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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH MAY, 1897.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 159.

The following Bake-house Bye-laws Amendment, and Additional Bake-house Bye-laws, made by the Sanitary Board under sub-section 10 of section 13, of Ordinance 24 of 1887, and approved by the Legislative Council, are published.

By Command,

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th May, 1897.

BAKE-HOUSE BYE-LAWS AMENDMENT.

Bye-law No. 7 of the Bake-house bye-laws made on the 24th day of June, 1892 is amended by the Sanitary Board this 19th day of November, 1896, by substituting the words "Medical Officer of Health" for the words "Sanitary Superintendent" after the words "open to inspection by the."

Approved by the Legislative Council, this 3rd day of May, 1897.

ADDITIONAL BAKE-HOUSE BYE-LAWS

HUGH MCCALLUM, Secretary.

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

Made under sub-section 10, of section 13, of Ordinance 24 of 1887.

9. All premises now used or hereafter used as a bake-house shall be registered annually, during the month of January, at the office of the Sanitary Board, and every application for registration shall be made in the form of the schedule attached to these bye-laws.

10. The ground surfaces of every existing bake-house shall, within three months of the date of its first registration, be paved to the satisfaction of the Sanitary Board with good lime or cement concrete laid down at least six inches thick, and the surface thereof shall be rendered smooth and im- pervious with asphalt, portland cement, or such other material as the Sanitary Board may approve of.

The ground surfaces of every future bake-house shall, before the premises are used as a bake- house, be paved to the satisfaction of the Sanitary Board with good lime or cement concrete laid down at least six inches thick, and the surface thereof shall be rendered smooth and impervious with asphalt, portland cement, or such other material as the Sanitary Board may approve of.

11. No person other than a caretaker shall pass the night in any room used as a bake-house, or in any of the rooms used for the preparation or storage of the food prepared in such bake-house, except such person be at the time actively engaged in carrying on the work of the bakery.

12. No premises which are not used as a bake-house at the time of the approval of these bye- laws shall be used for such purpose, until the premises have been approved by the Sanitary Board. as being in accordance with the bye-laws for the time being in force relating to the regulation of bake-houses, and have been registered.

Made by the Sanitary Board, this 3rd day of December, 1896.

HUGH MCCALLUM,

Secretary,

SCHEDULE.

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the business of

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I, the undersigned, hereby notify the Sanitary Board that I propose to a public bakery on the premises known as No.

Street, Lot No.

and I beg leave to request that the said premises may be duly registered as a public bakery.

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Signature of Applicant.

Approved by the Legislative Council, this 3rd day of May, 1897.

J. G. T. BuUCKLE, Acting Clerk of Councils.