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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7тu JANUARY, 1899.

Construction and short title.

Amendment

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No. 30 of 1898.

An Ordinance to amend the Waterworks

Ordinances, 1890 to 1897.

HENRY A. BLAKE, Governor.

[4th January, 1899.]

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance shall be read and construed as one with Ordinance No. 16 of 1890 (as amended by Ordinance No. 5 of 1892, No. 6 of 1895, and No. 19 of 1897), which is hereinafter called the principal Ordinance.

This Ordinance may be cited as "The Waterworks Ordi- mance, 1898," and this and the four above-mentioned Ordi- uances may be cited together as "The Waterworks Ordi- nances, 1890 to 1898."

2. Section 17 of the principal Ordinance is hereby of sec. 17 of amended by inserting after the words "Water taken or Ordinance 16 used" and before the word "Provided" the following

of 1890.

Amendment of sec. 2 of Ordinance 16 of 1890.

Amendment of sec. 5 of

Ordinance 16 of 1890.

Amendment of sec. 3 of

clause :-

(4.) To disconnect the service of water to any tenement or to diminish, withhold, or suspend, stop, turn off or divert the supply of water to any tenement through or by means of any service, either wholly or in part. 3. Section 2 of the principal Ordinance is hereby amend- ed, so far as the interpretation of non-domestic supply which is contained in that section is concerned, by inserting after the words "Any water from the waterworks used for the words" any other purpose than that of a domestic supply and shall include any water from the waterworks used for," and by striking out the words "cultivated or occupied as a means of pecuniary profit."

4. Section 5 of the principal Ordinance is hereby amend- ed by adding after the words "it shall be connected by the Water Authority to the water-works" the words "at the cost of the owner of the tenement," and by striking out of the said section the words "in the manner hereafter directed."

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5. Section 3 of Ordinance 6 of 1895 is hereby amended by inserting after the words "in luis discretion to fix meters Ordinance the words "at the cost of the respective owners of the tenements for measuring the supply to which such meters are fixed."

of 1895.

6. Any sum of money paid by any person before the passing of this Ordinance for connecting to the water- works a service for the supply of water, or for fixing meters in the case of, or for the consumption of water supplied to, fields or gardens which were not cultivated or occupied as a means of pecuniary profit, shall be deemed to have been legally and properly paid by such person, and no action, suit, or other proceeding whatever shall lie for the recovery of any such sum,

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, is 30th day of December, 1898.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils.

Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 4th day of January, 1899.

T. SERCOMBE SMITH,

Acting Colonial Secretary.