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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST MAY, 1898.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 232.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st May, 1898.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 9.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Friday, the 6th day of May, 1898.
PRESENT:
The Principal Civil Medical Officer, (Dr. JOHN MITFORD ATKINSON), President.
The Captain Superintendent of Police, (The Honourable FRANCIS HENRY MAT, 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 meeting held on Thursday, the 21st of April, 1898, were road and confirmed. Motion. The Captain Superintendent of Police addressed the Board on the subject of the early departure of Mr. N. J. EDE from the Colony, and moved-
That this Board desires to express its great regret at losing the services of Mr. N. J. Ede, and wishes to convey to Mr. Ede its deep appreciation of the valuable assistance he has rendered to the Board during the many years that he has unselfishly devoted himself to the cause of sanitation in the Colony.
The President addressed the Board and seconded.
Motion-put and carried with acclamation.
Mr. N. J. EDE replied.
Bye-laws.-The President moved that the consideration of the Draft Bye-laws for regulating the sale of poisons be adjourned until the next regular meeting of the Board.
The Medical Officer of Health seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
Report. The Captain Superintendent of Police moved-
That the report of the Insanitary Properties Commission be considered by the Board in Committee.
The Medical Officer of Health addressed the Board and seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
The President, pursuant to notice, moved-
That the Select Committee appointed on the 21st April, 1898, by the Board to arrange all details, &c., re estab-
lishment of a Chinese Plague Hospital under section 3 of Ordinance 11 of 1895, be dissolved.
The Director of Public Works seconded.
The Medical Officer of Health addressed the Board.
Mr. N. J. EDE addressed the Board.
The Board divided—
Motion carried.
Ayes.
The President.
The Vice-President.
The Director of Public Works. The Acting Registrar General.
Noes.
The Medical Officer of Health. Mr. N. J. EDE.
Cremation.-A letter from the Colonial Secretary with reference to the proposei cremation of the bodies of persons dead of Bubonic Plague was read and laid on the table.
Medical Inspection.-A letter from the Colonial Secretary with reference to the medical inspection of passengers from Canton aud Macao was read.
The Captain Superintendent of Police addressed the Board and moved -
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That the Government be asked to discontinue the medical inspection of passengers from Canton and Macao.
The Director of Public Works seconded.
The President addressed the Board and moved as an amendment--
That a reply be sent to the Government in the sense of the President's minute of 2nd instant.
Mr. N. J. EDE seconded.
The Board divided on the President's amendment→→→
Ayes.
The President.
The Acting Registrar General.
The Medical Officer of Health. Mr. N. J. EDɛ.
Noes.
The Captain Superintendent of Police. The Director of Public Works.
Amendment carried.