THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH DECEMBER, 1897. 1095
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.- No. 564.
Whereas, some of the Rules for the government of Licensed Boarding Houses for Seamen, con- tained in Table (K) in the Schedule to Ordinance No. 26 of 1891, are inappropriate to the case of Boarding Houses for Chinese Seamen, and whereas, by section 17 of the said Ordinance, the Harbour Master is empowered to make other rules in lieu of those in Table (K), subject to the approval of the Governor; the following Rules so made by the Harbour Master, and approved by His Excellency the Governor, are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th December, 1897.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
Rules for the government of Licensed Boarding Houses for Chinese Seamen, under Section 17 of Ordinance No. 26 of 1891.
1. Over the principal door of each house shall be affixed a board containing in letters, at least three inches in length, painted white in a black ground "Licensed Boarding House" for (number of) Chinese.
2. The house shall be substantially built and kept in good repair, well ventilated and have a proper system of drainage, the drains not to be in direct communication with the public sewers, but effectively disconnected and trapped.
3. There shall be adequate kitchen accommodation with proper means for the removal of smoke. 4. The space allotted to each boarder shall be in the bed rooms not less than 400 cubic feet of space, and a notice shall be put up in each sleeping room showing the number of persons the room is capable of accommodating, there shall also be provided a general room of sufficient size in which the boarders
sit and mess.
may
5. Proper washing rooms, and adequate privy, urinal, and ash-bin accommodation, are to be provided, the floors of the house and out-houses are to be swept clean frequently during the day and thoroughly washed every Saturday; all inside walls and partitions are to be colour-washed once in every six months, viz., on or about the 1st of January and the 1st of July.
6. All filth and refuse matter shall be regularly removed daily.
7. The Master shall not allow any prostitute on the premises.
8. Boarding Houses shall be closed every night at 11 o'clock.
9. No gambling shall be allowed in any Boarding House, and every Master shall do his utmost to prevent noisy conduct on the part of the boarders or others frequenting the house; in the event of his not being able to preserve order, he shall give intimation thereof to the nearest Constable or at a Police Station.
10. Every Boarding House shall be open at all times for the inspection of any Justice of the Peace or the Harbour Master or his deputy or of any Inspector of Police, or by any Member of the Sanitary Board as well as to the visits of the Principal Civil Medical Officer.
11. A copy of these rules shall be kept posted in a conspicuous place in the general sitting room. 12. Any infraction of any of these rules shall render the offender liable to a fine of fifteen dollars and for a second offence to deprivation of his Licence in addition.
13. Boarders are informed that the only Government fees for which they are liable are 40 cents for shipping and 40 cents for discharge which will be charged at the Shipping Office, and one dollar Boarding House fee which is to include the commission for cashing an advance note.
R. MURRAY RUMSEY, Retd. Comdr., R.N.,
Harbour Master, &c.
Approved by His Excellency the Governor the 10th day of December, 1897.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,—No. 565.
The following Returns of Deaths are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th December, 1897.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
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