1044 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH OCTOBER, 1886.
15.-The dust-boats shall be stationed daily at the stations named between the hours of 9 P.M. and 7 A.M. in summer, or 9 P.M. and 7.30 A.M. in winter, but they will not be allowed to remain near the Praya on any account whatever except between the hours specified, but will proceed direct to Mount Davis, and such dust-boats, as well as the dust-carts referred to in the preceding clause, shall be care- fully cleansed every day after the conveyance of the refuse, so as to be inoffensive to the neighbourhood in which they may be kept.
16.-The Contractor shall provide 6 substantial floating dust-bins of a size and pattern to be approved of by the Sanitary Board, and they are to be stationed during the day at the following points on the praya, viz. :-Ship Street, Eastern Market, Central Market, Gilman Street, Queen Street, and East Street.
17.-In order to prevent gully-holes and the gratings of the sewer traps from getting choked by sand, leaves, sticks, or other matters, and the roads from being destroyed by the overflow of surface drainage, the Contractor shall on rainy days station fifty coolies beside or near the sewer traps, with instructions to keep the same clear, and it is to be distinctly understood that these fifty coolies shall' be exclusive of those engaged in the street sweeping gangs The coolies shall be stationed in the following order :---
Morrison Gap,
1
Elgin Street,..
.1
Praya West,..........
..3
Wántsai Road,..
Gage Street,
.1
Queen's Road West,.
.4
Praya East,
Caine Road,
..3
Eastern Street.....
1
Queen's Road East,......3
Albert Road,
.1
Centre Street,
1
Cricket Field,
.1
Albany and Robinson
Western Street,
3
Praya Central,
.3
Road...
Pokfulam Road,.
Queen's Road Central....3
Market Street,
Bonham Road,.............
.2
Bonham Strand, ........... .2
Station Street,
Jervois Street,
.1
Po-Yan Street,.
Eastern District, 1 foreman.
D'Aguilar Street,.
1
Hollywood Road,........1
Wyndham Street,.........................1
Gage St. & Pound Lane, 1
Central Western
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18.-The Contractor shall at least once a day carefully clean out and free of all sand, dead leaves, stones, and rubbish, all the open catch water drains built across public roads, for this purpose, he shall provide the sweeping gangs with suitable iron scrapers of such form and shape as the Sanitary Inspector may approve.
19. The Contractor shall, after every heavy rain, or as often as required by the Inspectors of Nuisances, void of sand and mud and thoroughly cleanse the present catchpits to all Nullahs and sewers, and such other catchpits as may hereafter be built by the Government, and the sand and mud so voided shall be carefully removed to the dust boats unless otherwise specially directed by the Sanitary Inspector.
20. It is to be distinctly understood that the Contractor shall not shoot or deposit any dust, dirt, sweepings, offal, or refuse of any kind or description whatsoever, whether offensive or inoffensive, in any sewer, open drain, sewer trap, gully hole, side channel, street, road, or vacant lot, either within or without the City of Victoria, nor yet on the foreshore along the Praya, or into the sea at any part of the harbour, or in any place whatsoever other than the depôt specially mentioned in the following clause; and he must on no account allow his servants to sweep dust, rubbish or other thing off the streets into any sewer-trap, pipe-hole or other inlet to the sewers of the city.
21. It is clearly and distinctly understood that any damage or obstruction to roads, streets, &c., caused by the neglect of the Contractor or his servants to properly and thoroughly carry out sections 17, 18, 19, and 20 of this contract will be repaired or removed by the Government at the expense of the Contractor and the cost of executing such repairs or removals will be deducted from the moneys becoming due to him under this contract.
22. The Contractor shall remove all offal, mud, filth, dust, sweepings and all other refuse by boat to Mount Davis, there to be deposited at a depôt to be indicated to him by the Sanitary Inspector, and he shall not allow any such refuse to be dropped into the water in the act of loading the boats, or in landing and discharging their contents, nor shall he allow the removal of it from any of his boats to any place other than the depôt at Mount Davis.
23.-The Contractor shall use every endeavour to completely burn the City refuse deposited at the depôt at Mount Davis.
24. In respect of the Hill Districts of Victoria Peak, Mount Gough, and Mount Kellett, the Contractor shall daily remove before 7 A.M. all sullage and kitchen-slops, as well as all dry rubbish, dust, and ashes from every public and private tenement, and he shall convey the same in properly covered buckets of approved size, pattern, and material to such depôts in the vicinity as may be pointed out to him by the Sanitary Inspector, and the depôts shall be kept in such a Lanner as not to
become a nuisance.