CO129-320 - Governor Sir Blake Acting Governor May - 1903 [11-12] — Page 239

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tur bucks

I cannot pretend to have wreathed successfully

with the technicalities conuschio with "room"

Glubides" te

The Athis amendments appear to be all right

subject to the folloring boons :-

Sec 23. The adtition made to Sec 253 (3) of the Principal.

ordy is introduced in a

Whatner

slovsuty & unsatisfacting

Ju subsie (3) there sh? have brou an entirely

para. numbered (aa) corresponding to the new (um numbent (aa) introduced in sub-sse (2), and the words "second" o "third" in paras. (6/8 (c) respectivly she has been altered "to "third" & "fourth".

As it is, in para (a) the word " in the first case"

referring both to

must now

to read

para (as) & parn (aa) in sub-sec (2) -

Apart from this defect, the and of subrec (3) (a)

as now amended reads

་

occupied.

Ove

or had not been illegally crowded or] for

or as a

gaming-house

anez

illegal purpose.

A nice jumble..

8.6.R.12/2

Mr Lucas

Point this out. The ordice as

regard drafting is discreditable to

Si H Bakeley

& Br

1812

No.

579.

Hongkong.

sir,

Goverment House,

3076

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İted 28 JA.. 04!

Hongkong, 21st. December, 1903.

I have the honour to transmit for the

signification of His Majesty's pleasure the enclosed Ordinance

entitled An Ordinance to amend the Public Health and Buildings

Ordinance 1903 - No. 1 of 1903 (No. 23 of 1903.)

2.

The usual report by the Attorney-General

is enclosed.

12 phare co

obosure 2.

Imure

The amendm in track

CP.L

13 at once

December, 1908.

3.

Subsection 14 of Section 6 of the original

Ordinance has been repealed because Ordinance No. 20 of 1903

transmitted in my Despatch No. 545 of the 27th. ultimo renders

the definition of the City of Victoria unnecessary. 03.4

514

4.

The original definition of external air

has been found to be defective in that the length of the

dimension measured at right angles to the window was not

stated. The intention was that the length should be 13 feet.

It was not intended that the air space of a verandah or bal-

cony should be counted as external air. These points have

accordingly been made clear in the new definition. Finally it

was not the intention that the external air space should be 13

feet in width. That is the usual width of a Chinese house at

the back of which the kitchen is allowed by the principal

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

ALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C.. M.P、、

8cc..

800 + +

&c ...

Ordinance

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