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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH APRIL, 1898.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 166.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th April, 1898.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 6.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 24th day of March, 1898.
PRESENT:
The Principal Civil Medical Officer, (Dr. JouN 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, (ARTHUR WIMBOLT BREWIN, Esquire).
The Medical Officer of Health, (Dr. FRANCIS WILLIAM CLARK).
NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
Minutes. The minutes of the regular mecting held on the 10th day of March, 1898, were read aud confirmed. Bubonic Plague.-A return showing the progress of Bubonic Plague in Bombay, from the 1st to the 15th February, 1898, was laid on the table.
Cattle Disease.-A report by the Committee appointed to enforce the provisions of bye-laws 6 and 7 of Schedule A. of Ordinance 17 of 1887, was laid on the table.
Cattle-sheds.-A letter from the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon calling attention to the undesirability of permitting large cattle-sheds to be erected in close proximity to each other, was laid on the table.
It was agreed that the Secretary to the Board should write to the Dairy Farm owners in the sense of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon's letter.
Refuse-disposal.-A correspondence-which had been circulated to Members-having reference to the disposal of the City refuse, was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
The President moved--
That the Government be asked to commission Mr. J. R. Crook to make full enquiries into the working of Refuse Destructors, and their applicability to this Colony, while he is in England, and to forward a report to the Board on the subject at an early date.
Mr. N. J. EDE seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
Report.-A report from the Medical Officer of Health concerning the removal of cases of infectious disease from Kowloon to the Hospitals in Hongkong, and recommending the purchase of a small boat for the conveyance of such cases, was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
The President moved--
That the Government be asked to sanction the expenditure of a sum not exceeding $100 for the purchase of a bout
for this purpose.
The Captain Superintendent of Police seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Private Drainage Works.-A correspondence—which had been circulated to Members-having reference to the inability of the Public Works Department to continue to undertake private drainage works, was laid on the table.
The Director of Public Works addressed the Board.
It was agreed that this subject should be considered at a confidential meeting of the Board.
Application for House Allowance.-An application from Inspector WATSON for house allowance in lieu of quarters, was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
It was agreed to refer the matter again to the Director of Public Works, with a view to the improvement of the present quarters, if possible.
Bake-house.-An application for the registration of premises as a Bake-house was considered. The President moved-
That the premises be registered as requested, The Medical Officer of Health seconded. Question-put and agreed to.