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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH DECEMBER, 1896.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 492.

The following Minutes are published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th December, 1896.

No. 24.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.

Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 3rd day of December, 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 meetings held on the 19th day of November, 1896, were read and confirmed.

Bake-house Bye-laws.-The bye-laws made on the 19th day of November, 1896, for the regulation of Bake- houses were considered and amended.

The President moved-

1. That the bye-laws made on the 19th day of November, 1896, be revoked.

2. That the bye-laws as now amended be made.

3. That the bye-laws now made be transmitted to the Colonial Secretary in the usual manner for the approval of

the Legislative Council.

Mr. N. J. EDE seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Opium-smoking Divan Bye-laws.-The bye-laws made by the Board on the 30th day of September, 1896, for the sanitary maintenance of opium-smoking divans, were considered and amended.

The President moved--

1. That the bye-laws made on the 30th day of September, 1896, be revoked.

2. That the bye-laws now amended be made.

3. That the bye-laws now made be transmitted to the Colonial Secretary in the usual manner for the approval of

the Legislative Council.

The Vice-President seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bye-laws. The bye-laws made by the Board on the 8th day of October, 1896, under section 13 of Ordinance 15 of 1894, were considered and amended.

The President moved-

1. That the bye-laws made on the 8th day of October, 1896, be revoked..

2. That the bye-laws now amended be made.

3. That the bye-laws now made be transmitted to the Colonial Secretary together with a letter giving the reasons for certain amendments which have been made and requesting that the bye-laws be laid before the Legislative Council for approval in the usual manner.

Mr. N. J. EDE seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Cholera.-A return showing the progress of cholera in Singapore between the 10th and 17th November, 1896, was laid ou the table.

Bubonic Plague.-Two returns showing the progress of Bubonic Plague in Formosa between the 7th and 21st November, 1896, were laid on the table.

Wells. Three applications-which had been circulated to Members-that notices to close three wells be reviewed, were laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating covers read.

The President moved

1. That Messrs. Jardine Matheson & Co. and Mr. Frank Collins be informed that the Board have cancelled the

notices which have been served on them to close certain wells.

Mr. N. J. EDE seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

The President moved-

That the Lady Superior of the Italian Convent be informed that the Board adhere to the terms of the notice

which she refers to in her letter dated the 20th November, 1896, and that the well must be closed.

The Captain Superintendent of Police seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.