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the tax upon food.
By this scheme the profits at present
accruing to the lessee (estimated at about $5,000 per annum)
will be secured by the Government--and will more than balance
the increased expenditure--
It is proposed to continue for the present the lease of
the Slaughter houses at Kowloon and in the villages.
2.
With regard to the additional Inspector of Nuisances at
Kowloon it is proposed at present to pay the Police Officer
in charge of Kowloon City (which is in that portion of the
New Territory within the jurisdiction of the Sanitary Board)
the sum of $15 a month for sanitary duties, as has hitherto
been done in the villages of Shaukiwan, Aberdeen and Stanley.
The two foremen of Street Cleansers required for Kowloon
are Portuguese or Indians at $25 a month each rising to $30,
and their duties are to superintend the work of the Scavenging
coolies, which has now become more important owing to the
great increase in the population of Kowloon during the past
few years. Similar foremen have been employed for years past
in the Health Districts of the City.
4.
The proposed increase in the wages of the Engineer and
stoker at the Disinfecting Station is occasioned by the gener-
al rise in wages throughout the Colony.
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