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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH MARCH, 1891.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 107,
It is hereby notified for public information that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, provisionally, the Honourable J. H. STEWART LOCKHART to be an Un-official Member of the Executive Council, in the place of O. CHADWICK, Esquire, C.M.G., absent from the Colony.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th March, 1891.
W. M. DEANE,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 108.
His Excellency the Governor, with the consent of His Excellency the Major-General Command- ing, has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant W. C. A. NICHOLSON, Royal Artillery, to be, temporarily, Adjutant to the Hongkong Volunteers.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th March, 1891.
W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 109. The following Minutes are published for general information.
By Command,
W. M. DEANE,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th March, 1891.
No. 4.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on friday, the 27th day of February, 1891 :-
PRESENT.:
The Surveyor General, (The Honourable SAMUEL BROWN), President.
The Registrar General, (The Honourable JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART).
JOHN DAVID HUMPHREYS, Esquire.
JOHN JOSEPH FRANCIS, Esquire, Q.C.
WONG SHING, Esquire.
NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
ABSENT:
The Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. PHILIP BERNARD CHENERY AYRES).
Dr. JAMES CANTLIE.
The Honourable HO KAI.
Minutes.-The Minutes of a meeting held on the 5th day of February, 1891, were read and confirmed.
A letter from the Honourable Colonial Secretary dated the 20th February, 1891-which had been circulated to Members- informing the Board that the bye-laws made by the Board under sub-section 5 of section 18 of Ordinance 24 of 1887 had been approved by the Legislative Council, was laid on the table.
Western Market. The papers having reference to a site for the new Western Market-which had been circulated to Members-were laid on the table and the Minutes on the circulating cover read.
A discussion ensued.
Mr. FRANCIS moved,-
That the question be referred to a Committee for consideration and report, the Committee to consist of the Fresident,
the Registrar General and Mr. Ede.
Mr. HUMPHREYS seconded.
Question put and agreed to.
Mosque Junction.-A report by the Surveyor on the condition of the house drains at Mosque Junction was read. It was agreed that the owners of the houses in question be called on to re-drain them, and at the same time advise the owners to carry out the work of re-drainage in combination. It was also agreed that the Surveyor be called on to report as to the best and least expensive manner of re-draining these houses in accordance with the bye-laws.
Mortality Returns.-The returns for the weeks ended the 7th, 14th and 21st February, 1891, respectively-which had been circulated to Members-were laid on the table, and the minutes on the circulating covers read.
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