THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18т¤ FEBRUARY, 1893.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 61.
The following Minutes are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th February, 1893.
G. T. M. O'Brien, Colonial Secretary.
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No. 3.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on Thursday, the 2nd day of February, 1893:-
PRESENT:
The Registrar General, (The Honourable JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART), President. The Director of Public Works, (The Honourable FRANCIS Alfred COOPER), Vice-President. The Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. PHILIP BERNARD CHENERY AYREs).
Dr. JAMES Cantlie.
NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
LAU WAI CHUN, Esquire.
ABSENT:
The Captain Superintendent of Police, (Major-General ALEXANDER HERMAN ADAM GORDON). JOHN DAVID HUMPHREYS, Esquire.
JOHN JOSEPH FRANCIS, Esquire, Q.C.
The Honourable Dr. Ho Kai.
Minutes. The minutes of a meeting held on the 19th January, 1893, were read and confirmed.
Insanitary Dwellings.-A letter, dated the 19th January, 1893-which had been circulated to Members—from the Honourable Colonial Secretary forwarding a complaint from the Military Authorities regarding certain tenement dwellings adjoining Wellington Barracks was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
It was agreed that the steps recommended by the Superintendent in his report on the dwellings in question be carried out and that a reply be sent to the Honourable Colonial Secretary to that effect. It was also agreed to request that the Military Authorities be invited, when making such complaints in future, to specify in detail the nature of the insanitary conditions complained of.
Mortality Returns.--The returns for the weeks ended the 21st and 28th January, 1893,-which had been circulated to Members-were laid on the table.
The Secretary reported that 12 cases of small-pox had been notified since the 1st of January, viz.: 5 cases from ships. arriving in the Harbour, 5 cases occurring in persons within one week of their arrival in the Colony and 2 cases occurring in persons who had been residing in the Colony for some time.
Water Analyses.-A report-which had been circulated to Members--of analyses made on Taitam and Pokfulam waters, drawn from the respective conduits and mains during the month of December, 1893, was laid on the table.
Water-Closets.-An application for permission to construct water-closets in premises situated on Inland Lot No. 17 was read and considered.
The Vice-President moved,--
That the permission asked for be granted subject to the condition that the house drain to which the closets are to
be connected and all the drains in connection therewith are found to be in a satisfactory sanitary condition.
Mr. EDE seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Defective Drains.--A report by the Acting Surveyor on the condition of the house drains of Nos. 16, 18, 20 and 24 Elgin Street and No. 20 Shelley Street was read.
Mr. EDE moved,--
That the owners of the houses in question be called on to re-drain in accordance with the law governing house- drainage; and that the owners of No. 20 Shelley Street be called on either to remove the water-closets and urinals from their premises or to provide and furnish them with fittings so as to place them in accordance with the bye-laws providing for the proper construction, materials and fittings of water-closets on private premises. The Colonial Surgeon seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Licences to keep Cattle, Goats and Swine.--Twenty-eight applications for renewal of licences to keep cattle and goats and eighty-seven applications for renewal of licences to keep swine as well as one application for a new licence to keep cattle and thirty-one applications for new licences to keep swine were considered.
It was agreed that the licences be granted.
Tenders for Contracts.-The President moved,—
That strangers be requested to withdraw.
The Vice-President seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
The tenders for scavenging the Kaulung villages were considered.
It was agreed that the tender of Mr. CHAN PUI, viz.: $480 a year for three years, to be paid by him to the Government, be recommended for acceptance.
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