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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST NOVEMBER, 1896.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 445.
The following Minutes are published.
By Cominand,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th November, 1896.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
No. 22.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 5th day of November, 1896.
PRESENT:
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 Director of Public Works, (The Honourable FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER), President.
The Registrar General, (The Honourable JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART),
In the absence of the President the Vice-President presided.
Minutes. The minutes of a meeting held on the 22nd day of October, 1896, were read and confirmed.
Contract.-A specification for the removal of excretal matters from private premises in the City of Victoria was laid on the table.
It was agreed that the consideration of the specification should stand over till next meeting.
'Legal Advice.—A communication-which had been cirenlated to Members--from the Colonial Secretary informing the Board that His Excellency the Governor had been pleased to approve of the Secretary and the Medical Officer of Health communicating direct with the Crown Solicitor, was laid on the table,
Fruit.-An application—which had been circulated to Members-for permission to sell fruit at No. 85, Hollywood Road was considered.
It was agreed to recommend that the licence asked for be granted.
Yaumati Market.-A communication from the Colonial Secretary, informing the Board that Mr. MAN MING'S lease of stall No. 62 in the Yaumati Market had been terminated, was laid on the table.
Cholera-Two returns, showing the progress of cholera in Singapore between the 6th and 20th of October, were laid on the table.
Bubonic Plague.-A minute from the Colonial Secretary informing the Board of the existence of Bubonic Plague in Formosa was read.
It was agreed that the Colonial Secretary be informed that, in the opinion of the Board, no further steps to prevent the introduction of the discase to the Colony need be taken at present.
Steam Disinfecting Apparatus.-A communication from the Colonial Secretary, informing the Board that His Excellency the Governor had been pleased to approve of the steam disinfecting apparatus being transferred to a suitable site at Kennedy Town, was laid on the table.
Carrion. A communication from the Colonial Secretary, informing the Board that His Excellency the Governor had been pleased to approve of the Board's recommendation to so amend Ordinance 17 of 1887 as to provide for the disposal of carrion imported into the waters of the Colony at the cost of the owner or consignee thereof, was laid on the table.
Latrine. A recommendation by the Medical Officer of Health that an enlarged and improved public latrine be erected in lieu of the present dilapidated structure at Shektongtsui was considered.
The Vice-President moved--
That a letter be addressed to the Colonial Secretary requesting that a latrine of twenty seats be erected at as early a date as practicable in the immediate vicinity of the existing dilapidated structure adjoining the site of the old slaughter-house,
Mr. N. J. EDE seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Buildings.-An application-which had been circulated to Members-that a notice to concrete the ground surface of No. 27 Gage Street be reviewed, was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
The Vice-President moved--
That the applicant be informed his request is granted subject to the conditions specified in the minute on the
application, by the Medical Officer of Health, duted the 14th October, 1896.
The Captain Superintendent of Police seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
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