6. In Section 12 of the new Rules and Regulations issued by the Governor in Council under the Order and Cleanliness Ordinance His Excellency has approved the construction of certain new public dust-bins. These will cost $2,400, a vote for which amount is requested.
7. With reference to the deposits of rubbish that have accumulated to so serious an extent on the foreshore at Lápsápwán and which are likely to continue unless measures are taken to give the crews of the rubbish boats some facilities for landing I am to apply to the Government for the means to build a narrow and inexpensive timber jetty running out into three or four feet of water at low tide. This jetty will enable the rubbish boats to moor alongside and to discharge their contents into proper depôts on the shore above the reach of the tides. The Board is of opinion that unless such a jetty is built it will not be possible to stop the present abominable practice of throwing the rubbish on the foreshore below high water mark and into the water itself whence it floats back into the harbour next tide. It is the intention of the Board to propose the erection of a kiln or destructor for calcining all waste products in the manner now adopted in English towns, but pending the erection of the kiln I am to urge the early construction of the timber jetty. This work will cost $3,500.
8. The large question of opening free public latrines all over the City of Victoria is still under the consideration of the Board, whose report will be forthcoming upon the completion of the estimate of cost of acquiring the present latrine sites in the City. The final settlement of this question involving so large an expense, will doubtless be deferred yet some little time. The Sanitary Board however would respectfully submit the necessity of building, with as little delay as possible, three free public latrines in the village of Yaumáti and two in the village of Hung Hom and would request for this purpose a grant of $3,800.
9. Touching the village of Hung Hom I am to call attention to the need of funds for the purpose of putting this village in something like decent sanitary order. In its present condition Hung Hom is a source of grave danger to the Public Health, and it is considered by the Public a reproach to the Government. Money is needed to widen, straighten, and level the village street, and lanes, to abolish putrid cess-pools, to reclaim an offensive mud foreshore, and to carry out elementary drainage works. It is estimated that $5,000 will defray the cost of meeting the more urgent needs of this village, and I am to apply for a grant to this amount.
10. At the village of Yaumáti, matters are not very much better than at Hung Hom, but the Sanitary Board is sanguine that after the promulgation of the Rules and Regulations under the new Order and Cleanliness Ordinance, and the introduction of the new form of Village Scavenging Contract, a marked improvement will be noticeable in the appearance of the streets of the village, more especially if the interest and co-operation of the Police can be enlisted in the abatement of nuisances. Many structural sanitary improvements in connection with the drains and sewers are wanted at Yaumáti, these have already been enumerated in my letter to you No. 125 of the 16th of June.
A filthy black swamp still remains to be dealt with. This swamp emits during the hours of low tide, a deadly and revolting factor. It should be at once filled in, by means of a sea-wall and reclamation. The cost of this work is estimated at $20,000. The water supply should be improved. Three wells should be bored at once for this purpose. The cost will be $570.
11. I am to call attention to the highly unsatisfactory condition of things at the Public Slaughter House at West Point. This Slaughter House was built twenty years ago for the then requirements of the Colony. Since 1863, the town has nearly doubled in population, and the slaughtering of animals for the Public Markets, and the shipping has increased in proportion. The accommodation is now found insufficient, and I am therefore to ask for a sum of $2,700 for the purpose of extending the premises and improving the accommodation.
12. I am to state that in respect of village sanitation, the Board will take up one village at a time, and that during the remaining six months of the current year, it is proposed to deal only with Yaumáti and Hung Hom, leaving Shaukiwán, Aberdeen, and Aplichow for 1884.
13. As it is obvious that the necessarily heavy expenditure attendant on sanitary reform cannot be defrayed from ordinary revenue, I am to submit on behalf of the Board that the sums set forth in the annexed Schedule amounting to $43,158 may be taken as an advance from the Public Loan which it is understood the Colonial Government contemplates raising for sanitary works, and that this advance be refunded to the Loan, when the latter has been obtained. The same of course would apply to the sums now required for the improvement of existing sewers in Victoria and Yaumáti, dealt with in my letter No. 125, of the 16th instant.
