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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TM AUGUST, 1898.

Short title

No. 11 or 1898.

An Ordinance to further amend The Building

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Ordinance, 1889.

WILSONE BLACK,

Officer Administering the Government.

[13th August, 1898]

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

1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as the and construc- Building (Amendment) Ordinance, 1898, and shall be read

and construed as one with the Building Ordinance, 1889.

tion.

Repeal of sec- 2. Section 74 of the Building Ordinance, 1889, (No. tion 74 of Or- 15 of 1889) is hereby repealed.

dinance No.

17 of 1889.

Section subs-

3. In lieu of section 74 of the Building Ordinance, 1889, tituted for sec- the following section is hereby substituted:--

tion 74 of Or-

dinance No.

15 of 1889.

Drain connec- tions with

main sewers,

All private house-drains shall be laid as may be direct-

ed by the Sanitary Board under the provisions of Ordinance No. 24 of 1887 and of any Ordinances, from time to time, amending the same; and upon completion within private premises, such private house-drains shall be connected with the Government main sewer, by the Director of Public Works, who shall have power to regulate the number and posi- tion of the connections to be made.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 3rd day of August, 1898.

J. G. T. BUCKLE, Clerk of Councils.

Assented to by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, the 13th day of August, 1898.

T. SERCOMBE SMITH,

Anting Colonial Secretary.

Vessels not

to anchor or loiter with

50 yards of Kellet Island.

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No. 12 or 1898.

Kellet Island Ordinance, 1898.

WILSONE BLACK,

Officer Administering the Government.

[13th August, 1898.]

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

1. No ship, boat, junk or other vessel shall anchor, remain, or loiter, whether for the purpose of fishing or for any other purpose, within a distance of fifty yards from high water mark on Kellet Island, without a written permit from the Officer in Command of Her Majesty's regular troops in this Colony:

Provided that this prohibition shall not apply to vessels in the employ of Her Majesty's Naval or Military authorities, or in the employ of the Government of this Colony, whether upon Police service or otherwise.