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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH JANUARY, 1896.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 3.
It is hereby notified that cancellations of the memorials of re-entry by the Crown of the following Lots, namely, Kowloon Inland Lot No. 633 and Kowloon Inland Lot No. 634 have been registered according to Law.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd January, 1896.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 4.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th January, 1896.
No. 31.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 19th day of December, 1895.
PRESENT:
The Director of Public Works, (The Honourable FRANCIS ALFRED Cooper), President.
The Acting Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. JOHN MITFORD ATKINSON, M.B.,) Vice-President.
The Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, (The Hon. WILLIAM CHARLES HOLLAND HASTINGS, R.N.). 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 3rd day of December, 1895, were read and confirmed. Kaulung Cattle Depôt.-A letter from the Honourable Colonial Secretary, informing the Board that His Excel- lency the Governor had been pleased to approve of the staff required for the new Cattle Depôt at Kaulung, was read.
Tung Man Lane.—Certain correspondence-which had been circulated to Members-having reference to proposed alterations to the ground floor rooms in Tung Man Lane, was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
The President addressed the Board.
It was agreed that Messrs. LEIGH & ORANGE be informed that the Sanitary Board is of the opinion that the proposed kitchens cannot be lawfully erected without the permission of the Board, and that the Board does not see its way to granting the required permission.
Godowns at Fraya East.-A minute from the Medical Officer of Health-which had been circulated to Members -regarding the need of closet accommodation at certain godowns, was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating
cover read.
It was agreed that, in the first instance, the owners of these godowns be informed of the state of the law with regard to providing proper and adequate closet accommodation for the workmen employed at their godowns and enquiring by what date they will comply with the law in question.
Report. The Assistant Surveyor's report for the quarter ended the 30th September, 1895,-which had been circu- lated to Members--was laid on the table.
Defective Drains.-The Assistant Surveyor's report-which had been circulated to Members-on the condition of the house-drains in Block 100, was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
The President addressed the Board and moved-
That the owners of the houses in the block be called on to submit a plan for re-draining them in accordance with the law governing house-drainage works; such re-draining to be on a combined plan in respect of Nos. 340, 342 and 344, Queen's Road Central.
Mr. EDE seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Mortality Returns.-The returns-which had been circulated to Members-for the weeks ended the 30th Novem- her, and the 7th and 14th December, 1895, respectively, were laid on the table and a minute on the circulating cover of one
of them read.
Well Waters.-The Analyst's reports on six samples of water drawn from wells-which had been circulated to Members were laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
It was agreed that the owners of the wells at Nos. 19 and 36, Cochrane Street, be served with the usual notice to close the wells within fourteen days of the date of notice.
The President moved-
That another sample of the water from the well at 91, Wellington Street, be collected in March next and
analysed.
The Vice-President seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bubonic Plague.—A correspondence—which had been circulated to Members-having reference to the disinfection of the clothing, &c., of persons in premises where a case of bubonic plague occurs, was laid on the table and a minute on the eirculating cover read.
The President moved---
(a) That no clothing or other property found in premises in which a case of plague has occurred shall be
removed without the permission of the Medical Officer of Health.
(b) That all clothing or other property in the possession of persons known to have recently occupied premises in which a case of plague has occurred shall be retained and disinfected in such manner as the Medical Officer of Health may direct.
The Vice-President seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
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