CO129-234 - Acting Governor Cameron Governor Des Voeus - 1887 [9-12] — Page 153

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and

I submit,

Woard have been modified others omitted, it will

prove

a valuable measure

Sanitary, reform.

Great powers

44

of

are still

left to the Board in respect of bye-

left to the

45.

The Ordinance provides for the efficient drainage of private houses, it seeks to restrain overcrowding; before many months the town will be

provided with a

sufficient supply of water, and gradually all those damp and dark basements, the backs of which abut against the hill-side, will, under the provisions

of

this Ordinance, disappear.

Whilst it is so moderate in its

provisions, that I fail to see

how

any

serious

objection

can

be

made to it in its present shape. The Unofficial Members

46.

- gave notice only of the following

Amendments

amendments: -

47.

Amendments to the Public Health Bill proposed by the Honourable C. P. Chater.

Clause 3. Section 11. New building: Any structure begun after the commencement of this Ordinance, or such old buildings as shall for the purposes of reconstruction be taken down to an extent exceeding two thirds-such two thirds to be measured in cubic feet."

Clause 4. "The board shall consist of the Surveyor General, the Registrar General, the Captain Superintendent of Police, the Colonial Surgeon, and not more than six non-official members, four of whom, (two being Chinese) to be elected by the Crown Lessees or their agents, one by the Chamber of Commerce, and one by such tax payers as are included on the Special and Common jury lists of the Colony, and also by such tax payers as are exempted from serving on juries on account of their professional avocations."

Hongkong, 10th August, 1887.

Amendments to the Public Health Bill proposed by the Honourable J. Bell-Irving.

Clause 9 Sec. 3.-Strike out the words "the whole" after the words "the actual tenant or occupier of" and the words "of the whole," after the words "immediate landlord."

Sec. 5.-Leave out the words "The Governor shall appoint the President, Vice-President and Secretary of the Board and the names of all members appointed to the Board," for the purpose of inserting the words "The Board shall elect annually from their number the President and Vice-President, and shall appoint their own Secretary, and the names of all members elected to the Board."

Sec. 6.-After the words "six months," to leave out the words "The Governor may appoint," for the purpose of inserting the words "the Board may elect."

Sec. 46.-After the words "No drain shall be so constructed," to insert the words "in future."

Hongkong, 10th August, 1887.

The

on

only serious points which divisions took place in Council

were: -

1. The Composition of the Board.

C. P. Chater proposed that there should

be six elected members; 2 to be

elected by the Crown Lessees; 2 by the Justices of the Peace; 2

by

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