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"Offence
firework in the streets nu in all cases where previous permission from the Police Authorities; a permission which will only be granted at the time of the new year and for certain festivals.
(6) The rough dressing of granite in the midst of the town has been found to be one of the most distressing inflictions to which residents here are liable. The Chinese Contractors, to save themselves a little trouble, are in the habit of bringing blocks of stone to the site of the building in progress, just as they issue from the quarry, ... left ... nuisance which has long formed the subject of complaint.
It is left to the Governor in Council, to publish Regulations on the subject.
Section 11 deals with street cries and proposes to suppress them in the English quarters of the City. In the districts, they are a serious evil.
Section III follows sections I and II of Ordinance No. 14 of 1845 with regard to enforcing the remedies provided by the measure under discussion in a summary way.
The game called "Chai Mui" mentioned in Section 18 is a noisy drinking...