CO129-293 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [8-9] — Page 40

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No. 225

20029

Reco

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Page 13 SEP 19

Government House,

Hong Kong, 16th August, 1899.

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Sir,

I have the honour to inform you that I have granted to the Tung-Wa Hospital a site for a Mortuary at Sandy Bay close to the Plague Cemetery outside the city of Victoria on lease with a nominal rent of $1 per annum.

2. The present mortuary is situated at Kennedy Town, a portion of the city which, for sanitary reasons, is no longer suitable for the purpose, though there was no objection to it when the Government originally granted the site twenty-four years ago. On May 25th, 1898 the Sanitary Board served a notice, under Ordinance 17 of 1887, on the Chairman of the Tung-Wa Hospital Committee to the effect that a nuisance was caused by the accumulation of dead bodies at the present mortuary, and requiring the removal of the bodies and coffins to a cemetery or some other equally suitable locality. Of all available situations, that for which I have granted the lease appears the most suitable.

3. As the action of the Sanitary Board has

The Right Honourable

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,

&C.

&C.

made

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No. 225 20029 Reco ** Page 13 SEP 19 Government House, Hong Kong, 16th August, 1899. 38 Sir, I have the honour to inform you that I have granted to the Tung-Wa Hospital a site for a Mortuary at Sandy Bay close to the Plague Cemetery outside the city of Victoria on lease with a nominal rent of $1 per annum. 2. The present mortuary is situated at Kennedy Town, a portion of the city which, for sanitary reasons, is no longer suitable for the purpose, though there was no objection to it when the Government originally granted the site twenty-four years ago. On May 25th, 1898 the Sanitary Board served a notice, under Ordinance 17 of 1887, on the Chairman of the Tung-Wa Hospital Committee to the effect that a nuisance was caused by the accumulation of dead bodies at the present mortuary, and requiring the removal of the bodies and coffins to a cemetery or some other equally suitable locality. Of all available situations, that for which I have granted the lease appears the most suitable. 3. As the action of the Sanitary Board has The Right Honourable JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P., &C. &C. made
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No. 225 20029 Reco ** Pege 13 SEP 19 Goverment House, HongKong, 161 August, 1899. 38 sir, I have the honour to inform you that I have granted to the Tang-Wa Hospital a site for a Mortuary at Sandy Bay close to the Plague Cemetery outside the city of Victoria on lease with a nominal rent of $1 per annum. 2. The present mortuary is situated at Kennedy Town, a portion of the city which, for sanitary reasons, is no longer suitable for the purpose, though there was no objection to it when the Government originally granted the site twenty- four years ago. On May 25th. 1898 the Sanitary Board served a notice, under Ordinance 17 of 1887, on the Chairman of the Tung- Wa Hospital/Committee to the effect that a nuisance was caused by the accumulation of dead bodies at the present mortuary, and requiring the removal of the bodies and coffins to a ce- metery or some other equally suitable locality. Of all avail- able situations, that for which I have granted the lease ap- pears the most suitable. 3. As the action of the Sanitary Board has The Right Honourable JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P., &C. &C. made
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No. 225

20029

Reco

**

Pege 13 SEP 19

Goverment House,

HongKong, 161

August, 1899.

38

sir,

I have the honour to inform you that I have

granted to the Tang-Wa Hospital a site for a Mortuary at Sandy

Bay close to the Plague Cemetery outside the city of Victoria on lease with a nominal rent of $1 per annum.

2.

The present mortuary is situated at Kennedy

Town, a portion of the city which, for sanitary reasons, is no longer suitable for the purpose, though there was no objection to it when the Government originally granted the site twenty-

four years ago. On May 25th. 1898 the Sanitary Board served a

notice, under Ordinance 17 of 1887, on the Chairman of the Tung- Wa Hospital/Committee to the effect that a nuisance was caused by the accumulation of dead bodies at the present mortuary, and requiring the removal of the bodies and coffins to a ce-

metery or some other equally suitable locality. Of all avail- able situations, that for which I have granted the lease ap-

pears the most suitable.

3.

As the action of the Sanitary Board has

The Right Honourable

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,

&C.

&C.

made

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