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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD MARCH, 1895.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 111.
The following Bye-laws made by the Sanitary Board under section 13 of Ordinance 15 of 1894, and approved by the Governor in Council this day, are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th March, 1895.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
BYE-LAWS
Made under section 13 of Ordinance 15 of 1894.
1. The material to be used for covering the ground surface of all domestic buildings shall be good lime or cement concrete at least 6 inches thick, finished off smooth to the satisfaction of the Sanitary Board. Provided always that the Board may in its discretion exempt the owners of exist- ing houses, the floors of which have a space between the ground floor and the ground surface, from carrying out the requirements of this bye-law.
2. The material to be used for covering the floors of all kitchens, latrines, back-yards, court- yards or other spaces situated on the ground floor on which slops may be thrown shall be good lime or cement concrete or other impervious material to the satisfaction of the Sanitary Board at least 6 inches thick and in addition such material shall be finished off smooth with not less than 2 inches of cement concrete of the proportion of one part of cement to four parts of fine broken stone, or with granite slabs bedded and jointed in cement mortar or with hard burnt bricks or tiles bedded and jointed in cement mortar, or with such other material as shall be approved of by the Board.
The material to be used for covering the floors of all kitchens, latrines, yards or other spaces on which slops may be thrown situated on any upper floor shall be two courses of tiles, each course not less than 1 inches thick laid in cement or with such other material as shall be approved of by the Board.
3. The floors of all back-yards, latrines, privies areas and other surfaces on which slops may be thrown shall have a fall of 1⁄2 inch to I foot from the walls of the building towards the surface channel or other outlet for the drainage of such floors or surfaces.
4. No street on which the backs of buildings abut, unless such buildings are provided with back-yards of a width of at least 10 feet in the case of two-storied buildings, or of a width of not less than 15 feet in the case of buildings of three or more stories shall be obstructed by the erection of structures of any kind whatsoever other than those necessary as a means of access to the said premises without the permission of the Sanitary Board.