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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH MARCH, 1892.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 104.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased, in accordance with instructions from the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, to appoint Mr. ABDOOL ROZAK MADAR to be Second Clerk in the Registrar General's Office to date from the 1st instant.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th March, 1892.
W. M. GOODMAN, Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 105.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
W. M. GOODMAN,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th March, 1892.
No. 4.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Tuesday, the 16th day of February, 1892 :-
PRESENT:
The Registrar General, (The Honourable JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART), President. The Acting Surveyor General, (The Honourable FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER), Vice-President. The Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, (GEORGE HORSPOOL, Esquire).
NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
ABSENT:
The Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. PHILIP BERNARD CHENERY AYRES).
JOHN DAVID HUMPHREYS, Esquire.
JOHN JOSEPH FRANCIS, Esquire, Q.C.
The Honourable Dr. Ho KAI
Dr. JAMES CANTLIE.
Woo LIN YUEN, Esquire.
Minutes.-The minutes of a meeting held on the 5th February, 1892, were read and confirmed.
Board's Offices.-A letter from the Honourable Colonial. Secretary, dated the 16th February, 1892, concerning the transfer of the Board's Offices to Beaconsfield Arcade was read.
It was agreed that a reply be sent to the Honourable Colouial Secretary that the Board has no objection to the proposed change of its Offices.
Sanitary Surveyor to the Board.A letter from the Honourable Colonial Secretary, dated the 16th January, 1892, concerning, the appointment of Mr. R. CROOK as Sanitary Surveyer to the Board, rice Mr. F. A. COOPER appointed Surveyor General, was read.
It was agreed that a reply be sent to the Honourable Colonial Secretary that the Board has no objection to the appoint- ment of Mr. R. CROOK as Sanitary Surveyor.
Small-pox. The Secretary reported that he had instituted a prosecution against, the occupier of the ground floor of No. 182, Queen's Road West, who was fined twenty dollars for not having reported a case of small-pox which occurred on his premises, as soon as the nature of the disease became known to him.
Mortality Return.-The return for the week ended the 6th February, 1892-which had been circulated to Mem- hers-was laid on the table.
Report. The Surveyor's report on the condition of the house-drains at houses Nos. 292 to 306, Queen's Road Central, was read.
It was agreed that the owner of the houses in question be called on to re-drain them in accordance with the law governing house-drainage.
Report. The Superintendent's report for the month of January, 1892, was read.
Renewal of Licences.-Thirty applications for the renewal of licences to keep cattle and goats were considered. It was agreed,—
1. That the licences be granted and that the attention of the licensees be specially directed to the law relating to
the adulteration of food.
2. That a letter be addressed to the Honourable Colonial Secretary requesting that the Government Analyst be
instructed to make such analyses of milk as the Board may require to be done. Adjournment.-The Board then adjourned till Friday, the 4th day of March, 1892.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
President.
Read and confirmed this 4th day of March, 1892.
HUGH MCCALLUM,
Secretary.