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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH AUGUST, 1897.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 315.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th August, 1897.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
No. 14.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 15th day of July, 1897.
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 Acting Director of Public Works, (The Honourable WILLIAM CHATHAM).
The Medical Officer of Health, (Dr. FRANCIS WILLIAM CLARK).
ABSENT:
The Registrar General, (The Honourable JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART). NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
Minutes.-The minutes of a meeting held on the 30th June, 1897, were read and confirmed.
Staff-The Secretary reported that he had asked the various subordinate Officers, Interpreters and Clerks to furnish
a full and accurate statement of the business concerns, if any, in which they were interested; and that he had received replies, from all, to the effect that they were not interested in any business concerns whatever.
The President moved.
That the answers received be laid on the table.
The Medical Officer of Health seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
The Medical Officer of Health then addressed the Board and moved-
That the Sanitary Board beg to recommend that His Excellency the Governor will be pleased to direct that any evidence that may exist to show that any of the subordinate Officers of the Board are concerned in business relations, in the Colony, be furnished confidentially to the Board.
The Honourable Acting Director of Public Works addressed the Board and seconded,
Question-put and agreed to.
Swatow.-A letter from H.B.M.'s Consul at Swatow, as well as one from the Consular Medical Officer on the subject of Bubonic Plague in the neighbourhood of Swatow, were read.
The President moved-
That the Colonial Secretary be informed that the Board advises that there is no necessity to continue the
restrictions now in force on vessels coming from Swatow.
The Medical Officer of Health seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bubonic Plague.-A return showing the progress of Bubonic Plague in Bombay, from the 19th May to the 9th June, 1897, was laid on the table.
Contract Specification.--A specification of a contract for the conservancy of the City of Victoria was considered. The President moved-
1. That the specification as amended be adopted.
2. That the Board advises that tenders be called for the work to be done under the proposed contract, and that
such tenders be received up to the 30th September, 1897.
3. That if any of these tenders be accepted that the contract shall begin on the 1st day of January, 1898, The Honourable Acting Director of Public Works seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
Report. The Analyst's report for the quarter ended the 30th June, 1897, was laid on the table.
Mortality Returns.-The returns for the weeks ended the 3rd and 10th July, 1897, respectively, were laid on the table.
Water-closet.-Au application for permission to erect 6 water-closets and 3 urinals in each of the 4 blocks of Offices on Marine Lots Nos. 102 and 103, was considered.
The Vice-President moved--
That the permission asked for be granted subject to the conditions specified by the Surveyor in his minute dated
the 10th July, 1897.
The Medical Officer of Health seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.