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Cemeteries.-A report by the Superintendent on the present condition of the Cemeteries and draft Bye-laws for their future regulation-which had been circulated to Members--were laid on the table and discussed.
Mr. EDE moved,—
That the Honourable Ho Kai, Dr. Cantlie, the Registrar General and the President be appointed a Committee
to consider and report on the proposeil Bye-laws.
Mr. WONG SHING seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bye-laws. A draft of Bye-laws to be made under sub-section 5 of section 13 of Ordinance 24 of 1887-which had been in the hands of Members for some days-were read one by one and each, subject to certain amendments, agreed to.
Mr. EDE moved,-
That the Bye-laws as read and amended be passed and be transmitted to the Honourable Colonial Secretary in
the usual manner for approval.
Dr. CANTLIE seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Adjournment.--The Board then adjourned till friday, the 12th day of December, 1890.
Read and confirmed this 12th day of December, 1890.
HUGH MCCALLUM,
Secretary.
S. BROWN, President.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 519.
The following Notice is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th December, 1890.
NOTICE.
W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Under the provisions of Section 2 of Ordinance No. 10 of 1869, the following regulations, having been approved by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, will be observed on the 18th and 19th instants, being the days of the Victoria Recreation Club Regatta.
1. A Red Burgee will be hoisted at a staff on the Judges' Stand 5 minutes before the startingʻ of
a Race, and will be kept flying until that race is finished.
2. During the time that this Red Burgee is flying, all boats, junks, &c. are to keep outside the
Western Boundary of the Course, in order not to interfere with the competing crews.
3. The Western Boundary of the Course will be a line drawn from the Judges' Stand off the Kowloon Godowns to the Gunboats mooring-buoys off the Royal Naval Establishment at Kowloon, and continued on to Ti-kok-tsui Point.
4. Launches following the Races must keep astern of the sternmost of the competing boats. (N.B.—This regulation does not apply to the launch of the Umpire or other Official of the Club.)
Harbour Department, Hongkong, 10th December, 1890.
WM. C. H. HASTINGS,
Assistant Harbour Master, &c.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 520.
The following Returns of Deaths for the Month ended 30th November, 1890, are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secrety's Office, Hongkong, 13th December, 1890.
W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial Secretary.