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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH MARCH, 1895.

A BILL

ENTITLED

An Ordinance to further amend “The Water-

B

works Ordinance, 1890."

E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof,

as follows:-

1. This Ordinance shall be read and construed as one with Ordinance No. 16 of 1890 (as amended by Ordinance No. 5 of 1892) hereinafter called the principal Ordinance; and the principal Ordinance (as so amended) and this Or- dinance may be cited together as the Waterworks Ordin- ances 1890 to 1895.

2. Sections 6, 14 and 15 of the principal Ordinance are hereby repealed but such repeal shall not affect the past operation of such sectious nor anything duly done or suffered thereunder.

3. In lieu of Section 14 of the principal Ordinance the following section is substituted;

It shall be lawful for the Water Authority in his discre- tion to fix meters for measuring the consumption of water :-

(a) In all cases of non-domestic supply within the

City of Vietoria.

(b) In such cases as the consumption of water within premises situated in the City of Victoria has exceeded the prescribed domestic quantity as determined under the provisions of the principal Ordinance.

(e) In all cases where water is laid on to private pre- mises outside the City of Victoria in any part of the Colony.

(d) In all premises exempted from rates on account

of any cause whatever.

In all such cases the Water Authority shall call upon the owner or occupier of any tenement to which the supply given is to be measured by meter, to enter into an agree ment with the Colonial Secretary on behalf of the Crown to pay quarterly to the Colonial Treasurer, subject to the deduction in the next section mentioned, for the quantity of water consumed in or upon such tenement at the price per 1,000 gallons to be fixed as hereinafter provided and to pay quarterly in advance to the Colonial Treasurer a rent for the use of a meter. Such meter shall be kept in repair by the Water Authority. If such owner or occnpier de- clines or neglects to enter into such agreement for a period of 14 days from the date of the notice or such extended period as may be conceded by the Water Authority in writing, it shall be lawful for the Water Authority to dis- connect the service of the said tenement from the Water- works.

4. In lieu of Section 15 of the principal Ordinance the following section is substituted :-

From the quarterly payment made in respect of the water supplied by meter shall be deducted a sum equal to per cent. on the annual rating valuation of the tenement to which such supply is served and of any premises in the same curtilage to which no water is supplied.

5. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time to make, alter and repeal regulations for fix- ing the price of water supplied by meter either for trade or domestic purposes in any district, such price not to exceed 25 cents per 1,000 gallons. Such regulations and any alteration or repeal thereof shall be published in the Gazette.

6. Section 29 (b) of the principal Ordinance is hereby amended by inserting the words "or any clothes, material or thing" immediately after the words "any other animal.”

Construction and short title.

Repeal of Seos 6, 14 and 15 of Ord. 16 of 1890.

Section subs- tituted for Sec. 14 of Ord. 16 of 1890. When meters may be fixed, Agreements penalty.

Section subs- tituted for Section 15 of Ord. 16 of 1990. Deduction from quarterly payment for water by meter.

Government Regulations as to price of water supplied by meter.

Amendment

of section 29 of Ordinance No. 16 of 1890.

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