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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2ND JUNE, 1905.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 341,

The following Bye-laws are published.

By Command,

837

F. H. MAY, Colonial Secretury.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd June, 1905.

BYE-LAWS

FOR THE LICENSING, REGULATION AND SANITARY MAINTENANCE OF BOARDING HOUSES FOR CHINESE EMIGRANTS.

Made by His Excellency the Governor in Council, under Section 60 of the Chinese Emigration Orlínance, 1889, this 4th day of May, 1905.

1. Boarding Houses for Chinese Emigrants shall be divided into 2 classes (4.) Hotels (% Hak Chan), and (B.) Emigration Houses for males (Chut Young Nam Hak Chan).

2. A register of all such Boarding Houses shall be kept by the Registrar General in accordance with Form 1'appended to these Bye-laws.

3. Before a licence can be issued for the use of any premises as a Boarding House for Chinese Emigrants an application giving the following particulars must be made to the Registrar General :-

(1.) Name, age and description of applicant.

(2.) Situation of premises sought to be registered. (3.) Whether as hotel or boarding house for males.

(4.) What floors are to be used as a Boarding House.

4. The Registrar General shall transmit each application for a new licence, or for renewal of a licence to the Sanitary Department, which shall cause the premises specified therein to be inspected with a view to ascertaining the sanitary condition of the premises and their suitability for use as a Boarding House for Chinese Emigrants.

5. When the Sanitary Department is satisfied that the said premises are suitable for the purpose it shall inform the Registrar General accordingly, who may then, if he thinks fit, issue a licence to the applicant in the Form in the Schedule hereto for the use of such premises as a Boarding House, for such number of inmates as the Sanitary Department may prescribe.

6. Before the issue of a licence the applicant must enter into a bond in the sum of $1,000 with 2 sufficient sureties in the Form in the Schedule hereto, and pay the prescribe/l fees.

7. The fee for a licence to keep an Hotel shall be $50, and the fee for a licence to keep an Emi- gration House for males shall be $10, and in the case of the issue of a new licence in exchange for a current licence, as provided for in Rule 9 below, the fee shall be $2.

8 Every Boarding House Licence shall expire on the 1st May, next following its issue.

9. In the event of any keeper of a Boarding House desiring to remove to other premises or to transfer his licence, he must apply for a licence for such new premises or for permission to transfer to his nominee. In the event of the application being approved a new licence shall be issued after a new bond, as prescribed by Rule 6, has been executed.

10. The keeper of a Boarding House for Chinese Emigrants shall at all times keep his premises in a clean and wholesome condition. He shall cause the premises to be thoroughly swept at least once a day and to be kept well ventilated, also the keeper shall not permit such premises to be occupied by a greater number of persons than is stated in the licence.

11. The keeper of a Boarding House for Chinese Emigrants shall cause all filth and house refuse or other offensive matter to be removed from his premises daily.

12. The keeper of a Boarding House for Chinese Emigrants shall cause the internal walls and ilings of every part of his premises to be thoroughly cleansed and limewashed during the months of ay and November of each year.

13. In every floor of a Boarding House for Chinese Emigrants a notice shall be painted in a con- icuous place stating the number of persons which the floor may legally accommodate.

14. The keeper of a Boarding House for Chinese Emigrants shall not allow any person to occupy use his house for immoral purposes.

15. The keeper of a Boarding House for Chinese Emigrants shall not permit persons of bad char- acter to lodge in his house and he shall maintain and enforce good order and decorum therein. No emale person shall be allowed to lodge in a Boarding House for males.