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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH SEPTEMBER, 1896.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. -No. 352.
The following Minates are published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th September, 1896.
No. 17.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 27th day of August, 1896.
PRESENT:
The Director of Public Works, (The Honourable FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER), President.
The Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. PHILIP BERNARD CHENERY AYRES, C.M.G.), Vice-President.
The Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, (Captain HENRY BRIDGMAN HENDERSON LETHBRIDGE). 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 13th day of August, 1896, were read and confirmed. Vice-President.-A letter from the Honourable Colonial Secretary informing the Board that His Excellency the Governor had been pleased to appoint Dr. PH. B. C. AYRES, C.M.G., to be Vice-President, was laid on the table.
Bubonic Plague.-A letter from the Honourable Colonial Secretary transmitting, for the information of the Board, a report-which had been circulated to Members-by the Principal Medical Officer of Macao on Bubonic Plague in that Colony during 1895, was laid on the table and a minute on the circulating cover read.
The President moved---
That the report be returned to the Colonial Secretary with a recommendation that it be printed and copies sent do
the Board.
Mr. N. J. Ede seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Cholera. Two returns showing the number of cases of Cholera reported as having occurred in⚫Province Wellesley and in Singapore from the 15th July till the 15th August, 1896, were laid on the table.
Backyard. A correspondence-which had been circulated to Members-on the subject of the obstruction of a backyard at No. 15, Aberdeen Street was laid on the table and the minute on the circulating cover read.
A disenssion ensued.
The President moved--
That in the opinion of this Board the alterations now being made to the backyard of No. 15, Aberdeen Street, ought not to have been begun till the sanction of the Board had been obtained and that the correspondence be transmitted to the Colonial Secretary for reference to the Law Officers of the Government for their opinion.
The Medical Officer of Health seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Drains.--An application-which had been circulated to Members-for an extension of time to fix irou swan necks to the down-pipes of certain new domestic dwellings in McGregor Street was considered.
The President moved--
That the applicants be informed that their request is granted.
Mr. N. J. EDE seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Defective Drains.-The Surveyor's reports-which had been cirenlated to Members-on the condition of the house drains at Blocks Nos. 285, 286, 287 and 28% were laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
The President moved-
That the owners of the houses mentioned in the reports be called on to carry out the works recommended by the
Surveyor, such works to be done in accardanes with the low governing house drainage works.
The Vice-President seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
Mortality Returns.-The returns for the weeks ended the 15th and 22nd August, 1896, respectively, were laid the table.
Licences. Four applications for licences to keep swine were considered.
The President moved-
That the licences applied for be granted. The Medical Officer of Health seconded. Question-put and agreed to.
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