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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH JULY, 1888.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 346. The following Minutes are published for general information.
By Command.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th July, 1888.
FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary,
SANITARY BOARD. No. 5.
THURSDAY, 197 JULY, 1888.
No. 987, 19th July, 1888.
No. 990,
19th July,
1888.
PRESENT:
The Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. PHILIP BERNARD CHENERY AYRES), President.
The Captain Superintendent of Police, (The Honourable WALTER MEREDITH DEANE), Vice-
President.
The Surveyor General. (The Honourable Joux MACNEILE PRICE).
The Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART, Esquire).
JOHN DAVID HUMPHREYS, Esquire.
JOHN JOSEPH FRANCIS, Esquire, Q.C.
The Honourable WONG SHING.
Dr. JAMES CANTLIE.
NATHANIEL JOSEPH Ede, Esquire.
Dr. Ho KAI
The Board met pursuant to adjournment.
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 12th July, were read and confirmed. SLAUGHTER-HOUSE AND CATTLE DEPOT AT YAUMATI.-Read a letter from the Colonial Secretary stating that provision would be made in the Estimates for 1889, for the erection of these buildings.
MINUTES.-Read a letter from the Colonial Secretary conveying approval of the Govern- ment for the publication in the Gazette of the Minutes of the Board's proceedings.
DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICINES.----Laid on the table a return by the Registrar General show- ing the quantity of Medicines issued by the native druggists for the treatment of persons suffering from discases of a choleraic nature.
BUSINESS OF THE BOARD.-Mr. FRANCIS, pursuant to notice, moved :—
That the Secretary be directed to lay on the table at each Meeting of the Board a summary of the business disposed of by the President, and of the work done by the Officers of the Board during the intercal since the last Meeting.
Not seconded.
By-Laws. The Surveyor General moved :--
That the Board go into Committee for the consideration of the By-Laws, (Sub-sections 1, 2, and 3 of Section 13 of the Public Health Ordinance) framed by the Sub-Committee appointed on the 21st ultimo.
The Registrar General seconded.
Mr. FRANCIS moved, as an amendment :---
That the consideration of the By-Laws under Sub-sections 1, 2, and 3 be postponed util the Board has fuller information before it as to the defects in the existing system of drainage, and the proposed system of main drainage about to be inaugurated by the
Government.
. Dr. Ho KAI seconded.
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