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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23rd NOVEMBER, 1895.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 488.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd November, 1895.
No. 28.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 7th day of November, 1895.
PRESENT:
The Director of Public Works, (The Honourable FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER), President.
The Acting Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. JOHN MITFORD ATKINSON, M.B.,) Vice-President.
The Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, (The Hou. WILLIAM CHARLES HOLLAND Hastings, R.N.). NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
ABSENT:
The Registrar General, (The Honourable JAMES Haldane Stewart Lockhart).
Minutes.-The minutes of a meeting held on the 24th day of October, 1895, were read and confirmed. Market and Slaughter-house at Shau-ki-wan.--The President addressed the Board and moved-
That the plans now before the Board be adopted and that a letter be addressed to the Honourable Colonial Secretary recommending that His Excellency the Governor will be pleased to approve of early steps being taken to carry out these necessary works.
Fat Boiling.-A report-which had been circulated to Members-by the Medical Officer of Health on certain fat boiling establishments in Victoria, was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
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A discussion ensued.
The President moved--
That the Secretary and the Medical Officer of Health be requested to draft bye-laws for regulating and controlling
the trade of fat boiling in the Colony.
The Vice-President seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bubonic Plague.-The President addressed the Board and laid on the table a report by the Committee appointed on the 7th June, 1895, to control the work involved in house to house visitation, searching for cases of Bubonic Plague, the removal of illegal cock-lofts and cubicles, the stopping of the illegal occupation of basements, etc.; at the same time inform- ing the Board that he had transmitted the report to the Honourable Colonial Secretary for the information of His Excellency the Governor.
Shau-ki-wan.-A correspondence-which had been circulated to Members-concerning the urgent need for increased market accommodation at Shau-ki-wan, was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
A discussion ensued.
The President moved-
That the papers be transmitted to the Honourable Colonial Secretary with a recommendation that His Excellency
the Governor will be pleased to license three shops in Shau-ki-wan for the sale of vegetables and fruit.
The Honourable the Acting Captain Superintendent of Police seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Poultry Depôt.-Certain papers-which had been circulated to Members-having reference to the storage of poultry in 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 papers be forwarded to the Honourable Colonial Secretary with a recommendation that His Excellency the Governor will be pleased to favourably consider the construction of a depôt for poultry in a suitable locality.
Mr. EDE seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Mortality Returns.-The returns-which had been circulated to Members--for the weeks ended the 26th October and 2nd November, respectively, were laid on the table.
Markets, etc.-The report by the officer performing the duties of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon for the quarter ended the 30th September, 1895, was laid on the table.
Inland Lots 350 and 752.--A correspondence-which had been circulated to Members-having reference to the re-draining of houses on Inland Lots 350 and 752, was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
It was agreed that a reply be sent to Messrs. LEIGH & ORANGE in the sense of the President's minute which had just been read.
Contractors. Two applications to be placed on the revised list of Contractors capable of carrying out drainage works in a proper manuer were considered.
It was agreed that the applicants' names, CHING LAI-KI and Mow SING, be added to the revised list.
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