430
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH MAY, 1893.
Provided always that the stipulations of the present Convention shall be made applicable to any of the above-mentioned Colonies or foreign possessions on whose behalf notice to that effect shall have been given by Her Britannic Majesty's Representative to the President of Ecuador within one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of the present Convention.
ARTICLE III.
The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Quito as soon as possible.
It shall come into operation one month after the exchange of ratifications, and shall remain in force until the expiration of one year from the day on which either Party may give notice of its intention to terminate it.
In witness whereof the Undersigned have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.
Done in duplicate at Quito, the twenty-sixth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.
(Signed)
(L.S.) W. H. D. HAGGARD.
(L.S.) PEDRO JOSÉ CEVALLOS.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 194.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th May, 1893.
G. T. M. O'BRIEN,
Colonial Secretary.
No. 10.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thurs lay, the 11th day of May, 1893:-
PRESENT:
The Registrar General, (The Honourable James Haldane STEWART LOCKHART), President. The Director of Public Works, (The Honourable FRANCIS ALFRed Cooper), Vice-President. The Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, Esquire). The Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. PHILIP Bernard CheNERY AYRES).
JOHN DAVID HUMPHREYS, Esquire.
JOHN JOSEPH FRANCIS, Esquire, Q.C.
Dr. JAMES CanTLIE.
NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
LAU WAI CHUN, Esquire.
The Honourable Dr. Ho Kai
ABSENT:
Minutes. The minutes of a meeting held on the 27th April, 1893, were read and confirmed.
Motion. Mr. HUMPHREYS addressed the Board and moved,-
That the recommendation contained in paragraph 12 of Mr. Chadwick's letter, dated the 8th July, 1890, to the Honourable Colonial Secretary, viz., that the Board should, if requested, be in a position to undertake the construction of house-drains at the cost of the owners of the houses requesting them to be so redrained, receive early attention with a view to giving practical effect thereto.
The Vice-President addressed the Board and seconded.
A discussion ensued.
It was agreed that the Vice-President, Mr. HUMPHREYS and Mr. FRANCIS be appointed a Committee to consider the question raised by Mr. HUMPHREYS' motion and report to the Board.
Mortality Returns.-The returns for the weeks ended the 29th April and 6th May--which had been circulated to Members-were laid on the table.
The Secretary reported that a person had been prosecuted for neglecting to notify three cases of small-pox, which occurred on his premises, as soon as the nature of the disease became known to him, and that a conviction had been obtained and a penalty of $30 inflicted.