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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST AUGUST, 1895.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 371.

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It is hereby notified that Her Majesty has not been advised to exercise her power of disallowance with respect to the following Ordinances:-

No. 10 of 1895, entitled-An Ordinance to regulate and restrict the wearing of Naval and

Military Uniforms.

No. 12 of 1895, entitled-An Ordinance to amend The Magistrates Ordinance, (10 of 1890). No. 15 of 1895, entitled--An Ordinance for the naturalization of Samuel Donnenberg.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th August, 1895.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 372.

In accordance with the provisions of section 2 of The Squatters' Ordinance, 1890, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH to be a Member of the Board therein referred to.

By Command,

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Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th August, 1895.

J. H. STEWART Lockhart,

Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 373.

The Closed Houses and Insanitary Dwellings Ordinance, No. 15 of 1894.

COCKLOFTS AND CUBICLES.

1. No permission will be granted under the provisions of sub-section 1 of section 7 of Ordinance 15 of 1894 for the erection or continuance of mezzanine floors, stories or cocklofts in rooms partitioned or divided off into separate compartments unless the following conditions are complied with :-

(a) The premises are constructed and maintained in a satisfactory sanitary condition. (b) Such mezzanine floor, storey or cockloft is situated on the top or ground floor of

premises.

(c). In the case of top floors such mezzanine floor, storey or cockloft does not extend over more than one-half of the floor area of the room, and has a clear space above it of not less than eight feet and below it of not less than nine feet measured vertically. When the roof has no ceiling or tie the measurement shall be made from the level of the floor up to half the vertical height of the rafters over such mezzanine floor, storey or cockloft.

(d) In the case of mezzanine floors, stories or cocklofts on ground floors that do not comply with the conditions specified in the preceding paragraph, no permission will be granted for their continuance except for storage purposes only, and provided that the space so encroached on by such mezzanine floor, storey or cockloft shall not be included in the calculation of the cubic capacity of the room available for habitation. 2. It should be noted that, under the provisions of sub-section 2 of section 8 and Bye-law 7 under section 13 of this Ordinance, the partition walls of every separate compartment must not be of a greater height than 8 feet, and must leave a space between the top of the partitions and the ceiling or underside of the joists of not less than 4 feet, and that such space must not be closed except with wire netting, iron bars, lattice work, or carved wood work arranged in such a way as to leave at least two-thirds of such space open and as far as practicable evenly distributed.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th August, 1895.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.