THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JUNE, 1896.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 209,
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
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Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th June, 1896.
No. 11.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 21st day of May, 1896.
PRESENT:
The Director of Public Works, (The Honourable FRANCIS Alfred CoopeR), President.
The Acting Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. JOHN MITFORD ATKINSON, M.B.), Vice-President.
The Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, (Captain HENRY BRIDGMAN HENDERSON Lethbridge). NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
ABSENT:
The Registrar General, (The Honourable JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART).
The Medical Officer of Health, (Dr. FRANCIS WILLIAM CLARK).
Minutes.-The minutes of a meeting held on the 7th day of May, 1896, were read and confirmed.
Bubonic Plague.-Two letters from the Honourable Colonial Secretary concerning the prevalence of Bubonie Plague in Canton were laid on the table, and the one dated the 18th May was read.
Special Cleansing of the City.--A letter from the Honourable Colonial Secretary, transmitting a copy of a letter which had appeared in the China Mail newspaper over the signature of WM. DANBY, and which had, together with other papers on the same subject, been circulated to Members, was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating
cover read.
The Acting Captain Superintendent of Police moved--
That the Honourable Colonial Secretary be requested to furnish the Board with the opinion of the legal advisers of the Crown as to whether any legal steps can be taken with a view to obtaining redress for the apparent misrepresentation made against the Board and its officers in Mr. Danby's letter.
The President addressed the Board and seconded.
A discussion ensued.
The Board divided--
Ayes.
The Acting Captain Superintendent of Police.
The Vice-President.
The President.
Motion carried.
Noes.
Mr. N. J. EDE.
The draft of a reply to the Honourable Colonial Secretary's Jetter was considered and amended. The President moved-
That the draft letter as amended be approved by the Board and that it be forwarded to the Honourable Colonial
Secretary.
The Acting Captain Superintendent of Police seconded,
Mr. N. J. EDE moved as an amendment--
That the last paragraph of the letter be omitted.
The amendment was not seconded.
The Board divided on the motion--
Ayes.
The Acting Captain Superintendent of Police.
The Vice-President.
The President.
Mr. N. J. EDE did not vote.
Motion carried.
Noes.
Nil.
Defective Drains.--The Assistant Surveyor's reports—which had been circulated to Members--on the condition of the house drains at Blocks Nos. 72, 73, 76, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 96, 97, 227, 228 and 229, were laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating covers read.
The President moved--
That the owners of the houses mentioned in the reports be called on to carry out the works recommended by the
Assistant Surveyor, such works to be done in accordance with the law governing house drainage works.
Mr. N. J. EDE seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Defective Drains.--An application--which had been circulated to Members—that the re-draining of certain insanitary premises be allowed to stand over pending the receipt of instructions from the absentee owners was laid on the rable and the minutes on the circulating cover read,
The President moved-
That the Agents for the owners be informed in the sense of Mr. Ede's minute on the subject.
Mr. N. J. EDE seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.