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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST AUGUST, 1895.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 370.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
J. II. Stewart Lockhart, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th August, 1895.
No. 22.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 15th day of August, 1895.
PRESENT:
The Director of Public Works, (The Honourable FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER), President.
The Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, (The Hon. WILLIAM CHARLES HOLLAND HASTINGS, R.N.).
The Acting Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. JAMES ALFRED LOWSON).
The Acting Medical Officer of Health, (Surgeon-Major WESTCOTT, A.M.S.).
NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
ABSENT:
The Registrar General, (The Honourable JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART).
Minutes. The minutes of a meeting held on the 1st day of August, 1895, were read and confirmed.
Motion.-The Honourable the Acting Captain Superintendent of Police addressed the Board and, under a plea of urgency which the Board agreed to, moved
That whereas it has been made to appear to the Sanitary Board that certain wells hereafter named are in an insanitary condition, and are likely to prove injurious to health, the said wells named hereafter are hereby ordered to be closed within seven days, viz., Wells, one each, at 76 and 101 Queen's Road East, Shek Kai Lane, Tung Loong Lane, 103, Wantsai Road, Cross Lane, 102, Praya East, 19, E Wo Street, 424 and 434, Queen's Road West, 10, Tung Wo Lane, Tai Lok Lane, 7, Caine Road, 42, East Street, and one in the Coffee Gardens.
The Acting Colonial Surgeon seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Amoy.-A letter from the Honourable Colonial Secretary-which had been circulated to Members-transmitting a letter from Her Majesty's Consul at Amoy having reference to the reported prevalence of cholera there was laid on the table.
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Bubonic Plague.-Two reports-which had been circulated to Members-having reference to two cases of Bubonic Plague were laid on the table and a minute on the circulating cover read.
Wells. Certain correspondence-which had been circulated to Members-having reference to the water supply of Victoria in 1887 together with the analyst's reports on 323 well-waters was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
Central Market.-Certain minutes-which had been circulated to Members-having reference to the classification of the Central Market were laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
The President addressed the Board and moved
That the Registrar General be informed that the application, to open a general store in the fruit section of the Market, cannot be granted under the existing bye-laws and the Board secs no necessity for altering such bye-laws.
Mr. EDE seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Mortality Returns.-The returns-which had been circulated to Members--for the weeks ended the 3rd and 10th August, respectively, were laid on the table and a minute on the circulating cover of one of them read.
Licences.-Thirty-three applications for licences and renewal of licences to keep swine were laid on the table. The President moved-
That the licences applied for be granted.
The Honourable Acting Captain Superintendent of Police seconded. Question-put and agreed to.
Adjournment.-The Board then adjourned till Thursday, the 29th day of August, 1895.
Read and confirmed this 29th day of August, 1895.
HUGH MCCALLUM, Secretary.
FRANCIS A. COOPER,
President.
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