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THE HONGKong governMENT GAZETTE, 3RD SEPTEMBER, 1892.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 368.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
G. T. M. O'BRIEN,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd September, 1892.
No. 18.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 18th day of August, 1892 :-
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, (Major-General ALEXANDER HERMAN ADAM GORDON). The Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. Philip Bernard CHENERY AYRES).
Dr. JAMES CANTLIE.
NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
JOHN DAVID HUMPHREYS, Esquire.
JOHN JOSEPH FRANCIS, Esquire, Q.C.
The Honourable Dr. Ho KAL
Woo LIN YUEN, Esquire.
ABSENT:
Minutes.-The minutes of a meeting held on the 4th August, 1892, were read and confirmed.
Private Cemetery.-A letter, dated the 22nd July, 1892, from the Honourable Colonial Secretary concerning the use of a piece of land for burial purposes, was again considered.
The President addressed the Board.
It was agreed that the Honourable Colouial Secretary be informed that the Board see no objection, on sanitary grounds, to the land being sold to the applicant to be used for the erection of a place for ancestral worship and the depositing of the dry bones of his relations therein, but the Board recommend that the conditions under which the land is sold should clearly set forth the precautions which, in the opinion of the Honourable Director of Public Works and the Superintendent of the Afforestation Department, are deemed necessary to be taken by the purchaser of the land to prevent fire from spreading from the proposed place of worship and destroying the trees in the neighbourhood.
Mortality Returns.-The returns for the weeks ended the 6th and 13th August, 1892, respectively--which had been circulated to Members-were laid on the table.
Water Analyses.-A report-which had been circulated to Members-of analyses made on Taitam and Pokfulam waters drawn from the respective conduits and mains during the month of July, 1892, was laid on the table.
Public Laundries.-A report by the Superintendent-which had been circulated to Members-having reference to the letting of the public laundries was laid on the table, and a report by the Analyst on the water supplied to the laundries was read.
A discussion ensued.
Mr. EDE moved,—
That the following steps be taken, viz.
1. That an adequate supply of good water be provided.
2. That, if necessary, the rents be reduced to encourage the washermen to hire the laundries.
3. That washing in certain streams be prohibited.
4. That the number of washermen using each stream be limited.
5. That the premises of the washermen be regularly inspected and rules made for their ventilation and
cleanliness.
6. That an appeal be made to the public to patronize the washermen who occupy the public laundries.
7. That the names of the washermen who are in occupation of the public laundries be advertised.
8. That all the public washermen be notified that the foregoing steps are being taken.
The Captain Superintendent of Police seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Adjournment. The Board then adjourned till Thursday, the 1st day of September, 1892.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Read and confirmed this 1st day of September, 1892.
HUGH MCCALLUM,
Secretary.
President.