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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21st DECEMBER, 1895.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 536.

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The following Minutes are published.

By Command,

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th December, 1895.

No. 30.

Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Tuesday, the 3rd day of December, 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 Hon. WILLIAM CHARLES HOLLAND HASTINGS, R.N.). The Medical Officer of Health, (Dr. FRANCIS WILLIAM CLARK).

ABSENT:

The Registrar General, (The Honourable JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART). NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.

Minutes.-The minutes of a meeting held on the 21st day of November, 1895, were read and confirmed. Motion. The President addressed the Board and moved—

That the Medical Officer of Health be appointed, under the provisions of section 3 of Ordinance 11 of 1895, a member of the Select Committee controlling the work connected with the removal of illegal cubicles and illegal cocklofts, the stopping of the illegal occupation of basements and seeing that common lodging-houses are properly occupied.

The Honourable the Acting Captain Superintendent of Police seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bye-laws. The draft of bye-laws, to be made under sub-section 11 of section 13 of Ordinance 24 of 1887, was read, amended, added to and made.

The President moved--

That the bye-laws be transmitted to the Honourable Colonial Secretary in the usual manner for the approval

of the Legislative Council.

The Vice-President seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Appointment of Member.-A letter--which had been circulated to Members--dated the 27th November, 1895, from the Honourable Colonial Secretary informing the Board that His Excellency the Governor had been pleased to appoint the Medical Officer of Health to be a Member of the Board until further notice, was laid on the table.

Nos. 27 and 29, Queen's Road Central-A correspondence-which had been circulated to Members— having reference to the erection of water closets at Nos. 27 and 29, Queen's Road Central, was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.

The President addressed the Board and moved-

: That Messrs. Palmer and Turner be informed that when the present apparatus on the 4th floor is changed the

new apparatus must be provided with an air-pipe.

The Honourable the Acting Captain Superintendent of Police seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

Nos. 359 to 365, Queen's Road Central.-A correspondence--which had been circulated to Members—~~ having reference to the re-draining of Nos. 359, 361, 363 and 365, Queen's Road Central, was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.'

The President addressed the Board and moved-

That Messrs. Leigh and Orange be informed that the re-draining of these premises will have to be carried out in the manner indicated in the notices which were served on the owners of the premises on or about the 9th September, 1895.

The Vice-President seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Basements.--Five applications--which had been circulated to Members-for permission to have a caretaker during the night in certain shops and stores in basements were laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.

The President moved-

That these applications be referred to the Select Committee dealing with the illegal occupation of basements, The Honourable the Acting Captain Superintendent of Police seconded. Question-put and agreed to.

Basements. An application--which had been circulated to Members-for permission to use certain basements as stores and as a place in which timber is to be cut during the day, was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating

cover read.

The President moved--

That the application be referred to the Select Committee dealing with the illegal occupation of basements. The Vice-President seconded. Question-put and agreed to.