THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST NOVEMBER, 1884.
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8.—The Government night-soil Contractor shall remove all night-soil, and urine, and all foul waters from public latrines by bost to the night-soil anchorage off the westernmost Cape of Stone Cutters Island, there to be transshipped or dealt with by him, subject to such directions for the prevention of a nuisance at the anchorage station as he may from time to time receive from the Sauitary Inspector. and he shall not allow any such refuse to be landed on the shore at Stone Cutters' Island, or dropped into the water in the act of loading the boats, or in discharging or transshipping their contents.
9.-The transshipment of night-soil and urine or foul waters from the night-soil boats to other boats at the anchorage station shall not be allowed after 2 P.M. and the Government night-soil Con- tractor shall be held responsible for the creation of any nuisance after that hour.
10.--The Government night-soil Contractor shall on no account sell or otherwise dispose of any night-soil, urine, animal manure or foul waters from his boats while the latter are stationed at the wharves, or during their passage to the anchorage station off Stone Cutters' Island. All persons desirous to purchase and take delivery of refuse matters from the night-soil Contractor shall only be at liberty to do so after the night-soil .boats have reached the anchorage station aforesaid, and before the hour of 1 P.M.
11.—The Government night-soil Contractor shall be bound in the strictest manner by the Rules and Regulations issued and to be issued by the Governor in Council under Ordinances No. 9 of 1867 and No. 7 of 1883.
12.-The Government night-soil Contractor shall be responsible for any damages which may arise from his non-observance of any part or clause of this agreement, and he shall make good all such damages immediately upon being required to do so by the Sanitary Inspector, who shall appraise such damages according to the Schedule of prices in force in the Public Works Department of the Colony, and the Contractor shall abide by such appraisement and decision as final.
13. Should the Governmeut night-soil Contractor at any time fail to provide a sufficient number of men, boats, or implements for the due execution of this Contract in all its terms, or fail or neglect to carry out any portion thereof, the Sanitary Inspector shall be at liberty to supply such additional men, boats, or implements as he may deem necessary, or to make such other arrangements as to him may seem fit for expediting the fulfilment of this Contract, and all expenditure attendant on such action on the part of the Sanitary Inspector shall be defrayed by the Government night-soil Contractor.
14.-The Contractor shall at all times see that his servants carry out their work in an orderly manner, and that no unnecessary noise is created by them during the performance of their duties.
15. In the event of an epidemic of any infectious disease occurring in Hongkong, His Excellency the Governor reserves to himself the right of disposing of all night-soil in any manner considered most expedient in the interest of the public health, at the same time allowing the Contractor fair compensa- tion for any loss he may actually sustain through such disposal.
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16.His Excellency the Governor hereby reserves to himself the exclusive right of cancelling
time any this contract without giving previous notice to the Government night-soll Contractor at His Excellency's receiving a report from the Sanitary Board to the effect that the said Government night-soil Contractor is not fulfilling the whole or any part or clause of this contract, or that he is not complying with any one or all of the Rules and Regulations already issued or to be issued by the Governor in Council under Ordinance No. 9 of 1867 and No. 7 of 1883.
17.---And it is hereby distinctly understood that this contract is limited solely and exclusively to the proper removal of night-soil and urine, and of the foul waters from public latrines, in the City of Victoria, and that it is not meant to embrace the removal of any other waste products, or to include the general surface scavenging of the City of Victoria, for which a separate Govenment contract exists.
Approved in Executive Council, this 15th day of October, 1884.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Clerk of Councils.
Scavenging Contract between the Sanitary Inspector and a Village Contractor,
1.-The Contractor shall once every day carefully sweep all the streets and side walks of the adult coolies, and these village, and for this purpose he shall permanently maintain at least
coolics shall be provided with serviceable and proper brooms, baskets, and iron scrapers to the satis- faction of the Sanitary Inspector, or with other articles necessary in the opinion of the Sanitary Inspector for the efficient execution of their duty.