THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH APRIL, 1895.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 182.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
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Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th April, 1895.
No. 10.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 11th day of April, 1895.
PRESENT:
The Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, Esquire), Vice-President.
The Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. PHILIP Bernard CHENERY AYRES, C.M.G.).
ROBERT KENNAWAY LEIGH, Esquire.
JOHN JOSEPH FRANCIS, Esquire, Q.C.
The Honourable Dr. Ho KAI.
Dr. WILLIAM HARTIGAN.
ABSENT:
The Registrar General, (The Honourable JAMES HALDANE STEWArt Lockhart), President.
The Director of Public Works, (The Honourable FRANCIS ALFRED Cooper).
NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
In the absence of the President, the Vice-President presided.
Minutes.-The minutes of a meeting held on the 28th day of March, 1895, were read, amended, and confirmed.
Bye-laws. The byc-laws for the regulation of the public depôts for sheep and swine made on the 14th March, 1895, were re-considered.
The Vice-President moved--
A. That the Board recommend that bye-laws 1 and 2 be made by His Excellency the Governor in Council
under sub-section 1 of section 2 of Ordinance 17 of 1887.
B. That bye-laws 5, 6, 13 and the first paragraph of 7 be re-made, and be transmitted to the Colonial Secretary
for approval in the usual manner.
C. That bye-laws 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and the last two paragraphs of 7 be issued as departmental instructions
to the Board's Officers.
D. That bye-law 14 be deleted.
Mr. J. J. FRANCIS, Q.C., seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Defective Drains.-The Assistant Surveyor's report on the condition of the house drains at 137 to 141, Queen's Road Central, was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
Mr. FRANCIS, Q.C., moved
That the owners of these houses be called on to re-drain them in accordance with the drainage bye-laws and to
execute the works specified in the Surveyor's report.
Dr. HARTIGAN seconded.
Question--put and agreed to,
Defective Drains.-The Assistant Surveyor's report on the condition of the house drains at 63 and 64, Praya Central, was laid on the table and a minute on the circulating cover read.
Mr. FRANCIS, Q.C., moved--
That the owners of these houses be called on to re-drain them in accordance with the drainage byc-laws and to
execute the works specified in the Surveyor's report.
The Vice-President seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Defective Drains.-The Assistant Surveyor's report on the condition of the house drains at 129 to 135, Queen's Road Central, was laid on the table and a minute on the circulating cover read.
Mr. FRANCIS, Q.C., moved→→
That the owners of these houses be called on to re-drain them in accordance with the drainage bye-laws and to
execute the works specified in the Surveyor's report.
The Vice-President seconded
Question-put and agreed to.
Defective Drains.--The Assistant Surveyor's report on the condition of the house drains at 1 to 23, Gilman Street; 2 to 44, Wing On Lane; and 61, 62 and 62A, Praya Central, was laid on the table and a minute on the circulating cover read.
Mr. FRANCIS, Q.C., moved-
That the owners of these houses be called on to re-drain them in accordance with the drainage bye-laws and to
execute the works specified in the Surveyor's report.
The Vice-President seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.