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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH JUNE, 1887.
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Privilege of slaughtering animals.
Sub-letting prohibited.
Slaughtering except in slaughter- houses
prohibited.
Unauthorised fees or charges prohibited
Slaughter- houses open to inspection.
Power to maku Bye-laws.
Establishing
markets. Prohibiting other markets.
Buildings In markets.
Letting of market buildings.
10. The Lessee of the privilege of slaughtering animals shall enjoy, during the whole of the term of his lease, the sole and exclusive privilege of slaughtering animals in the Colony, and shall give such security for the payment of the rent thereof and for the due observance of the bye-laws regulating slaughter-houses as the Governor in Council may direct.
11. The Lessee of the privilege of slaughtering animals in the Colony shall not sublet or assign any part thereor without the written permission of the Registrar General.
12. No person shall slaughter any animal or dress any carcase thereof for sale except within a slaughter-house appointed for that purpose under this Ordinance; always provided that goats may be slaughtered by or for any Indians, Indian Troops or Indian Police quartered in the Colony.
13. Except as provided in this Ordinance no person shall demand or receive any money or other valuable con- sideration as a fee, fine, toll, rent or otherwise for access or admission to or for slaughtering any animal in any slaughter-house.
14. The Captain Superintendent of Police, the Registrar General, the Surveyor General, and their respective officers as well as Members and Officers of the Sanitary Board shall have at all times free access to every part of every slaughter- house.
15. The Governor in Council may from time to time make and when made revoke, add to, or alter bye-laws for regulating the slaughter-houses in the Colony.
PART III.
Markets.
16. All markets established at the time of the coming into operation of this Ordinance shall be continued and shall be subject to this Ordinance, but it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time to close any of them, and also to establish or close any new market. No market shall be opened or kept open except under the provisions of this Ordinance; and every market which shall be otherwise opened or kept open shall, together with the building in which the same shall be carried on, be deemed a nuisance.
17. No buildings shall be erected or maintained in any market except stalls, quarters for market officers, police and porters. Such buildings shall be of stone or brick and the stalls shall be fitted witli stone or wooden counters. No
lo person shall be allowed to pass the night in any market except the Police and Caretakers recognised by the Go-
vernment.
18. All market buildings shall be let by the Registrar General in such manner and on such conditions as shall from time to time be approved by the Governor in Council. Until such conditions and manner of letting shall be so established or varied they shall be as follows:-
(1.) All market buildings shall be let without fine or premium, either from month to month, or for a term of years, for the highest rent obtainable, such rent to be ascertained by sealed tenders. In case of equal tenders the tenant in posses- sion, if any, shall have the preference.
(2.) If the letting is from month to month, a month's notice of its discontinuance shall be given either by the Registrar General or the lessee as the case may be.
(3.) If the letting is for a year or more, no notice of
the expiration of the term shall be necessary. (4.) No market building shall be let for more than three years except on a higher rent than can be obtained for three years' lease, nor for any term exceeding five years' lease without the approval of the Governor.
(5.) All rents of market buildings shall be paid to the Registrar General in advance within the first seven days of each month.
(6.) The Governor may order the forfeiture of any lease of a market building if it shall be proved to his satisfaction that the licensee has used such market building for any other purposes than those pertaining to the business of a market.