THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH FEBRUARY, 1899.
101.
BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO SOLICITORS OF THE SUPREME COURT-The Acting Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.
The Acting Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read first time.
ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned till Wednesday, the 1st February, 1899, at 3 p.m.
Read and confirmed this 1st day of February, 1899.
J. G. T. BUCKLE,
Clerk of Councils.
HENRY A. BLake,
Governor.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 52.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretory,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th January, 1899.
No. 2.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 19th day of January, 1899.
PRESENT:
The Principal Civil Medical Officer, (Dr. JoHN MITFORD ATKINSON), President.
The Captain Superintendent of Police, (The Honourable FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.), Vice-President.
The Director of Public Works, (The Honourable ROBERT DALY ORMSBY).
The Acting Registrar General, (James Dyer BALL, Esquire).
The Medical Officer of Health, (Dr. FRANCIS WILLIAM CLARK).
EDWARD OSBORNE, Esquire.
Minutes.The minutes of a meeting held on the 5th day of January, 1899, and of a confidential meeting held on the same date, were confirmed.
Refuse Destructors.-A letter was read from Mr. N. J. EDE, a late member of the Board, forwarding a copy of Maxwell's new work on The removal and disposal of Town Refuse for addition to the Board's Library.
The President moved-
That the thanks of the Board be conveyed to Mr. N. J. Ede for his kin·tness in presenting this work. The Acting Registrar General seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
Bubonic Plague at Calcutta.-A telegram from the Home Secretary to the Government of India reporting the occurrence of six suspected cases of Babonie Plague between the 1st and the 16th of January, 1899, was read and laid on
the table.
Report of Colonial Veterinary Surgeon.-The Report of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon for the
was submitted.
year 1898
The Captain Superintendent of Police addressed the Board on the subject of the proposel new Market at Taipingshan. Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE addressed the Board and moved-
That the consideration of the Report of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon be adjourned until the next regular
meeting of the Board.
The Captain Superintendent of Police seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
Proposed Washing Tanks at Tai Hang Village.-A plan and report concerning the proposed Washing Tanks at Tai Ilang Village was laid on the table.
Foot and Mouth Disease.-A letter from the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, reporting that the East Point Dairy Farm Company's premises were now free from infection, was laid on the table.
Applications for Water Closets,→Au application for permission to retain water closets at the Ico Factory, East Point, was considered.
The Captain Superintendent of Police addressed the Board and moved~
That the application be refused.
The Medical Officer of Health seconded. Mr. EDWARD ÖSBORNE addressed the Board.