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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD MAY, 1891.
22. The outlet of every drawing tap must be in some open and conspicuous place, so that leakage may be easily detected; and on no account must the outlet be below the high water level in any cistern, tank, or other vessel into which the tap delivers.
The inlet of every bath or lavatory basin must be separate and distinct from the outlet, and the inlet must be at the top of the bath.
23. No overflow pipe must be altered without the permission of the Water Authority.
24. 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.
25. The price of water supplied in bulk will be, until further notice, as follows :--
For the first
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27
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50,000 gallons per quarter at the rate of 25 cents per 1,000 gallons, next 200,000
20
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17
300,000 1,500,000 8,000,000
18
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1,000 1,000
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1.5
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1,000
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12
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1,000
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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
19
300,000
650,000
1,200,000
at 25 cents per 1,000......
$12.50
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1,000...
.40.00
at 18
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1,000....
..54.00
at 15
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1,000....
..97.50
$204.00
26. The following rents will be paid to 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 :-
2′′ Meter,
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$8 p Quarter. $6
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.$5
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$2
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27. Meters will be read at such times as the Water Authority may direct, not less frequently than three times a quarter. Whenever a meter is read a memorandum of the reading and of the preceding reading will be left with the occupier of the tenement supplied through it.
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28. For the purpose of calculating the quarterly consumption the difference between two readings of the meter shall be taken.
The first reading may be that observed on any day not more than ten days before or after the calendar date of the commencement of the quarter, or in the case of a newly fixed meter, the first reading of the meter.
The second reading may be that taken on any day not more than ten days earlier or later than the calendar termination of the quarters, or if the meter is removed or the supply closed during the quarter then the last reading shall be taken; and the difference between the two readings shall be taken as the quarter's water consumption. If two or more meters have been in use during the quarter then the quarters consumption shall be the sum of the quantities indicated by the meters.
Provided always that the reading used as the last reading of any quarter shall be used as the first reading of the ensuing quarter.
29. If a meter is found to be out of order; or if it be removed for repair or alteration, the fact will be noted on the memorandum, mentioned in section 26. Qn fixing a new meter or refixing the old meter a second memorandum will be handed to the occupier of the tenement. The consumption for the time that the meter was out of order or for the time that the service was without a meter will be calculated according to the average daily rate of consumption that obtained during the period between any two successive readings, whilst the meter was in good order, immediately preceding the removal of the meter.