616 animals Reception tion Lairs for upon landing in the Colony, appears to have been overlooked in considering the Estimates for this year.
This question together with Mr. Laddo's recommendations as to the construction of Slaughter-houses at Aberdeen, Stanley, and Taikoo Wan, and of a market at the first-named village, will receive attentive consideration in connection with the Estimates for next year, should the Sanitary Board strongly support the proposals.
With a view to improve the letting of stalls in the Yaumati Market, steps have been taken to prohibit hawking in its immediate neighbourhood, under a by-law made by the Governor in Council in May 1890.