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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH OCTOBER, 1894.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 373.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th October, 1894.
No. 26.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Colonial Secretary,
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Friday, the 28th day of September, 1894.
PRESENT:
The Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, Esquire), Vice-President.
The Acting Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM, Esquire).
ROBERT KENNAWAY LEIGH, Esquire.
The Honourable Dr. Ho KAI.
ABSENT:
The Registrar General, (The Honourable JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART), President. The Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. PHILIP BERNARD CHENERY AYRES, C.M.G.).
JOHN JOSEPH FRANCIS. Esquire, Q.C.
Dr. WILLIAM HARTIGAN.
Surgeon-Major JAMES, A.M.S.
LAU WAI CHUN, Esquire.
In the absence of the President, the Vice-President took the chair,
Minutes.-The minutes of a meeting held on the 20th day of September, 1894, were read and confirmed. Squatters in the Sokonpo Valley.—Mr. LEIGH, pursuant to notice, asked the following question
What steps, if any, are being taken by the Government to provide a suitable site, properly laid out, for the accommodation of the Squatters who are likely to be turned out from Inland Lot 1,018, and if so, will this site be ready by the expiration of the month's notice given to Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co.
The President replied.
Mr. LEIGH gave notice of his intention to move at the next meeting of the Board—
That the period named in the notice served upon Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., as the term within which to
abate the nuisance existing on Inland Lot No. 1,018, be extended to the 1st of January next. Mortality Statistics.-The return for the week ended the 22nd September, 1894-which had been circulated to Members-was laid on the table.
Departure of a Member.-A letter from Surgeon-Major JAMES concerning his departure from the Colony-which had been circulated to Members, and a minute on the circulating cover read-was laid on the table.
House Drains.-The Sanitary Surveyor's reports upon the condition of drains at (a) Nos. 2-30, (even Nos.), Wing Wo Street, Nos. 1-23, (odd Nos.), Wing Shing Street; (b) Nos. 10-16 (even Nos.), East Street; (c) Nos. 79-101 (odd Nos.), First Street; and 308-320, (even Nos.), Queen's Road West-which had been circulated to Members, and the minutes on the circulating covers read-were laid on the table.
On the motion of the Captain Superintendent of Police, it was agreed-
With regard to (a)—
That the Sanitary Surveyor's report be adopted, and that the owners of the houses in question be called upon to re-construct the drains mentioned therein as being in a defective condition in accordance with the require- ments of the Public Health Act and bye-laws made thereunder.
With regard to (b) and (c) it was agreed, upon the motion of the Captain Superintendent of Police seconded by Dr. IIO KAI,-
That the Sanitary Surveyor's report be adopted and that the owners of the houses in question be called upon to
redrain in accordance with the requirements of the Public Health Act and bye-laws made thereunder.
It was further agreed that the Sanitary Superintendent and Sanitary Surveyor put themselves in communication with the owners of the houses specified under (c) with a view to these premises being drained in combination.
Urinals. An application for permission to erect urinals at the Stag Hotel-which had been circulated to Members --was laid on the table.
On the motion of the Captain Superintendent of Police, seconded by Mr. LEIGH, it was agreed-
That the permission be granted subject to the conditions contained in the report by the Sanitary Surveyor. Drainage Bye-laws. -A correspondence concerning the working of the drainage bye-laws-which had been circulated to Members-was laid on the table.
On the motion of the Captain Superintendent of Police it was agreed—
That the correspondence be referred back to the Sanitary Surveyor for any further observations he may have to
make thereon.
Notice of Motion.-Mr. LEIGII gave notice that he would move at the next Meeting of the Board—
That this Board appoint a Committee to consider and report on the best steps to be taken for the more efficient
scavenging of the houses in Victoria and elsewhere in the Colony.
Adjournment.-The Board then adjourned till Thursday, the 4th day of October, 1894.
F. H. MAY, Acting President,
Read and confirmed this 4th day of October, 1894.
EDWARD A. RAM,
Acting Secretary.
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