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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH DECEMBER, 1896.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 469.
The following Minutes are published.
By Cominand,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th December, 1896.
No. 23.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 19th day of November, 1896.
PRESENT:
The Director of Public Works, (The Honourable FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER), President.
The Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. PHILIP BERNARD CHENERY AYRES, C.M.G.), Vice-President. The Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).
The Medical Officer of Health, (Dr. FRANCIS WILLIAM CLARK).
NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
ABSENT:
The Registrar General, (The Honourable JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART).
Minutes.-The minutes of meetings held on the 5th day of November, 1896, were read and confirmed.
Contract Specification.- A specification of a proposed contract for the removal of excretal matters from every building within the City of Victoria was considered, amended, and agreed to.
The President moved-
That the specification be transmitted to the Colonial Secretary with a request that it be referred to the Crown Solicitor for such revision as may be necessary from a legal point of view, and that when this is done that tenders be called for in the usual manner.
The Captain Superintendent of Police seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bake-house Bye-laws.-The additional bye-laws made on the 13th day of August, 1896, for the regulation of Bake-houses were considered and amended.
The President moved-
1. That the bye-laws as amended be made.
2. That bye-law 7 of the bye-laws made on the 24th day of June, 1892, for the regulation of Bake-houses be
amended by substituting the words “ Medical Officer of Health" for the words " Sanitary Superintendent' in the third line.
3. That the bye-laws be transmitted to the Colonial Secretary in the usual manner for the approval of the Legis-
lative Council.
Mr. N. J. EDE seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Cholera, Three returns, showing the progress of Cholera in Singapore between 20th October and the 10th November, 1896, were laid on the table.
table.
Bubonic Plague.-Two letters and a return, showing the progress of Bubonic Plague in Formosa, were laid on the
Water-Closets.-An application-which had been circulated to Members-that the Board would be good enough to re-consider its decision with regard to the request for permission to erect water-closets in lieu of those now existing in No. 14, Caine Road, was laid on the table and a minute on the circulating cover read.
A discussion ensued.
The Captain Superintendent of Police moved-
That the application be refused.
The Medical Officer of Health seconded.
The Board divided.
Ayes.
Noes.
The Captain Superintendent of Police. The Medical Officer of Health. Mr. N. J. EDE.
The Vice-President.
Motion carried.
The President did not vote.
Water-Closets and Urinals.-An application-which had been circulated to Members-for permission to erect water-closets and urinals in premises now being erected on Marine Lot No. 274, was laid on the table.
A discussion ensued.
The Vice-President moved—
That the application be granted subject to the conditions specified by the Surveyor in his report on the application, the use of squat basins for Chinese, and that the work of erecting the closets and urinats be carried out to the satisfaction of the Surveyor.
Mr. N. J. EDE seconded.
The President addressed the Board. Question-put and agreed to.
The President did not vote.
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