THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST DECEMBER, 1887. 1397
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 558.
The following Minutes of the Sanitary Board are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st December, 1887.
FREDERICK STewart, Colonial Secretary.
Minutes of the Proceedings of the Sanitary Board at a meeting held in the Board Room on Tuesday, the 6th of December, 1887.
PRESENT:
The Honourable the Surveyor General, (Chairman).
The Registrar General.
Dr. PATRICK MANSON, LL.D.
Major T. C. Dempster.
Mr. WM. EDWARD CROW, (Secretary).
The Colonial Surgeon.
ABSENT:
The Honourable A. P. MCEWEN.
Dr. JAMES Cantlie.
Dr. Ho KAI.
The Minutes of the meeting held on the 1st of November, 1887, were read and confirmed.
1. A return of the Summonses applied for by the Inspectors of Nuisances during the five weeks ending December 3rd, 1887, was laid on the table by the Secretary. The Return showed that 61 prosecutions had been instituted, that in 56 cases convictions had been obtained, and that fines to the amount of $145.25 had been inflicted.
2. The conditions under which annual licences for keeping cows are granted by the Board were discussed. On the motion of Dr. MANSON, seconded by the Registrar General, it was resolved :-That it shall be compulsory on owners of cattle to report without delay to the Police or to the Sanitary Staff any death or case of sickness occurring among their cattle, and that no burial of carcases shall take place without the previously expressed approval of the Sanitary Staff in respect of the place of burial and the route to be taken by the carriers of carcases on their way to burial, and that these provisions be endorsed on the annual licences for keeping cattle and made a condition of such licence. 3. The Secretary submitted a statement of the number of admissions during the month of November of persons suffering from Small-pox into the Tung-Wah and Government Small-pox Hospitals, and after a discussion it was decided that no extra ordinary steps were to be taken until further particulars as to the course of the outbreak were forthcoming. The Secretary was directed to procure and circulate this additional information among the members of the Board in order that they might be the better able to advise what measures should be introduced for stamping out the disease.
The Board then adjourned.
Read and confirmed, this 21st day of December, 1887.
J. M. PRICE, Chairman.
WM. EDWARD CROW, Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 559.
The following Notice is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st December, 1887.
NOTICE.
FREDERICK Stewart, Colonial Secretary.
Notice is hereby given that a meeting of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace will be held in St. Andrew's Hall, at the City Hall, on Tuesday, the 10th January, 1888, at 3 P.M., for the purpose of nominating a Justice as an Un-Official Member of the Legislative Council, in the place of the Honourable F. D. SASSOON, resigned.
Magistracy, Hongkong, 30th December, 1887.
H. E. WODEHOUSE,
Police Magistrate.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 560.
The following Returns of Deaths for the week ended the 24th December are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st December, 1887.;
FREDERICK STEWART,
· Colonial Secretary.