THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH JUNE, 1893.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.— No. 242.
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The following Regulations, made by the Governor in Council, are published for general informa- tion; and all previous Regulations made under authority of The Water Works Ordinance, 1890, are hereby repealed by the Governor in Council, except as regards anything lawfully done or suffered or
liabilities incurred thereunder.
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By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th June, 1893.
REGULATIONS
G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary,
Made by the Governor in Council, under authority of The Water- works Ordinance, 1890,” this 19th day of June, 1893,
1. Water will be supplied in bulk and measured by means of a meter to the following buildings
or tenements:-
(1) Those utilized for any purpose of trade.
(2) Those having within their curtilage a Fountain, Hydrant, Stable, Cowshed, Piggery
or other annex of a similar nature.
(3) Hotels, Restaurants, Lodging Houses.
(4) Piers and Wharves.
(5) Police Stations, Gaols, Markets, Slaughter Houses, Cattle Depôts and all Imperial,
Colonial, Military or Naval Establishments.
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2. The price of water supplied in bulk will be, until further notice, as follows:-
For the first 50,000 gallons per quarter at the rate of 25 cents per 1,000 gallons.
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In cases where unfiltered water is supplied half the above rates will be charged.
EXAMPLE.
A consumption of 1,200,000 gallons per quarter would be charged as follows:-
50,000 gallons,
200,000 300,000 650,000
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97.50
$204.00
3. All water drawn from the waterworks into water boats or steam-launches shall be paid for at the rate of 20 cents per 1,000 gallons.
4. Water shall only be taken from a public fountain in buckets or other suitable receptacles, and in such a manner as to prevent its flow into any drain or side channel.
5. No hose pipe, pipe, tube, shoot, or other contrivance of any nature whatsoever shall be attached, either temporarily or permanently, to any public fountain.
6. No automatic self-closing valve or other automatic appliance attached to or forming a part of any public fountain shall be interfered with so as to prevent, either permanently or temporarily, its automatic action.
7. The following rent shall be paid into the Treasury, quarterly and in advance, for the use of meters for one quarter or any part of a quarter; such quarter shall be considered to commence on the first day of January, the first day of April, the first day of July and the first day of October
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