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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, .24т JUNE, 1893.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 250.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th June, 1893.
G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.
No. 12.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 8th day of June, 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 Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, Esquire).
The Colonial Surgeou, (Dr. PHILIP BERNARD CHIENERY AYRES).
JOHN DAVID HUMPHREYS, Esquire.
JOHN JOSEPH FRANCIS, Esquire, Q.C.
The Honourable Dr. Họ Kai.
Dr. JAMES CANTLIE.
LAU WAI CHUN, Esquire.
NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
ABSENT:
Minutes.-The minutes of a meeting held on the 25th May, 1893, were read and confirmed.
The Late Major-General Gordon.-A letter from Mrs. GORDON, thanking the Members of the Board for their kind expression of sympathy with herself and children in their bereavement, was read.
Public Urinal.-A letter from the Honourable Colonial Secretary-which had been circulated to Members-- concerning the removal of the public urinal in Battery Path was laid on the table.
A discussion ensued.
Mr. FRANCIS moved,---
That Dr. Cantlie and Mr. Humphreys be asked to indicate what sites they consider the Urinal might be removed to and also in what manner the present Urinal could be improved so us to be less offensive to persons passing it.
The Vice-President seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Mortality Returns.-The returns for the weeks ended the 27th May and 3rd June, 1893-which had been cir- culated to Members-were laid on the table.
Leave of Absence.-An application from the Secretary for leave of absence-which had been circulated to Mem- hers-was laid on the table and the Minutes on the circulating cover read.
Mr. FRANCIS moved,--
That the application be forwarded to the Honourable Colonial Secretary with a strong recommendation that the leave asked for by the Secretary be granted, and that he be informed that both Mr. Crow, of the Medical Department, and Mr. Rennie, of the Public Works Department, are willing to take up the duties of Secretary to the Board and Sanitary Superintendent during the time Mr. McCallum is absent on leave.
Honourable Dr. Ho KAI seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Defective Drains.-Reports by the Surveyor--which had been circulated to Members--regarding the condition of the house-drains of Nos. 83 to 109 (odd Nos.) Station Street, and 17 to 30, Reclamation Street, Yan-ma-ti; and 1 to 9, Tai Loi Lane, Victoria were laid on the table, and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
The Vice-President moved,——
That the owners of the houses be called on to reconstruct the drains thereof so as to comply with the requirements
of the Health Ordinance and the bye-laws made thereunder.
Mr. J. D. HUMPHREYS seconded.
Mr. FRANCIS addressed the Board and moved, as an amendment,-
That the owners of the property in question be requested to amend the defects referred to in detail in the report
of the Surveyor and that they be not required to reconstruct.
Honourable Dr. Ho Kai seconded.
A discussion ensued.
The Board divided on the amendment :
Amendment lost.
Ayes 3.
The President did not vote.
The Board divided on the original motion.
Motion carried.
The President did not vote.
Ayes 5.
Noes 5.
Noes 3.