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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH OCTOBER, 1892.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 437.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th October, 1892.
No. 22.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 13th day of October, 1892 :-
PRESENT:
The Director of Public Works, (The Honourable FRANCIS ALFred Cooper), Vice-President. The Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. PHILIP BERNARD CHENERY AYRES).
The Captain Superintendent of Police, (Major-General ALEXANDER HERMAN ADAM GORDON). NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
ABSENT:
The Registrar General, (The Honourable JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART), President. JOHN DAVID HUMPHREYS, Esquire.
JOHN JOSEPH FRANCIS, Esquire, Q.C.
The Honourable Dr. Ho KAL
Dr. JAMES CANTLIE,
In the absence of the President the Vice-President presided.
Minutes.-The minutes of a meeting held on the 29th September, 1892, were read and confirmed.
Appointment of Member.-A letter, dated the 13th October, 1892, from the Honourable Colonial Secretary informing the Board that His Excellency the Governor had been pleased to appoint Mr. LAU WAI CHUN to be a Member of the Board vice Mr. Woo LIN YUEN resigned, was read.
Pig-sties.-A report by the Surveyor on the pig-sties recently erected at the villages of old and new Little Hongkong was read. It was agreed that the licenses which had been applied for be granted.
Mortality Returns.--The returns for the weeks ended the 1st and 8th October, 1892-which had been circulated to Members-were laid on the table.
Urinals.--An application to connect a urinal at No. 4, Beaconsfield Arcade with the public sewer was considered. It was agreed that the permission asked for be granted subject to the condition that the urinal is constructed to the satisfaction of the Board.
An application to connect a urinal at No. 4, Queen's Road West with the public sewer was considered. It was agreed that the applicant be informed that the permission asked for cannot be granted at present but that he may renew his applicatiou as soon as the new sewerage system of the district is completed.
Report. The Colonial Veterinary Surgeon's report for the quarter ended the 30th September, 1892, was read. Small-pox.-The Secretary reported that he had been notified that a case of small-pox had occurred on board the S.S. Tartar and that the patient had been admitted to the hospital ship Пygeia.
Adjournment.-The Board then adjourned till Thursday, the 27th day of October, 1892.
Read and confirmed this 27th day of October, 1892.
HUGH MCCALLUM,
Secretary.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
President.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 416.
The following Lot of Crown Land at Praya West, (front of Sailors' Home), will be sold by Public Auction on Monday, the 31st day of October, 1892, at 4 P.M.
Marine Lot No. 273.
For Particulars and Conditions of Sale see page 833 of the Government Gazette for 1892.
By Command,
G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th October, 1892.