THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1889.
7. In the construction of this Ordinance. (if not in- Definitions. consistent with the context) the words and expressions in italics shall have and include the respective meanings hereinafter assigned to them, that is to say -
1. Building.-Any domestic building, house, veran- dah, cook-house, privy, gallery, chimney, bridge, out-house, stable, shed, mat-shed, warehouse, manufactory, shop, work-room, distillery, or place of secure stowage, or any alteration to the same. involving new foundations.
2. City of Victoria.-The districts specified in The
Regulation of Chinese Ordinance, 1888.
3. Cross Wall.-Any wall of brick or stone used or built in order to be used as a separation of one part of any building from another part of the same building, such parts being accessible through a
common entrance.
4. Domestic Building.-Any human habitation or
building where persous pass the night.
5. External Wall.--Any wall or vertical enclosure of any building not being a party wall, nor the ex- ternal wall of a verandah.
6. Floor. Any horizontal platform forming the base of any story, and every joist, board, timber, stone, brick, or other substance connected with and forming part of such platform.
7. Owner-Any person for the time being in the possession or receipt of the rent or profits of any premises, solely or as joint-tenant, or tenant in common with others whether on his own behalf or otherwise or where such person cannot be found or ascertained the occupier.
8. Party Wall.-Any wall used or built in order to be used as a separation of any building from any other building, such buildings not being accessible through a common entrance.
9. Public Building.-Any building, not in the occu- pation of the Naval or Military Departments, used for public worship, public instruction, public assem- bly, or public recreation; also every building used as a public hall or hospital, or for any other public purpose whatsoever.
10. Story-The space between the upper surface of every floor and the upper surface of the floor next above it, or if there be no such floor, of the roof next above the said first mentioned floor.
11. Verandah,-Any projection over Crown Land whether verandah, oriet, portico, flying balcony or other structure.
12. Works. The partial or total constructing, recon- structing, pulling down, opening, cutting into, adding to, and altering any building, wall, retaining- wall, chimney, stack, flue, scaffold, ground, road, well, drain, sewer, pier, wharf, fence, or any other building operation whatsoever.
Building Materials.
8. Except as hereinafter provided, all walls of buildings shall be constructed exclusively of good hard well burnt brick, sound stone or other hard and incombustible sub- stance.
Exceptional Structures.
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9. Every public building, factory, or building intended for special uses including the walls, roofs, floors, galleries and staircases, and every structural work of iron, concrete or other material not provided for in this Ordinance, shall be constructed with such precautions for the safety of the public as having regard to the special purposes for which such building or structural work is intended to be used, shall be approved by the Surveyor General.
Walls.
10. Every wall constructed of brick, stone, or other hard and incombustible substance, shall be solid across its entire thickness, and shall be properly bonded and substantially put together with good lime-mortar or coment-mortar, and except where specially permitted in this Ordinance, no part of such wall shall be thicker than any part underneath it, and all cross-walls and return-walls shall be properly bonded into main walls. Sound black bricks may be exclusively used in any wall of 36 feet in height or less; but when the
Building materials.
Exceptional structures.
Walls.
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