THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27т OCTOBER, 1894.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 401.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th October, 1894.
No. 29.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Colonial Secretary.
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Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 18th day of October, 1894:-
PRESENT:
The Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS IIENRY MAY, Esquire), Vice-President.
The Director of Public Works, (FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER, Esquire).
The Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. PHILIP BERNARD CHENERY AYRES, C.M.G.).
The Honourable Dr. Ho KAI.
ROBERT KENNAWAY LEIGH, Esquire.
Dr. WILLIAM HARTIGAN.
ABSENT:
The Registrar General, (The Honourable JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART), President. JOHN JOSEPH FRANCIS, Esquire, Q.C.,
LAU WÀI CHUN, Esquire.
Surgeon-Major JAMES, A.M.S.
In the absence of the President, the Vice-President took the chair.
Minutes. The minutes of a meeting held on the 11th day of October, 1894, were read and confirmed. Meetings of the Board.-The Colonial Surgeon addressed the Board, and pursuant to notice, moved--
That from this date the Board revert to the practice of holding its meetings once a fortnight.
The Honourable Dr. Ho KAI seconded the motion.
The motion was agreed to.
Draft Bye-laws.-Draft bye-laws under section 13 sub-section 6 of Ordinance No. 24 of 1887 for the regulation of the removal of night soil, prepared by a Committee of the Board-which had been circulated to Members-were laid on the table.
On the motion of the Director of Public Works, the Board went into Committee to consider the bye-laws.
Certain amendments were made and agreed to.
The Board then resumed.
The Captain Superintendent of Police moved that the bye-laws as amended be agreed to.
Mr. LEIGH seconded.
Motion carried.
On the motion of Honourable Dr. Ho KAI, seconded by the Captain Superintendent of Police, it was further agreed-—
That the bye-laws as amended be forwarded to the Honourable Colonial Secretary with a request that they may
be laid before the Executive Council for confirmation.
The Director of Public Works called attention to the desirability of reconsidering the whole question of the removal of night soil in Hongkong at an early date, with a view to its being carried out by the employees of the Sanitary Board.
Mortality Returns.-The Mortality returns for the weeks ended 6th and 13th October, 1894,-which had been circulated to Members, and the minutes on the circulating cover read--were laid on the table.
House Drains.-A letter from the Honourable Colonial Secretary concerning the engagement of an additional staff of officers for the general inspection of house drains--which had been circulated to Members, and the minutes on the circulating cover read-was laid on the table.
On the motion of Mr. LEIGH, seconded by the Director of Public Works, it was agreed—
That the Officers in question be engaged for 4 months for the purpose of making an inspection of the house
drains, and for a further period of 8 months for the purpose of drainage works generally. Cow House.-An application for permission to keep cows temporarily at No. 10A, Kennedy Street-which had been eirculated to Members, and the minutes on the circulating cover read-was laid on the table.
On the motion of the Captain Superintendent of Police, seconded by the Director of Public Works, it was agreed-
That the permission be refused.
Polluted Wells.-Three reports by the Government Analyst upon the waters of wells in Wanchai, together with correspondence upon the subject-which had been previously circulated to Members-were laid on the table.
On the motion of the Captain Superintendent of Police, seconded by the Director of Public Works, it was agreed-
That the owners of the properties upon which the wells are situated be served with notices informing them that, the Sanitary Board is satisfied that these wells are nuisancos and culling upon them to abate the same. Squatters in the Sokonpo Valley. Further correspondence upon the subject of squatters in the Sokonpo Valley which had been circulated to Members, and the minutes on the circulating cover read-was laid on the table.
On the motion of the Captain Superintendent of Police, seconded by the Director of Public Works, it was agreed-
That Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co. be informed that the licences to which they refer were granted upon the certificate of an Officer of the board that the sties were in accordance with the Board's bye-laws; and that the renewal of the licences next year will depend on the condition of the sties when application is made. Adjournment.-The Board then adjourned till Thursday, the 25th day of October, 1894.
Read and confirmed this 25th day of October, 1894.
EDWARD A. RAM, Acting Secretary.
F. H. MAY, Acting President.
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