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Act previously mentioned. Section 18 makes it clear, that the alternative mode of proceeding provided by this Ordinance does not annul any power of resumption contained in Crown Lenses.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY Beconded and the motion was carried.
The Bill was then considered in committee and some slight alterations made.
On the Council resuming, the third reading was ac- cordingly held over.
THE APPROPRIATION BILL.
In proposing the third reading of the Bill entitled an Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding three million three hundred and sighty thousand one hundred and thirty. four dollars and twenty-nine cents to the public service of the year 1901, the COLO- NIAL SECRETARY said As I have already stated, the Bill has been considered by the Finance Committee, who unanimously agreed to all the items. The Bill, however, has not yet been considered in committee of this Council, and I now move that the Council go into committee to consider it.
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT. the Government to make a house allowance to, the Inspector pending the carrying out of certain improvements contemplated in the district.
THE PROPOSED CREMATORIUM FOR DEAD *CATTLE AT KENNEDYTOWN.
ed crematorium for dead cattle at Kennedy Papers were submitted relative to the propos- town.
THE PROPOSFD REFUSE DESTRUCTOR.
Replying to a resolution of the Board re the proposed refuse destructor, the Colonial Secre- tary said:--
"On the recommendation of the Public Works Committee it was decided that enquiries should be addressed to the Straits Settlements, Shang- hai and India as to the success or otherwise of the refuse destructors employed in those places. Replies were received from Singa, pore and from Shanghai, but the Indian government stated in their letter of the 21st May last that the information asked for would take some time to collect, as it had to be furnished by various local Governments. It was again recommended by the Public Works Committee that further consideration of the scheme should be postponed until information alterations being made, on the Council resuming considered it advisable under the circumstances was received from India; and the Government it was read a third time and passed.
The COLONIAL TREASUREE seconded and the motion was carried.
The Bill was considered in committee, and no
THE NEW TERRITORIES.
On the motion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, seconded by the COLONIAL SECRETARY, the Bill entitled An Ordinance to extend the opera tion of such, of the Laws of this Colony as are not at present in force in the New Territories to a certain portion of such New Territories, was read a third time and passed.
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The Council then adjourned until Monday, November 5th.
HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD.
On Thursday afternoon a meeting of the Hong- kong Sauitary Board was held. The President (the Hon. R. D. Ormsby, Director of Public Works) occupied the chair, and there were also present Dr. Bell (Acting Principal Civil Medical Officer), Major Brown, Mr. J. McKie, Dr. Hartigan, Mr. E. Osborne, Dr. F. Clark (Medical Officer of Health), Mr. Fung Wa Chuen, Mr. Chan A Fook, and Mr. G. A. Woodcock (Secretary).
THE INSPECtor's quartERS AT KENNEDY- TOWN,
not to make provision for the establishment of a refuse destructor in the Estimates for 1901. This will not, however, prevent the Government from again considering the scheme
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only notices for new drainage works must sent in; that excavations made for old drains need not be lighted at night; that an inlet may be inside a house provided that it is connected with an old drain; that a bell or D trap may be fixed to an old drain; that an old drain may be
out without any notice being sent to this office, covered up, without inspection, etc., etc. f
"Frequently repairs to old drains arð carried and in a few cases the repairs have been found house. It has been argued at the Magistracy to admit of the escape of sewer, gas into the that bye-law 34 refers only to neie drains, as in the preceding bye-laws only new drains are mentioned.
Magistrate that if any existing drain is altered, "It has also been ruled by a Metropolitan repaired, or even taken up, and new pipos sub- stituted, that the drain is an old and not a new
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"I suggest, therefore, for these reasons, that emunerated drainage bye-laws:"
'new' be erased from the above
The following minutes were appended:— Mr. McKie The bye-laws should apply to any. drain."
should be allowed to stand as they are."
Mr. Fung Wa Chuon :-"I think the bye-laws
bye-laws should refer to old and new drains. The Hon. R. D. Ormsby:-"I think that the Supervision of repairs to old drains is most important."
Dr. BELL, it was decided to apply to Govern- Ôn the motion of Dr. CLARK, seconded by
ment for power to amend the bye-laws in the particulars indicated.
when the desired information from India has arrived or from asking the Legislative Council to vote a special sum for the work next year if it is decided to proceed with it. Mean-
THE SURVEYOR'S QUARTERLY REPORT, been requested to obtain the information_as while the Government of India have In his report for the third quarter of the pre-
sent Fear Mr. J. J. Bryan, Sanitary Surveyor, A soon as possible. I am to add that His Ex-said plans had been deposited during the quar cellency regrets that this information was not ter for the drainage of 111 houses; plans for 345 conveyed to the Board before the Estimates houses were carried forward from 1899 and 348 were brought before the Legislative Council." from the previous quarter, making a total of 804 in hand during the quarter. The drainage of 62 houses had been completed, leaving 742 to carry forward. Re-drainage or repairs to drains
On the motion of Mr. OSBORNE, seconded by Mr. McKIE, it was decided to postpone the further consideration of the matter for three
months.
THE BACK-YARDS QUESTION.
