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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18ги JULY, 1896.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 280.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th July, 1896.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
No. 13.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 18th day of June, 1896.
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, (Captain HENRY BRIDGMAn Henderson Lethbridge).
The Medical Officer of Health, (Dr. FRANCIS WILLIAM CLARK).
ÅBSENT:
The Registrar General, (The Honourable JAMES HALDANE STEWART Lockhart).
NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
Minutes.-The minutes of a meeting held on the 4th day of June, 1896, were read and confirmed.
The President addressed the Board and moved-
That the Standing Orders be suspended,
The Vice-President seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
Motion. The Medical Officer of Health addressed the Board and moved-
That this Bourd desires to place on record an expression of the regret with which Members heard of the death of the late Inspector Galbraith Moffatt from Bubonic Plague, and their sympathy with his widow in her bereavement.
The President seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Petition.-A letter-which had been circulated to Members-from the Honourable Colonial Secretary transmitting a petition from certain Members of the Chinese community having reference to the special cleansing of private dwellings by public servants, was laid on the table and a minuto on the circulating cover read.
The President moved-
That a reply be sent to the Honourable the Colonial Secretary in the sense of the minute by the Medical Officer
of Health.
The Vice-President seconded. Question--put and agreed to.
Bubonic Plague.-A letter from the Honourable Colonial Secretary concerning the prevalence of Bubonic Plague at Amoy was laid on the table.
Cholera.-Two letters from the Honourable Colonial Secretary concerning the existence of Cholera at Singapore were laid on the table.
Offensive Trades.-A letter-which had been circulated to Members-from the Honourable Colonial Secretary concerning an application which had been made by the Crown Lessee of Inland Lot No. 834, for permission to establish fat boiling establishments on the lot was laid on the table and a minute on the circulating cover read.
The President moved--
That the Colonial Secretary be informed that the Bourd see no objection at present to the establishing of trades of the kind in question on Inland Lot No. 834 provided the bye-laws regulating these offensive trades arc complied with.
The Medical Officer of Health seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Leave of Absence.-A letter from the Honourable Colonial Secretary informing the Board that the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon had been granted an additional six months' leave of absence on half salary was laid on the table.
Gratuity.-A letter from the Honourable Colonial Secretary informing the Board that His Excellency the Governor regrets that he is unable to grant a gratuity to the widow of the late Interpreter SHAM TIN YAU was laid on the table.
Mezzanine Floors.--Two applications--which had been circulated to Members-for permission to erect mezzanine floors in new buildings were laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating covers read.
The President moved--
That, in cach case, the permission asked for be granted subject to the condition that the law regulating_the_crec-
tion of mezzanine floors is strictly complied with.
The Medical Officer of Health seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
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