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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 12, 1910.

15. Drainage, Adequate arrangements, to the satisfaction of the Building Authority, shall be made for the drainage of every such matshed, and also of every such kitchen and latrine, as well as of the ground immediately surrounding them. Adequate provision shall also be made for conducting all sullage waters into a public sewer, if available, failing which, they shall be disposed of as the Building Authority may direct.

16. Overcrowding.--Each__occupant of any such matshed shall be provided with at least 30 square feet of unobstructed floor area and 330 cubic feet of clear and unobstructed internal air space.

17. Sleeping Accommodation.—Every such matshed upon a site that is concreted shall be provided with suitable beds or bunks for the use of the occupants, and such beds or bunks shall be at least 2 feet above the floor of such matshed.

18. Bromption.—In all cases in which any such matshed is intended to be used for oe- cupation for a period not exceeding three months, and is occupied by not more than 20 persons, the Building Authority may, in his discretion, exempt such matshed from com- pliance with any or all of the foregoing provisions; provided always that such exemption shall not be deemed to protect the permit-holder from legal action in the event of a nuisance arising from the erection of such matshed.

19. Protection of Plantations. --The Building Authority may require the applicant for permission to erect any matshed intended for the housing of more than two workmen, labourers or coolies to sign an undertaking in the following form, and to make a deposit in the Colonial Treasury of a sum to be fixed by the Building Authority, not exceeding $500 for each matshed, as security for the performance of such undertaking.

UNDERTARING TO PROTECT TREES &C. NEAR MATSHED,

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The Drainage Bye-lars originally contained in Schedule B of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, and transferred to Schedule M by the Public Health and Build- ings Amendment Ordinance, 198, and the Bye-laws relating to Water-closets originally contained in Schedule B of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, are hereby repealed, and the following Regulations are substituted for all such Bye-laws:

Provided always that such repeal and substitution shall not affect any existing drain, sewer, water-closet or urinal constructed and maintained in compliance with the Bye-laws previously in force until such drain, sewer, water-closet or urinal shall become defective :

Provided also that any drain, sewer, water-closet or urinal in respect of which notice to commence, repair or reconstruct was duly given before the 12th day of February, 1910, and was acknowledged by the Building Authority before that date under section 222 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinances, 1903-1908, may be constructed, repaired or reconstructed in accordance with the Bye-laws hitherto in force, but if any such drain, sewer, water-closet or urinal shall hereafter become defective the Regulations hereby sub- stituted shall thereupon apply to such drain, sewer, water-closet or urinal.

C. CLEMENTI,

Clerk of Councils.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

9th February, 1910.

In these Regulations:-

Schedule M.

Drainage Regulations.

"Drain" means any drain of and used for the drainage of one building only, or premises within the same curtilage, and made merely for the purpose of communicating therefrom with a cesspool or other like receptacle for drainage, or with a sewer into which the drainage of two or more buildings or premises occupied by different persons is conveyed, and "Main Drain means the whole of such drain excluding any branches

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"Sewer" includes sewers and drains of every description cxcept drains to which the word drain interpreted as aforesaid applies.

1. Any owner or occupier of private premises about to construct, re-construct, alter or amend any drain shall give the notice and forward the plans required by sections 222 and 223 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinances, 1903-1909. Such plans must show the whole of the drainage works proposed to be carried out, the diameter of the pipes, their gradient and their connection to the main drain, sewer, channel or nullah, and also the levels and sizes of any existing drains crossed by or adjacent to such new drains. Copies of Schedule K in English and Chinese may be obtained gratis on applica- tion at the office of the Building Authority, or, in the case of the villages, at any village Police Station between the hours of 10 a.m, and 4 p.m.

Provided that when drainage works are being carried out in conjunction with other works it shall only be necessary to forward one such form of Schedule K which must however contain particulars of the whole of the works including such drainage works.

NOTE. The approval of plans by the Building Authority under these regulations certitles simply to the fact that the plans are in accordance with the Public Health and Buildings Ordinances and with the regula- tions made thereunder, but signifies no approval of the sufficiency or otherwise of the plan and throws no responsibility on the Building Authority.