Besides cows no other animals except cats shall be kept in any room which is used as a dairy.
8. No person suffering from any infectious disease shall work in a dairy.
9. Every dairy shall be adequately drained to the satisfaction of the District Officer.
10. No water closet, dry closet, earth closet, or urinal shall be within, or be in direct communication with any dairy.
11. Every dairy and all articles used therein shall be kept at all times in a cleanly condition and free from all noxious matter. The whole of the interior walls (unless tiled) and the ceilings of the rooms of the dairy shall be properly limewashed during the months of January and July of each year.
12. Every dairy shall be at all times open to the inspection by the District Officer, the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, and/or any person authorised in that behalf in writing by the District Officer.
13. No building or part of a building shall be used as a dairy until such premises have been approved by the District Officer as being in accordance with these rules and have been registered.
14. No receptacle used for the reception or storage of milk in any dairy shall be used for any other purpose whatsoever.
15. No water shall be used in or for the purposes of any dairy other than clean water from a source or supply approved by the District Officer.
16. Every person who commits a breach of any of these rules shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
20th October, 1931.
N. L. SMITH,
Clerk of Councils.