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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23rd JUNE, 1883.
8. The Contractor shall see that his carriers or coolies do not wash out their night-soil buckets in the sea near any public thoroughfare, nor in any manner likely to be offensive to the neighbourhood, nor at any places other than those to be pointed out to him by the village police.
9.-The Contractor shall not deposit any dust, dirt, sweepings, night-soil, urine, offal, or rufuse matters of any kind 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 confines of the village, nor yet along the foreshore, nor in any place other than that specially mentioned in the following clause.
10. The Contractor shall transport, either by land or by water as he may elect, all night-soil, offal, mud, filth, dust, sweepings and all other refuse to the depôts set apart by the Sanitary Board for the reception of manure. If conveyed in a boat, such boat shall be completely decked over, and its carrying capacity shall not be less than
piculs, and no boats other than that of the Contractor shall under any pretext be employed for this service. If conveyed by land, all dry sweep- ings and rubbish may be carried in a suitable light cart, such cart to be provided by the Sanitary Inspector, and to be kept in proper repair by the Contractor at his own cost.
11.-The Contractor shall have to his sole use and benefit all the night-soil of the public latrines. as also all night-soil conveyed by the people to the licensed manure depôts.
12. The Contractor shall have sole charge of the free public latrines in the village, and be responsible for their cleanliness and freedom from smell. He shall place a servant in permanent charge of the latrines, who shall once a day thoroughly wash down and cleanse the floors, the skirting of the interior walls, and the seats, and the Contractor shall on the first week of every month give the interior of the building a coat of limewash.
13.-The Contractor is 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.
14.--Should the Contractor at any time fail to carry out the terms of this agreement, the Sanitary Inspector shall be at liberty to make such arrangements as he may deem necessary for the execution of the work at the charge of the Contractor.
15.-And it is hereby lastly distinctly understood that His Excellency the Governor reserves to himself the right of cancelling this agreement without previous notice to the Contractor, at any time
His Excellency's finding that the Contractor is not fulfilling its terms.
upon
Approved in Executive Council, this 20th day of June, 1883.
ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 224.
The following Notice from the Registrar General, under the Contagious Diseases Ordinance. 1867, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd June, 1883.
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.
It is hereby notified that the parts of the house hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, First and Second Floors of No. 15, Upper Lascar Row, were, on the 16th day of June, 1883, pursuant to Section 23 of the above Ordinance, declared by me under my Hand and Seal of Office to be Un- licensed Brothels.
Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 18th June, 1883.
L.S.
FREDERICK STEWART, Registrar General.