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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH AUGUST, 1895.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 347.

The following Bye-laws made by the Sanitary Board under sub-section 23 of section 13 of Ordinance 24 of 1887, and approved by the Legislative Council, are published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th August, 1895.

J. II. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.

BYE-LAWS

Made under sub-section 23 of sec- tion 13 of Ordinance 24 of 1887 for the regulation of Public Laundries.

1. Every public laundry shall be registered at the Office of the Sanitary Board, and every application for registration shall be made in the form of the schedule attached to these bye-laws.

2. Every public laundry shall be situated in a building which is lighted, ventilated, drained and paved in accordance with the requirements of Ordinances 24 of 1887 and 15 of 1894 and the bye-laws made thereunder.

3. Every public laundry shall be at all times kept in a cleanly condition and the inside sur- faces of the walls thereof shall be lime-washed at least once every year.

4. Any room used as a public laundry shall not be used either as a dwelling or as a bed-room, or for any purpose other than that of a laundry.

5. No person, other than a caretaker, shall pass the night in a public laundry, except such person be actively engaged in carrying on the work of the laundry.

6. Every public laundry shall be at all times open to inspection by the Members of the Sani- tary Board or any of its Officers, who may be directed to make such inspections.

Made by the Sanitary Board, this 1st day of August, 1895.

HUGH MCCALLUM,

Secretary.

Approved by the Legislative Council, this 16th day of August, 1895.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Acting Clerk of Councils.

SCHEDULE.

I, the undersigned, hereby notify the Sanitary Board that

I propose to carry on the business of a public laundry on the premises known as No.

Street, floor,

and to request that the said premises be duly registered as a public laundry.

Signature of Applicant.

Victoria, Hongkong,

189.