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TAIPINGSHAN RÉSUMPTION AR- BITRATION "BOARD.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
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to guide the members of the Board and to de- | bad spots in Hongkong. It was only fair that termine what was best to be done..
they should know what blocks were being an- It was decided, on the motion of the CHAIR. thorised to be put in proper order and where they Before the full Board, composed of His Honour MAN seconded by Mr. FRANCIS, that notices drained into. He inquired from whom the sur- Mr E. J. Ackroyd, Acting Chief Justice (Chair-should be sont ont informing the proprietors of veyors got their instructions to inspect the man), Mr. E. b. Alford, and Mr. W. Danby. the depots that the licences would not be issued various blos and who selected the blocks to
to insanitary premises after 1st April.
which attention was first to paid.
AWARDS ON CLAIMS 23a, 27, & 36. Yesterday morning awards were made by the Board in the following cases: Claim 23 A, Inland lot 265 c. Amount orginally claimed, in respect to two lots, $22,800; amended and reduced to to $12,841. Amount of Government offer $10,000: amount awarded, $11,000. This was a claim of the Hongkong. Canton, and Macao steamboat Co. Mr. V. H. Deacon appeared on behalf of the Company.
Claim 27, Inland lots 592 and 593. Amount
originally claimed, $90,826; amended to 388,797. Government offer was $55,000; amount awarded, $79,000. Mr. V. H. Deacon also appeared for the claimants in this case.
Claim 36, Juland lot 404, remaining portion, including houses 72 and 74; bridges Street and 1 to 4, Rozario street. Amount originally claimed for the whole, $10,500; amount now claimed for the two houses in Bridges Street, $5,000; amount offered by the Government, $7,915; amount now awarded, in respect to 72 and 74, Bridges Street, $3,400 and in respect to 1 to 4, Rozario Street, $5,300; total amonat awarded being $3,700. In respect of this last claim M. A. Baptista was the executor. Yone Man Choi is the mortgagee in respect to the houses 1 and 2, Rozario Street. Lung Kwing Pai bas a life estate on the houses 1 and 2, Rozario Street and Lo l'ui and Lo Kai are the reversionary owners.
Mr. Deacon Your Worship gives costs in my cases, I presume; they carry substantial amounts.
His Lordship. -Yes, I think so.
BONGKONG SANITARY BOARD.
On Thursday afternoon a meeting of the San itary Board was held. Therwere present:-Mr. F. H. May, Captain Superintendent of Police (Chairman), Hon. F. A. Cooper, Director of Public Works, Mr. J. J. Francis, Q.C., Mr. R. K. Leigh; Dr. P. B. C. Ayres, Colonial Surgeon, and Dr. W. Hartigan. The minutes of the last meeting were read by Mr. Hugh M&Callum (Secretary) and approved.
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THE MANAGEMENT OF SWINE DEPOTS. The SECRETARY read the following letter: Colonial Secretary's Office. 19th January, 1895. To the Secretary of the Sanitary Board.
Sir.In reply to your letters Nos. 2 and 4 of the 4th and Sth inst, respectively I am directed to state for the information of the Sanitary Board that His Excellency has decided that the sheep and pig depôts should be managed by the Board and that a uniform charge of five cents per head for every animal passing. through the depôts should be imposed. I am to point out that the cost of the buildings and land amounts to $37,590 and not $20,000 as stated by the Committee in their report.
His Excellency will be obliged if the Board will be good as to make the necessary arrangements for opening the depôts on these conditions at as early a date as practicable. I am to add that His Excellency is of opinion that the Board should undertake the management of the cattle depôts on the expiry of the present farm.
The other matters mentioned in the report will receive due consideration. I have the honour to be,
Sir, your most obedient servant,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Colonia) Secretary.
Mr. FRANCIS thought that the best thing to do was to publish a notification to the proprietors of private depots informing them that on a certain day say the 1st April--the land would be no longer licensed. They must have some notice in order to make the necessary prepara- tions,
The SCRETARY replied that the places had not been licensed inasmuch as they were not in a fit and proper condition.
Mr FRANCIS said that although there were no regulating by-laws in force, of course the places could not be closed if the proprietors liked to keep them in proper order. As the law stood at present the Board was bound to license the places if they were in a sanitary state. He thought the matter had better be referred Lola Committee.
The CHAIRMAN said he should think it would take a couple of months before the Board would be able to act in the matter.
Mr. FRANCIS said there were no regulations
IMPERMEABLE FLOORS.
Mr. Cooper replied that when the surveyors The following letter from Messrs. Palmer first started work he was acting as Vice- and Turner had been received:
President of the Board. He was fully empowered to give instructions to the surveyors to carry out the decisions of the Board. The surveyörs asked him whether they had better stop and he said: "Well, the Board has done Ice House Lane and you had better do Pedder's Street and take the whole drainage out."
Hongkong, 17th January, 1995. H. McCallum Esq., Secretary, Sanitary Board. floors and basements, we note
Dear Sir-With reference to nature of impermeable that the Board will be satisfied with 84 inches, of concrete
and inch cement rendering. We wou'd sug gest an improvement on this flooring, viz. 7 inches of lime concrete and 2 inches of concrete mixed with inch cement and 11 inches lime. This will make a floor that will not break up, as we fear any rendering with cement will be sure to do. The late Surveyor-General Mr. Price used a small pro- portion of cement in the concrete of some of the high level roads with great success.
We shall be glad to know if the Boari will pass a floor made as suggested.-Yours faithfully,
PALMER & TURNEE.
