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THE HONGKONG
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No. 43.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 8TH SEPTEMBER, 1883.
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VOL. XXIX.
簿九十二
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 296.
The Honourable WILLIAM HENRY MARSH, Colonial Secretary, has this day taken the usual Oaths in accordance with the provisions made in the Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, bearing date at Westminster, the Ninth day of April, 1877, as Officer Administering the Government of Hongkong, during the temporary absence of His Excellency Sir GEORGE FERGUSON BOWEN, G.C.M.G.
J. H. STEWART-LOCKHART,
Council Chamber, Hongkong, 4th September, 1883.
Acting Clerk of Councils.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 297.
The following conditions of Licence for the keeping of Milch Cows and Goats, under Ordinance 7 of 1883, Section 11, are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th September, 1883.
J. H. Stewart-Lockhart,
for the Colonial Secretary.
Sanitary Conditions of Licence for the keeping of Milch Cows and Goats, pręscribed under Ordinance 7 of 1883, Section 11.
1. The building must be a substantial one of either brick or stone in the town, or of wood in rural districts, and it must not be situated nearer than six feet to any dwelling house.
2. Each cow must have at least 700 cubic feet, and each goat at least 200 cubic feet of space, and the building must be lighted and ventilated to the entire satisfaction of the Sanitary Board.
3. The flooring of the building must be of smooth granite slabs, concrete or of other impervious material, and must be provided with proper water-tight channels for draining urine and all fluid noxious matters into a water-tight covered sump made of brick or concrete rendered in cement.
4. The construction of the sump must be to the satisfaction of the Sanitary Board, and it must. be emptied, and the contents, together with the solid manure must be removed daily.
5. No cowshed or building used for the keeping of cows or goats shall connect by means of any connection drain with any public or private sewer.
6. The building must be scraped, cleansed and lime-washed at least once every six months, and must at all times be maintained in a proper state of repair.
7. Any infraction of the above conditions shall be visited by the forfeiture of the Licence, and in addition the offender shall be liable on conviction before a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding Five Dollars, or any term of imprisonment not exceeding fourteen days, and the animals shall be forfeited.
8. The Licence is an annual one, expiring on the 31st of December of the year in which it is issued, and it will not be renewed unless the Sanitary conditions thereof have been strictly complied with.