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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH SEPTEMBER, 1898.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 419.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th September, 1898.
No. 18.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 8th day of September, 1898.
PRESENT :
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, (JAMES DYER BALL, Esquire).
The Acting Principal Civil Medical Officer, (Dr. James LowsSON).
The Medical Officer of Health, (Dr. FRANCIS WILLIAM CLARK). EDWARD OSBORNE, Esquire.
Minutes.-The minutes of a meeting held on the 25th of August, 1898, were read and confirmed.
Draft Bye-laws.-Some additional Bye-laws for the regulation and sanitary maintenance of Cemeteries were cou- sidered.
The Acting Principal Civil Medical Officer moved---
That Bye-law 8 be reconsidered at the next regular meeting of the Board.
The Acting Registrar General seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
Cost of erection of Matsheds used for Native Plague Hospital.-A letter from the Colonial Secretary was read intimating that His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government had decided that, under the circum- stances, the cost of these Matsheds would be defrayed out of public funds.
Vaccine Institute.--A letter from the Colonial Secretary was read sanctioning the engagement of two coolies for the Vaccine Institute.
Application for Permission to amend and retain Water Closets.-An application for permission to aneud and retain certain Water-closets at the Italian Couvent, Caine Road, was cousidered.
The Acting Director of Public Works addressed the Board and moved-
That the application be granted, subject to the approval of the plans by the Board's Surveyor.
The Acting Principal Civil Medical Officer secouded.
The Board divided-
Ayes.
The Director of Public Works.
The Acting Principal Civil Medical Officer.
Mr. EDWARD Osborne.
The Medical Officer of Health and the Acting Registrar General did not vote.
Motion carried.
Noes.
The Vice-President.
Crematorium.-A report concerning the Crematoria at Tokio, Japan, was considered. The Acting Principal Civil Medical Officer addressed the Board and moved-
That the Sanitary Board desire to impress on the Government the desirability of introducing means for Crema-
tion in the Colony, and that they should obtain plans and estimates for suitable buildings for that purpose.
The Director of Public Works seconded.
The Vice-President addressed the Board and moved as an amendment-
That the Board recommend the Government to erect a small Crematorium for the purpose of burning cattle dead of infectious disease, and also, on a separate site, a small public Crematorium for the use of such of the public as may desire to use it.
The Acting Registrar General seconded.
The Board divided-
Ayes.
The Vice-President.
The Acting Registrar General.
The Medical Officer of Health.
Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE.
Amendment carried.
Noes.
The Acting Principal Civil Medical Officer. The Director of Public Works.
Chinese Officials in Kowloon and the recent outbreak of Bubonic Plague.-A letter from Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Canton intimating that the Chinese Officials in Kowloon who had assisted the Board in dealing with the recent outbreak of Bubonic Plague in the Colony, had been recommended by the Viceroy for "one record of great merit," was read and laid on the table.