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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

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No. 46.

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Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 7TH NOVEMBER, 1896. 日三初月十年申丙 日七初月一十年六十九百八千一

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 421.

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VOL. XLII.

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It is hereby notified that Her Majesty has not been advised to exercise her power of disallowance

with respect to the following Ordinance:-

No. 18 of 1896, entitled-An Ordinance to make better provision for the Sale of Food and

Drugs in a pure state.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th November, 1896.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 422.

The following Minutes are published.

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By Command,

.Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th November, 1896.

No. 21.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.

Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 22nd day of October, 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 Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.). 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 8th day of October, 1896, were read and confirmed.

Bye-laws.-A letter-which had been circulated to Members-from the Honourable Colonial Secretary having refer- ence to the recent strike among the nightmen employed by Householders was laid on the table.

The President addressed the Board and moved -

That Bye-laws Nos, 8 and 9 made under sub-section 6 of section 13 of Ordinance 24 of 1887 for the licensing of

nightmen be revoked,

Mr. N. J. EDE seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Cholera.-Two returns-which had been circulated to Members-showing the progress of Cholera in Singapore between the 23rd September and the 6th October, 1896, were laid on the table.

Small-pox.-Two reports—which had been circulated to Members-concerning two cases of small-pox which occur- red on board ships arriving in the Harbour, were laid on the table.

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