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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH JANUARY, 1897.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 23.

There is a vacancy at the Government Civil Hospital for a Chinese Apothecary's Assistant. Candidates must have had experience in dispensing.

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The salary will be $300 per annum, rising by annual increases of $60 to $500. Applications together with certificates of age, character, and health, shoull be sent to the Colonial Secretary not later than Noon on Saturday, the 30th January, 1897.

For further particulars, apply at the Government Civil Hospital between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th January, 1897.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 24.

The following Minutes are published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th January, 1897.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.

Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a special meeting held on Tuesday, the 29th day of December, 1896.

PRESENT:

The Director of Public Works, (The Honourable FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER), President. The Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. Philip Bernard CHENERY AYRES, C.M.G.), Vice-President. The Medical Officer of Health, (Dr. FRANCIS WILLIAM CLARK).

NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.

ABSENT:

The Registrar General, (The Honourable JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART).

The Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS Henry May, C.M.G.).

The President addressed the Board and explained the reason why a special meeting had been convened.

Two reports by the Medical Officer of Health concerning a few cases of small-pox which had recently occurred in Jardine's Bazaar and neighbourhood and at the Sailor's Home and neighbourhood were read.

A discussion ensued.

The President moved-

A. That the following districts be defined as affected by small-pox under Bye-law 22 of the Bye-laws made under

Ordinance 15 of 1894:-

1. That part of the City of Victoria which is bounded on the North by the Harbour, on the South by the

Shau-ki-wan Road, on the East by Causeway Bay, and on the West by Inland Lot 29.

2. That part of the City of Victoria which is bounded on the North by Des Vœux Road, on the South by Second Street, on the East by Western Street, and on the West by the eastern boundaries of Marine Lot 198 and Inland Lot 798.

B. That the Medical Officer of Health and the District Inspectors of Nuisances be authorised in writing to carry out the provisions of Bye-laws Nos. 22 and 23 the latter under the directions of the Medical Officer of Health, who shall adopt such precautions as to the removal of articles of clothing or bedding and other articles as he may consider the circumstances require.

C. That the Government Civil Hospital and the Kennedy Town Hospital are hereby appointed under the pro- visions of Bye-law 17 of Ordinance 15 of 1894 as Hospitals to which all cases of small-pox may be removed by the Officers of the Board.

The Vice-President seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

The Secretary was instructed to inform H. E. Major-General WILSONE BLACK, C.B., Commodore SWINTON C. HOL- LAND, A.D.C., and the Hon. the Harbour Master of the existence of small-pox in the neighbourhoods of Jardine's Bazaar and the Sailor's Home.

The Board then adjourned.

Read and confirmed this 14th day of January, 1897.

FRANCIS A. Cooper,

President.

HUGH MCCALLUM,

Secretary.