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were

are passed,

and also.

seeing

that no

at the

Copy

how

form of leeuce nor conditions nov regulations have been approved

made under those sections, I think

that it will be advisable to

repeal

a short new

above sections and 10 pass Ardinance through Council of the be= : quining of the

year 1898 dealing spe= cintly with the leaning of Opiums Divaus, and with the san

sanitary regu. lations which are to be observed in them.

Government Notification No2299 of 1884, published in the Gazette of the 23th August 1884 appears to contain some eveful heirs as to the form which such sanitary regulations should

So H. E. Pollock, Aching Attorney General

19th May, 1896.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION NO.299 OF 23rd.AUGUST 1334.

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REC

R. 3 22 JUN AS

SALE OF THE OPIUM DROSS FARY.

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Tenders for the exclusive privilege of collecting and

dealing in Opium Dross and of preparing and dealing in Dross Opium

within the Colony for the term of one, two, or three years from the

1st.Maroo, 1335, under the provisions of the Oplus Ordinance, 1334;

will be received at this Office until noon on Thursday the 23rd. Octok

-ber, 1324. Each tender aust specify the payment offered monthly.

The successful tender will bave to comply with the follow-

-ing Regulations as to the sanitary condition of second class Opium

smoking Divans:-

2.

1. The Houses must be substantially tuilt, te in good repair, clean, and have proper house-drains iisconnected from the public sexe The Houses must be provided with proper means of ventila- -tion and have adequate kitøben, privy, urinal, and ash-tia accommoda-

-tion.

3.

The Bovses must have proper receptacles for the storage

of water, and accommodation for personal washing.

4. The Hopses shall at all times te kept in a clean and wbolesone condition, and they shall te line-washed regulerly once in

every four months.

shall te 5. Every 2001, passage, and stair, in the house thoroughly swept at least once a day, and all filth and refuse matters cust te removed from the premises daily.

Every adult person lodging in an Opiun Sooking House must have at least 350 cubic feet of space for sleeping accommodation.

Any person found in an Opium Smoking House after 3 P.:., not being the bolder of a night pass, shall be considered a tona fide

lodger for the night.

3. The Opiun Stoking House sball at all times te open to inspection by nemters of the Sanitary Board or any of its officers.

The Government does not rind itself to accept the highest

or