Honourable W. H. MARSH, C.M.G.,
Colonial Secretary,
&c.,
&c.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
J. M. PRICE,
Surveyor General, Chairman of the Sanitary Board,
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6. In Section 12 of the new Rules and Regulations issued by the Governor in Council under the Order and Cleanliness Ordinance His Excellency has approved the construction of certain new public dust-bins. These will cost $2,400, a vote for which amount is requested.
7. With reference to the deposits of rubbish that have accumulated to so serious an extent on the foreshore at Lápsápwán and which are likely to continue unless measures are taken to give the crews of the rubbish boats some facilities for landing I am to apply to the Government for the means to build a narrow and inexpensive timber jetty running out into three or four feet of water at low tide. This jetty will enable the rubbish boats to moor alongside and to discharge their contents into proper depôts on the shore above the reach of the tides. The Board is of opinion that unless such a jetty is built it will not be possible to stop the present abominable practice of throwing the rubbish on the foreshore below high water mark and into the water itself whence it floats back into the harbour next
tide. It is the intention of the Board to propose the erection of a kiln or destructor for calcining all waste products in the manner now adopted in English towns, but pending the erection of the kiln I am to urge the early construction of the timber jetty. This work will cost $3,500.
8. The large question of opening free public latrines all over the City of Victoria is still under the consideration of the Board, whose report will be forth- coming upon the completion of the estimate of cost of acquiring the present latrine sites in the City. The final settlement of this question involving so large an expense, will doubtless be deferred yet some little time. The Sanitary Board however would respectfully submit the necessity of building, with as little delay as possible, three free public latrines in the village of Yaumáti and two in the village of Hung Hom and would request for this purpose a grant of $3,800.
9. Touching the village of Hung Hom I am to call attention to the need of funds for the purpose of putting this village in something like decent sanitary Order. In its present condition Hung Hom is a source of grave danger to the Public Health, and it is considered by the Public a reproach to the Government. Money is needed to widen, straighten, and level the village street, and lanes, to abolish putrid cess-pools, to reclaim an offensive mud foreshore, and to carry out elementary drainage works. It is estimated that $5,000 will defray the cost of meeting the more urgent needs of this village, and I am to apply for a grant to this amount.
10. At the village of Yaumáti, matters are not very much better than at Hung Hom, but the Sanitary Board is sanguine that after the promulgation of the Rules and Regulations under the new Order and Cleanliness Ordinance, and the introduction of the new form of Village Scavenging Contract, a marked improve- ment will be noticeable in the appearance of the streets of the village, more espe cially if the interest and co-operation of the Police can be enlisted in the abatement of nuisances. Many structural sanitary improvements in connection with the
drains and sewers are wanted at Yaumáti, these have already been enumerated in
my letter to you No. 125 of the 16th of June.
A filthy black swamp still remains to be dealt with. This swamp emits during the hours of low tide, a deadly and revolting fator. It should be at once filled in, by means of a sea-wall and reclamation. The cost of this work is estimated at $20,000. The water supply should be improved. Three wells should be bored at once for this purpose. The cost will be $570.
11. I am to call attention to the highly unsatisfactory condition of things at the Public Slaughter House at West Point. This Slaughter House was built twenty years ago for the then requirements of the Colony. Since 1863, the town has nearly doubled in population, and the slaughtering of animals for the Public Markets, and the shipping has increased in proportion. The accommodation is now found insufficient, and I am therefore to ask for a sum of $2,700 for the purpose of extending the premises and improving the accommodation.
12. I am to state that in respect of village sanitation, the Board will take up one village at a time, and that during the remaining six months of the current year, it is proposed to deal only with Yaumáti and Hung Hom, leaving Shaukiwán, Aberdeen, and Aplichow for 1884.
13. As it is obvious that the necessarily heavy expenditure attendant on sanitary reform cannot be defrayed from ordinary revenue, I am to submit on behalf of the Board that the sums set forth in the annexed Schedule amounting to $43,158 may be taken as an advance from the Public Loan which it is understood the Colonial Government contemplates raising for sanitary works, and that this advance be refunded to the Loan, when the latter has been obtained. The same of course would apply to the sums now required for the improvement of existing sewers in Victoria and Yaumáti, dealt with in my letter No. 125, of the 16th instant.
Honourable W. H. MARSH, C.M.G.,
Colonial Secretary,
fe.,
$0.
&c.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
J. M. PRICE,
Surveyor General, Chairman of the Sanitary Board,
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