THE HONGKONG. GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH NOVEMBER, 1897.
No. 21 OF 1897.
An Ordinance to amend The closed houses and insanitary dwellings Ordinance, 1894.
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WILLIAM ROBINSON,
Governor.
[10th November, 1897.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as. follows:
1. This Ordinance shall be read and construed together Construction. with Ordinance No. 15 of 1994, hereinafter referred to as the principal Ordinance.
2. Section 12 of the principal Ordinance is hereby Amendment
· amended as follows:-
of section 12 of Ordinance
The words "The height of any building shall be mea- 15 of 1894 sured from the level of the street to the underside of the eaves of such building, at their point of junction with the main walls thereof," are hereby struck out and, in lieu thereof, the words following shall be inserted and read as forming part of such section, that is to say:
« The height of any building shall be determined by measuring on the line of the main walls (both back and front) from the level of the street on which the principal front of such building abuts the full vertical height allowed by the preceding rules and by drawing from the points 'thus ascertained lines at an angle, of thirty degrees with the horizontal, and any part of the building (except any chimney or party-wall) falling outside such lines shall be deemed illegal."
"In the event of the street on which the principal front of a building abuts not being level throughout the extent of such building, or in the event of a building having two or more principal fronts respectively abutting on streets which are dissimilar in width or level, the Sanitary Board shall determine from what point or points the full vertical height, as specified in the foregoing clause, shall be measured."
Passed the Legislative Council of Hougkong, this 1st day of November, 1897,
J. G. T. BUCKLE,
Clerk of Councils,
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 10th day of November, 1897.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 484.
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Notice is hereby given that Messrs. WRIGHT CROSSLEY & Co., of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, England, have complied with the requirements of Ordinances 16 of 1873 and 20 of 1895, for the registration in this Colony of their Mark as applied to Baking Powder; and that the same has been duly registered.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th November, 1897.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 485.
Notice is hereby given that Messrs. CLEMENT, GLADIATOR AND HUMBER (FRANCE), LIMITED, have complied with the requirements of Ordinances 16 of 1873 and 20 of 1895, for the registration in this Colony of their Marks as applied to Bicycles, Tricycles and other Velocipedes; and that the same have been duly registered.
By Command,
.Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th November, 1897.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.