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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH MAY, 1898.

Registration.-Au application for the registration of premises as a laundry was considered, The President moved -

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That the promises be registered as requested.

Mr. N. J. EDE seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Registration.—An application for the registration of premises as a bake-honse was considered. The President moved-

That the premises be registered as requested.

The Medical Officer of Health seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Licence.-An application for a licence to keep cattle was considered.

The President moved--

That the licence be granted.

Mr. N. J. EDE seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Mortality Returns.-The returns for the weeks euding the 2nd and 9th April, 1898, respectively, were laid on

the table.

Report. A report by the sub-committee appointed by the Board to approach the Tung Wa Hospital Committee on the subject of the institution of a branch of such Hospital at Kennedytown for the reception of patients suffering from Bubonic Plague, was read.

The President addressed the Board.

The Captain Superintendent of Police addressed the Board.

Mr. N. J. EDɛ addressed the Board.

It was agreed that the matsheds offered to the Tung Wah Hospital Committee by the Principal Civil Medical Officer should be appointed by the Board as a place to which patients suffering from Bubonic Plague might be removed, as soon as these matsheds had been properly fitted up.

The Captain Superintendent of Police moved--

That the sub-committee appointed at the meeting of the Board held on the 19th day of April, 1898 be constituted a Select Committee under Ordinance 11 of 1895 with the full powers of the Board to arrange the necessary details with the Tung Wa Hospital Committee.

Mr. N. J. EDE seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

The Captain Superintendent of Police moved-

That the Board recommend the Government to bear the cost of the additional matsheds required for the full

equipment of the Chinese Plague Hospital at Kennedytown.

Mr. N. J. EDE seconded,

Question--put and agreed to.

Adjournment.-The Board then adjourned until Thursday, the 4th May, 1898.

Read and confirmed this 6th day of May, 1898.

FRANCIS W. Clark,

Acting Secretary,

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 210.

The following Orders are published.

By Command,

J. M. ATKINSON,

President.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th May, 1898.

ORDERS.

T. SERCOMBE SMITH,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

1. Admission to the Government Gunpowder Depôt, or the premises appertaining thereto, can only be obtained by permission of the Harbour Master.

2. The officer in charge of the Depôt is instructed not to allow any unauthorized landing at the Depôt wharf, or on the shore within the boundaries of the Depôt.

3. During the time that explosives are being received into or discharged out of the Depôt a Red Flag is hoisted at the end of the Depôt wharf, and, while the same is flying, no launch or vessel of any description otherwise engaged, is permitted to go alongside of the wharf.

By Order,

R. MURRAY RUMSEY, Retd. Comdr., R.N., Harbour Master, &c.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 25th April, 1898.