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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25тп MAY, 1895.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 234.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th May, 1895,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
No. 15.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 9th day of May, 1895.
PRESENT:
The Director of Public Works, (The Honourable FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER), President.
The Acting Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. JAMES MITFORD ATKINSON), Vice-President.
The Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, (WILLIAM CHARLES HOLLAND HASTINGS, Esquire, R.N.). The Acting Medical Officer of Health, (Surgeon-Major WESTCOTT, A.M.S.).
ABSENT:
The Registrar General, (The Honourable JAMES HALDANE STEWArt Lockhart).
NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
Minutes.-The minutes of a meeting held on the 25th day of April, 1895, were read and confirmed.
Minutes.-The minutes of a special meeting held on the 30th day of April, 1895, were read, amended and confirmed. Immigration from Swatow.-A letter, dated the 30th April, 1895, from the Honourable Colonial Secretary, informing the Board that the Goveruor in Council had prohibited immigration of Chinese from Swatow until further notice,
was read.
Macao.-A letter, dated the 30th April, from the Honourable Colonial Secretary, informing the Board that a sanitary inspection will be made of all passengers arriving at Macao by steamer from Hongkong, was read.
Resignation of Members.-A letter, dated the 1st May, 1895, from the Honourable Colonial Secretary, informing the Board that the resignations of the Honourable Dr. Ho KAI and Dr. HARTIGAN had been received, was read.
The President addressed the Board and moved-
That the thanks of the Bourd be conveyed to Messrs. Ho Kui, Francis, Hartigan and Leigh for the assistance they have rendered in the conduct of the business of this Board during their memberships, and especially to Mr. Francis, Q.C., for his untiring zeal and energy in coping with the plague epidemic during 1894.
The Acting Captain Superintendent of Police addressed the Board and seconded. Question-put and agreed to.
Bubonic Plague.-Two letters from the Honourable Colonial Secretary, having reference to two cases of Bubonic Plague, which had occurred in the Colony, were read.
Additional Surveyor.-A letter-which had been circulated to Members-from the Honourable Colonial Secre- tary, enquiring whether the Board requires the services of a third Sanitary Surveyor was laid on the table, and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
It was agreed that a reply be sent to the Colonial Secretary to the effect that so long as Mr. RAM's services are at the eutire disposal of the Board there is at present no necessity for appointing another Surveyor.
Ordinance 17 of 1887.-A letter which had been circulated to Members--from the Honourable Colonial Secretary, concerning the amendment of Ordinance 17 of 1887 was laid on the table, and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
It was agreed that a reply be sent to the Colonial Secretary to the effect that the insertion of the word “Government" between the words "constructed" and "depôt" in section 7 of Ordinance 17 of 1887 will meet the requirements of the Board.
Bye-Laws.-A letter, dated the 1st May, 1895, from the Honourable Colonial Secretary informing the Board that if section 7 of Ordinance 17 of 1887 is amended as suggested then bye-law 2 of the draft bye-laws recently submitted by the Board to be made by the Governor in Council under the said Ordinance will require amendment, was laid on the table.
It was agreed that bye-law 2 be amended so as to read—
Sheep and pigs landed in or brought into the city of Victoria for sale or slaughter shall immediately be conveyed
"or driven to the Government depôts for sheep and pigs.”
Canton.-A letter, dated the 6th May, 1895, from the Honourable Colonial Secretary, informing the Board that the Colonial Surgeon was of the opinion that the medical inspection of passengers and crews of vessels arriving from Canton was of no practical utility, was read.
It was agreed that in view of the past experience of this medical inspection and the expressed opinion of the Colonial Surgeon, the Board does not cousider under the circumstances that it can press the matter further.
Canton. A letter, dated the 9th May, 1895, from the Honourable Colonial Secretary, informing the Board that Her Majesty's Consul at Canton had reported that the result of his enquiries at the Hospitals in Canton on the 7th May, 1895, showed that there are no cases of plague in Canton, and that the city was considered to be unusually free from disease of any kind, was read.
Urinal.--An application-which had been eir, thred to Members-for permission to erect a urinal at No. 6, Praya Central, was laid on the table.
It was agreed that the permission asked for be granted, subject to the conditions specified by the Surveyor in his report on the application.
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