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THE HONGKONG
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No. 31.
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VOL. XLII.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 1ST AUGUST, 1896.
號一十三第 日二十二月六年申丙 日一初月八年六十九百八千一 簿二十四第
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 298.
The following Commission issued by His Excellency the Governor in Council is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th July, 1896.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
COMMISSION BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR.
WILLIAM ROBINSON,
Governor.
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Whereas it is expedicnt that a Commission be appointed to inquire into the existence of insanitary properties in the Colony and the means to be adopted to improve such properties and to abate over- crowding, with special reference to the following details, viz.:--
1. Whether it is desirable to resume insanitary properties, improve them and then re-sell
them.
2. The means by which such properties are to be resumed and the compensation to be paid
for same assessed.
3. How the said properties should be improved and by whom such improvement should be
carried out.
4. The means to be adopted for housing the occupants of any dwellings pending improve-
ment.
5. The amount of capital required for resumption and improvements, how it is to be raised and how far it will be met by a re-sale, with any suggestions or recommendations the Commission may make on the subject.
Now therefore, I, Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same, in Executive Council assembled, do hereby under the powers vested in me by Ordinance 27 of 1886, entitled The Commissioners Powers Ordinance, 1886, appoint you-
1 The Honourable JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary and a Member
of the Executive and Legislative Councils,
2. The Honourable CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, a Member of the Legislative Council,
3. The Honourable THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD, a Member of the Legislative Council, 4. NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire,
5. THOMAS JACKSON, Esquire,
to be a Commission for the purpose of instituting, making and conducting such enquiry; And I do hereby appoint you the said JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART to be the Chairman of such