THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH NOVEMBER, 1886.
C.
RULES
Under the Cattle and Markets Ordinance, 1886.
1. A sufficient number of Inspectors of Police and constables shall be detached from the Police Department by the Captain Superintendent of Police for market duty and shall be subject to such control as may be ordered by the Governor in Council.
2. All disputes arising in slaughter houses or markets shall be referred in the first instance to the Inspector of markets or his deputy, and shall not be litigated until such reference has been made.
Slaughter Houses.
3. The lessee of each slaughter house shall provide all necessary and proper persons, instruments, and furniture for the purpose of slaughtering animals and dressing the carcases thereof, together with a sufficient supply of hot water, and shall have the same in readiness at all times for the service of persons making use of such slaughter house. 4. The lessee of every slaughter house shall at all times allow any person to slaughter any animal or dress any carcase for sale on payment to him of a fee not exceeding twenty cents for each animal weighing less than one picul or forty cents for each animal weighing more, besides the blood of such animal, which the lessee may retain.
5. The weight of each animal for the purposes of the preceding rule shall be ascertained before it is slaughtered. 6. Each slaughter house shall be provided with a hanging shed, in which the carcase of every animal slaughtered shall be hung as soon as it is dressed. carcases shall continue hanging in such shed until they are removed to the markets, which removal shall be by means of a wheeled and covered vehicle or in a boat in either of which the carcases can be hung, and not otherwise.
Such
7. The lessee of each slaughter house shall cleanse, repair, maintain, and keep such slaughter house to the satisfaction of the Inspector of markets and of the Surveyor General, and shall cause all refuse to be removed from the same at least once in every twenty four hours.
8. No hide or offal shall be removed from any slaughter house except in a boat or in a covered vehicle, basket, or tray.
Markets.
9. The Surveyor General shall cause all market buildings to be numbered
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10. Markets buildings shall be classified and set apart by the Registrar General for the sale of meat, fowls, fish, fruit, vegetables, and so forth. Shops for wholesale dealing may also be set apart.
11. No stall shall exceed seven feet in length.
Market Folles (By-lawa, 8.)
Disputes. (By-laws, 1.)
Appliances. (By-laws, 14.)
Hours and charges for slaughtering. (9 of 1858, a. 22, By-laws, 12 & 16.)
Weight of animals. (By-laws, 18.)
Hanging sheds and carriage of meat.
Repairs and cleansing. (By-laws, 13.)
Removal of carcases &c. (By-laws, 17.)
Numbering.
(9 of 1858, 8. 6.)
Classification of buildings. By-laws, 2, & 9 of 1858, s. 11.)
Size of stalls.
(9 of 1858, 8.5.) Hours during which
(By-laws, 4.)
12. Every market shall be open to the public from 4 A.M. till 7 P.M. each day, and the principal entrance of each, markets open. market shall be kept open under the charge of a Police Constable till 9 P.M. for the ingress and egress of those resident in such market, after which all gates and entrances shall be closed for the night. Residents in the market who are holders of night passes may however be admitted until midnight.
13. The sign boards and blinds of every market building shall be so arranged as not to obstruct any thoroughfare in such market, and no legee of any market building shall permanently place or store any goods outside such market building, or allow them to project beyond it.
14. No sales within any market shall be carried on except in a market building.
15. A sufficient number of market scavengers for each market may be licensed by the Registrar General.
16. Each market shall be thoroughly cleansed twice each day, all refuse and sweepings being placed in a rubbish- boat or in a dust-bin, one of which shall be provided in each market. The dustbin shall be emptied and cleansed by the Government Contractor daily. Any decayed or offensive matter shall be forthwith removed by the owner at his expense, on the order of the Inspector of markets. All manure or offal shall be removed daily.
Encroach- ments and obstructions. (By-laws, 3.)
Salos.
(9 of 1858, s. 11.)
Scavengers. (By-laws, 6
7.)
Scavenging. (By-laws, 3.)
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