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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH APRIL, 1899.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 214.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th April, 1899.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
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No. 7.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a special neeting held on Tues lay, the 11th day of March, 1899.
PRESENT:
The Principal Civil Medical Officer, (Dr. JOHN MITFORD ATKINSON), President.
The Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.,) Vice-President.
The Director of Public Works, (The Honourable ROBERT DALY ORMSBY).
The Medical Officer of Health, (Dr. FRANCIS WILLIAM CLARK).
EDWARD OSBORNE, Esquire.
Mr. LADDS, Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, was in attendance.
Rinderpest.-A report, from the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, that Rinderpest had broken out in a shed at Causeway Bay in which seven head of cattle were housed belonging to Mr. KENNEDY and that three animals were infected and recom- mending the slaughter of all the animals in the shed, was read.
The Medical Officer of Health addressed the Board and moved-
That the shed at Kennedy's Stables, Causeway Bay, containing the diseased animals, be declared infected with Rinderpest in accordance with Bye-law 12, Schedule A, made under sub-section 5 of Ordinance 17 of 1887, as amended by section 1 of Ordinance 10 of 1898.
The President seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
The Medical Officer of Health addressed the Board and moved-
That the six cows and the calf in the infected shed at Kennedy's Stables, Causeway Bay, be slaughtered, and the carcases buried, and that His Excellency the Governor-in-Council be informed in accordance with section 3 of Ordinance 17 of 1887.
The President seconded.
The Vice-President moved as an amendment-
That only the diseased cattle be slaughtered and that Mr. Kennedy be advised to remove the 31 cattle in the
uninfected sheds as far Eastward as possible.
The Director of Public Works seconded.
The Board divided on the amendment-
Ayes.
Noes.
The President.
The Director of Public Works.
The Medical Officer of Health.
The Vice-President.
Mr. EDWARd Osborne.
Amendment carried.
Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE moved–
That the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon be authorized to slaughter the remaining four animals in the infected shed
should they show symptoms of the disease.
The President seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Adjournment.-The Board then adjourned.
Confirmed this 30th day of March, 1899.
C. W. DUGGAN, Secretary.
J. M. ATKINSON,
President.