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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH OCTOBER, 1897.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.- No. 437.

The following Minates are published.

By Command,

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.

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

No. 19.

Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 30th day of September, 1897.

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 Acting Director of Public Works, (The Honourable WILLIAM CHATHAM).

The Medical Officer of Health, (Dr. FRANCIS WILLIAM CLARK).

NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.

ABSENT:

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

Minutes. The minutes of a meeting held on the 16th day of September, 1897, were read and confirmed. Bye-law. A correspondence-which had been circulated to Members-having reference to Bye-law No. 27, made under section 13 of Ordinance 15 of 1894, was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.

The Medical Officer of Health addressed the Board and moved--

(a) That the Colonial Secretary be informed that the Board cannot adopt the further suggestions of the Insani- tary Properties Commission, for the amendment of the bye-law relating to the obstruction of private streets, which was drafted by that Commission, and duly made by the Board on June 17, 1897.

(b) That the minutes of the Members of the Board be forwarded to the Colonial Secretary for the information

of His Excellency the Governor.

The Honourable Acting Director of Public Works seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Calcutta.—-Two letters, transmitting copies of the old and new quarantine regulations for the port of Calcutta, were laid on the table.

Bubonic Plague.-A return showing the progress of Bubonic Plague in Bombay, from the 19th to the 30th August, 1897, was laid on the table.

Defective House Drains.-The Surveyor's reports-which had been circulated to Members-regarding the con- dition of certain house drains in Yaumati, were laid on the table and a minute on the circulating cover read.

The President moved---

That the owners of the houses mentioned in the reports be called upon to carry out the works recommended by the

Surveyor, such works to be done in accordance with the law governing house drainage works,

Mr. N. J. EDE seconded.

Question-put and agreed to,

Market.-A correspondence-which had becu circulated to Members-having reference to the neod for extending the Shaukiwan Market, was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.

The President moved-

That a letter be addressed to the Colonial Secretary advising that a temporary structure, is suggested by the

Secretary, be erected by the Public Works Department as speedily as practicable.

Mr. N. J. EDE seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Uninhabitable Dwellings.-A letter from the Medical Officer of Health concerning a number of dwellings that are unfit for human habitation and which are situated on Inland Lots 1018, 1019, 1020 and 1021, was laid on the table. The Secretary stated that he had ascertained that the ten dwellings on Inland Lot 1018 had been erected without the know- ledge of the Agents for the Owner of the lot and that the occupants had been notified to remove them.

It was agreed that the Agents for the Owner of Inland Lots 1019, 1020 and 1021 should be informed of the existence of the dwellings thereon that were unfit for human habitation and requested to either have these dwellings put into such a sanitary state as to make them habitable or to remove them by the end of the current year.

Mortality Returns.--The returns for the weeks ended the 18th and 25th September, 1897, respectively, were laid

on the table.

Laundries. Two applications for the registration of premises as public laundries were considered. The President moved-

That the premises be registered as requested.

The Medical Officer of Health seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

The President moved-

That strangers be requested to withdraw.

The Medical Officer of Health seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

A confidential meeting of the Board was then held.

Adjournment.-The Board subsequently adjourned till Thursday, the 14th day of October, 1897.

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

HUGH MCCALLUM, Secretary.

J. M. ATKINSON,

President,