In reply to a resolution with reference to sec- tion 7 of the Insanitary Properties Ordinatice, 1899, which deals with back-yards, the Colonial Secretary said :—
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The first item on the agenda was Proposed reply to Colonial Secretary's letter No. 1870, dated October 8th, 1900, concerning the Inspecany exemption should be male in special cases tor's quarters at Kennedytown.".
Papers dealing with the matter were sub-
mitted.
The PRESIDENT said he looked up the files of the Hongkong Daily Press, and there he found that the whole scheme in connection with
The Governor regrets his inability to con cede the request therein made. The section in question is most stringent in its terms, its pro- visions were arrived at after a great deal of dis- cussion, and the ultimate decision as to whether was placed in the hands of the Governor-in- Council. There are not likely to be a great number of special cases, and His Excellency does not consider it advisable that the Ordinance should be changed. Without such change His Excellency does not see that he has power to
had been carried out in 43 instances and 362 houses were carried forward. This made a total of 405 houses in hand for re-drainage or repairs during the quarter. Certificates had been gran- ted under section 74 of Ordinance 24 of 1887 to 105 new buildings and one ad- dition that they had been built in 80- cordance with the provisions of that Or dinance. The drains of 57 houses had been in spected and reported on. Of this number three required reconstructing, 17 amending, and 37 were found to be in order. Notices had been served on the owners of 20 houses calling upon them to execute the necessary work. In ad- dition to the above 3,318 houses had been in- spected, with the result 786 minor drainage nuisances had been discovered. Nolicos had been served in each case on the owner. or 06-
the depots at Kennedytown, including the hand over the duty of the Governor-in-Council | cupier to abate the nuisauce. 182 nuisances hnd k
Inspector's house, was submitted to the Board by Mr. Cooper in 1892 or 1893. They were then submitted to the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon for his report and at the next meet- ing of the Board he submitted his report and specially referred to this site as being very suitable, it being near to the Government Cattle Depot. In the face of that he thought they had better not go to the Government again, because the Government were aware of this. Unless the matter was pressed he would suggest that it should be allowed to drop.
Dr. HARTIGAN-I certainly object to letting the matter drop..
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to the Sanitary Board, the recommendations of which body are always most carefully con- sidered."
THE MARKET ACCOMMODATION AT KOWLOON. In reply to the rosolution of the Board as to the Market accommodation at Kowloon, the Colonial Secretary wrote:--
been reported to the Medical Officer of Health and 26 to the Honourable the Director of Public Works to be dealt with by them."
THE MALARIAL INFECTION OF
EUROPEANS. Further reports furnished to the Malarial; Committee of the Royal Society by Drs. Christophers and Dr. Stephens were submitted.
of the reports :-
Dr. Clark submitted the following abstract
The Government is prepared to take steps for the preparation of a scheme for providing a Market for Kowloon and has formed a commit tee, composed of the Honourable the Director "I. The anopheles Irve breed in small of Public Works (chairman), the Medical Officer sheltered pools, especially those containing of Health, and the Honourable C. P. Chater: organic matter in suspension. These pools C.MG., and Wei A Yuk, with that end in view may be either natural or artificial, the latter Dr. Hartigan minuted."Satisfactory. Will being most commonly rain-water tanks. The the plans be submitted to Board for sugges. / larvae may even be found in dɛep wells when
BYE-LAWS.
The PRESIDENT said that as to the house being unhealthy, he doubted it. He did not think a better site could be found in the neighbourhood of❘tion !" the Cattle Depot... If the present Inspector, who SUGGESTED ALTERATION TO DRAINAGE had certainly suffered from fever, as many other men in the colony did, could not live there, an- other man might be put there. Other Inspectors had lived there and had not suffered from fever. He did not think there was sufficient evidence for the Sanitary Board to condemn the house entirely. The idea now was that fever was entirely due to mosquitoes, and there was a specialist working in the colony with the view to discover ing how these mosquitoes could be destroyed, and if this were done at Kennedytown perhaps it would render the house habitable.
The following letter from Mr. J.J. Bryan, San- itary Surveyor, was read :---
I have the honour to request, that you will place the following facts before the Board, with a view to securing a slight amendment in the wording of the present drainage bye-laws. Section 13 of Ordinance 24 of 1887 gives, power to the Board to make, alter, amend, or revoke bye-laws with regard to:---
The proper construction, trapping, venti- lating, and maintenance of private hous; drains, On the motion of Dr. HARTIGAN, seconded Drainage bye-laws Nos. 1; 4, 10, 19, 24, 33, 43, by Dr. Clark, it was decided to recommend. 44, and 45 spoak of new drains, and imply that
the surface of the water is some 20 or 30 foot down.
"II. Anopheles can fly a distance of quarter of a mile or more.
"ILI:'-At the end of a dry season living ora do not exist in the earth of the dried-up pools.
"IV. Anopheles usually exist in the neigh- bourhood of native dwellings throughout the whole of the dry season, even when it may extend to several months, and from five to ten per cent of such snopheles will be found be infected with the malarial organism. -
*V. In tropical countries Europeans are mostly infected with malaria from the natives and not from other Europeans, so that the first means of protection for Europeans
lets in