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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH OCTOBER, 1895. ·

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 416.

The Regulations made by the Governor in Council on the 2nd day of July, 1894, under Section 88 of The Building Ordinance, 1889, and published under Government Notification No. 265 of 4th July, 1894, are hereby revoked, and the following Regulations made by the Governor in Council on the 5th day of October, 1895, under the said authority are substituted therefor.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th October, 1895.

REGULATIONS

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.

Made by the Governor in Council on the 5th day of October, 1895, under the authority of Section 88 of "The Building Ordinance, 1889.”

1. Except as hereinafter mentioned any verandah projected from the ground story Width of veran- of any building or any other structure over Crown land shall not be less than 7' 9" wide dahs, &c., from

ground story of between the face of the wall from which it is projected and the inside face of the base buildings. of the piers or columns upon which it is supported.

As far as practicable the external face of the base of the piers or columns shall align with the face of the curb of the side walk.

dahs from ground

floor.

2. Any such verandah within the City of Victoria shall not be less than 12 feet Height of veran- high measured from the top of the curb-stone or if there is no curb-stone from the centre of the street level to the underside of the bressummers or lintels immediately above them, or if arches are used, to the soffit of the archways in the centre of the opening of the archway; any such verandah outside the City of Victoria shall not be less than 11 feet high measured as aforesaid.

second floors.

3. Any verandah projected from the floors of any building or any other structure Height of veran- or any part thereof over Crown land within the City of Victoria shall not be less than dahs on first and 11 feet high on the first floor and 10 feet high on the second and other floors and out- side the said City not less than 10 feet high on the first floor and 9 feet high on the second and other floors to be measured respectively from the level of the floor to the underside of the bressummers or lintels immediately above the verandah, or if arches are used to the soffit in the centre of the opening of the archway.

4. The ends of all such verandahs which do not abut on any verandah, existing at Ends of verandahs, the date of their construction, shall be left open and shall be finished in all respects in &c., construction. a similar manner to the front elevation thereof.

of.

5. The plans of any such verandah submitted to the Director of Public Works Plans of veran- under the provisions of The Building Ordinance, 1889, or any Ordinance amending the dahs, &c., requisites same, shall be on drawing paper or tracing cloth, and such plans and the elevation and sections of the verandah shall be drawn to an uniform scale of 1/8th of an inch to the foot, and the details of all brackets, mouldings, caps, cornices, balustrades, and similar parts of the proposed structure shall be drawn to an uniform scale of 1 inch to the foot.

verandahs.

6. Any such verandahs may be constructed of iron, stone or brick, except that Construction of within the City of Victoria the piers thereof shall, on the ground story of any building or other structure, be made of iron or of cut stone worked straight and square, the external face of which shall be extra fine punched.

7. No such verandah over Crown land shall be constructed, unless satisfactory Pavement of arrangements are made with the Director of Public Works for the pavement of any verandah.

footway under footpath or roadway underneath the verandah with such material and in such manner as he may require.

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bressummers.

8. All bressummers or lintels in connection with any such verandah, shall be con- Construction of structed of granite (fine punched on the external face) or of sound teak or hard wood of the kinds known as

Aranga or Yacal," or of iron; and if constructed of wood shall not be less than 12 inches deep and shall be of the full thickness of the walls upon which they rest. Satisfactory proof shall be furnished to the Director of Public Works of the quality and description of the wood proposed to be used.

downpipes, &c.

9. All verandahs as aforesaid constructed with flat roofs and the parapets, if any, Verandah roofs to in connection therewith, shall be provided to the satisfaction of the Director of Public be provided with Works, with iron downpipes to carry off rain water, and where there are no parapets with eaves, gutters and downpipes for the same purpose.

10. All balconies projected from any building or other structure over Crown land Balconies. shall be of an uniform width in each street and in no case shall they be of a greater width than four feet six inches; and all such balconies shall be provided, to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works, with eaves, gutters and downpipes to carry off rain water.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

HONGKONG.

J. G. T. BUCKLE, Acting Clerk of Councils.