To prevent any entrenchments on the unappropriated Lands in any part of this Island, whether Completed or now in progress; and Should anything of the kind come to your Knowledge, you will, whatever may be the plea, or pretence alleged, instantly stop the work, and report the circumstance to the Deputy Superintendent.
Your chief duty and that of the Establishment placed under you, Mr Bridges, will be to see that the Roads, Drains are kept in perfect order, that the unfinished Contracts regarding them are strictly and well fulfilled—that the Public Watering Places, and likewise the Government Market Place, are preserved from damage, clean, and in a state fit for the purposes for which they are designed.
You will see that no nuisances of any Sort are permitted on or in the Streets. Should any such come under your Observation, you are to report the Same instantly to the Deputy Superintendent, Chief Magistrate who will take the necessary Steps, through the Police to abate them.
You will register in your Office all Sales and Transfers of Land in conformity with the Notification issued on the 2nd and published in the Friend of China and Hongkong Gazette.