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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH JUNE, 1898.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 277.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office. Hongkong, 18th June, 1898.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
No. 11.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thurs lay, the 2nd day of June, 1898.
PRESENT:
The Principal Civil Medical Officer, (Dr. JOHN MITFORD ATKINSON), President,
The Captain Superintendent of Police, (The Honourable FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.), Vice-President.
The Director of Public Works, (The Honourable ROBERT DALY ORMSBY).
The Acting Registrar General, (ARTHUR WIMBOLT BREWIN, Esquire).
The Medical Officer of Health, (Dr. FRANCIS WILLIAM CLARK).
Minutes.-The minutes of the meeting held on Thursday, the 19th of May, 1999, were read and confirmed. Slaughter-Houses.-A report from the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon on the proposed scheme for the management of the Slaughter-Houses by the Board was road and laid on the table.
The President addressed the Board.
The Vice-President moved-
That the report be forwarded to the Colonial Secretary with a covering letter from the Board urging the
Government to sunction the scheme, and make provision in the Estimates for 1899 for the necessary staff.
The Medical Officer of Health seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Extension of Animal Depôts.-A report from the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon upon the necessity of extending the Animal Depots at Kennedy Town was read and laid on the table.
The Medical Officer of Health moved-
That the report be forwarded to the Colonial Secretary for the consideration of the Government with a recom- mendation from the Board that provision be made in the Estimates for 1899 for the carrying out of this work.
The Director of Public Works seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Mortality Returns.--The returns for the weeks ended the 21st and the 28th May, 1898, respectively, were laid on the table.
Plague. Returns showing the progress of Plague in Formosa were laid on the table,
License.
An application for a license to keep cattle was considered.
The President movel--
That the license be granted.
The Medical Officer of Health seconded.
Question --put and agreed to.
Motion.-The President moved.
That strangers be requested to withdraw,
The Vice-President seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
A confidential meeting of the Board was then held.
Adjournment.-The Board then adjourned until Thursday, the 16th Juno, 1898.
J. M. ATKINSON,
Read and confirmed this 16th day of June, 1898.
F. W. CLARK,
Acting Secretary.
President.
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