The following minutes were appended:- Mr. R. K. Leigh-I consider a floor made as proposed by Mesars Palmer and Turner would answer the re. quirements very well if finished off smooth.
Dr Ho Kai--I agree with Mr. Loigh. Mr. J. J Francis-I agree,
agree with Mr. Leigh.
Hon. F. A. Cooper, Director of Public Works
It was resolved to accept the plan of Messrs Palmer and Turner.
THE SANITARY CONDITION OF THE CITY.
The SECRETARY read the report of the As sistant Surveyor on the condition of house drains at blocks 186, 187, 191, and 192, and upon this Dr. Hartigau suggested that the recommenda- tions of the Surveyor be carried out at ouce.
Mr. FRANCIS-You have no power at all to act except as the month piece of the Board,
The CHAIRMAN-Wo cannot have this side current of conversation going on.
It was then moved by Mr. COOPER and seconded by Mr. FRANCIS," That the owners be called on to redrain and amend the defects pointed out by the surveyor and that a further report be obtained as to 150, 52, 64, and 68, Queen's Road Central, and secondly, that in all future cases a report he made as to each bock, into what sower or sewers the houses now drain, where the sewers have their outfall, into what sever it is proposed to divert the drainage, and where is the outfall."
This resolution was carried unanimously.
A CASE OF SMALLPOX.
The SECRETARY reported that there had been one case of smallpox. The patient was admitted into the hospital and after a few days the case proved to be one of smallpox.
MORTALITY STATISTICS.
The SECRETARY reported that the death rate for the week ended 19th January was 19,3 per 1,000 as compared with 17 the borresponding week last year. Apponded to the statistics were the following minutes:-
Dr. Hartigan.-The death recorded from typhoid fever is the feature of most importance in this return.
went to the hospital himself. He said he came from It occurred in the Tung Wah Hospital and the de- ceased was seen by the Colonial Surgeon. The man the neighbourhood of the Central Police Station, but neither the street nor the house is known.
Mr. LEIGH moved that the Government should supply a copy of the last drainage plan, as the new drainage system was now practically finished, Then it would be possible to determine which blocks to choose first in the draining regulations outfall. As things were now they could not tell according to the position and capacity of the which way the drains ran and where the outfall was, but if they had a proper plan they could see at a glance where they were draining and With respect to the letter concerning the mak- what blocks they were taking. It was highly ing of average weekly mortality comparisons desirable that all blocks of buildings which are through a number of years, Mr. MCCALLUM said now draining into the old storm water drains that it would be a very difficult thing to do and should be diverted into the new sewers. He would take a long time and might not prove thought the Board ought to have as much insatisfactory when undertaken, because of the formation and knowledge on the subject the Director of Public Works.
Mr. COOPER said that the Board had plans of the old drains and from an inspection of it one could easily see what blocks went into the old drains.
Mr. LEIGH mo ved that the matter stand over until the new plau was received.
Dr, HARTIGAN seconded,
ferred back and that the surveyors be requested Mr. FRANCIS moved that the reports be re- to state into what sewers the blocks at present drain and where the outfall is, then the Board would have informaton in respect of each parti. cular block.
Mr. LEIGH seconded this motion,
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defective statistics of farther than five years back. After some discussion by all the members of the Board it was thought that a sufficiently satisfactory result, for most practical purposes, would be secured by determining the average monthly rates during the last e years, which Mr. COOPER thought could be done within a couple of months.
LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE ON THE “KAISAR-I-HIND."
THREE LIVES LOST.
FATAL HEROISM OF AN OFFICER:
Mr, COOPER said that the facts were of a very A deplorable scene was witnessed by the serious nature indeed. In some of the property passengers and crew on the Kaisar-i-Hind on there were no drains at all and he knew of one Sunday, the 20th January, when the vessel was backyard where there stood six inches of sewage. about 85 miles N.E. of Acheen Point, Sumatra. If things were going to continue like that all A young Lascar sailor named Fouger deliberately he could say was that they were a disgrace to threw himself overboard and in the attempt to the Board. He moved that the owners of the save him the second officer, Mr. A. J. Cooper, property be called upon to carry out the and an A. B. named John Foster sacrificed their drainage of the premises and to remedy lives. Up to the time of this lamentable occur- the defects pointed out by the surveyor. The rence the voyage from Bombay had been an ex- property near the Post Office and the Supreme ceptionally pleasant one. The weather was Court had not been drained according to the beautifully fine-except at Colombo where by-laws and if the Board did not take active rain fell heavily and where the passon- steps to have the old drains in the centre of the gers from England per Valetta were taken town remedied the effects this summer would be as bad as they were last summer. The Board would then be called upon to take extraordinary measures
The CHAIRMAN fully agreed with the amend. ment proposed by Mr. Francis and he thought it would be better if in all future cases the fullest information were geiten. He also though it would be botter to deal with these particular blocks to-day as the papers had been in circulation a very considerable time and the Board did not want a better authority than the Director of Public Works as to the information.
Mr. LEIGH said it was only a question which block should be taken first as there were many
on board-and the sea quite calm. At 10.80 on Sunday morning the whole of the officers and the majority of the crew mustered, as is customary, on the quarter deck. The com. pany numbered about 125 altogether. Nearly all the passengers were on deck enjoying the benefits of the warm sunshine and a gentle breeze. Somé were whiling away the few minutes there were to spare before church service lolling lazily in deck chairs, smoking, chatting, and joking, while a few of the more serious were wrapped in silent musing, Then happened the lamentably sad tragedy which cast a gloom over the whole ship. At 10.30 that awful cry "Man overboard raised by a steward who saw a Lascar struggling
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