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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21st NOVEMBER, 1891.
Amendment
of s. 29.
Repeal of ss.
37, 38, 39,
of 15 of 1889.
Construction
of kitchens or cook-houses.
Kitchen or cook-house to
have smoke flue.
Floor under Oven, &c.
Extension of 8. 41 No.15 of 1889.
Extension of 8. 69 No. 15 of 1889.
Amendment of s. 72 No. 15 of 1989.
9. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 29 of the principal, the Surveyor General may in his discretion grant permission for the erection of temporary platforms, super- structures, stagings, and frame-work of the materials therein mentioned.
10. Sections 37 to 39 inclusive of the principal Ordinance are hereby repealed and the following sections shall be sub- stituted in lieu thereof.
Kitchens and Cook houses.
"37. Every kitchen or cook-house shall be provided with a properly constructed brick fire-place, and chimney or smoke flue. Every fire-place adapted for the use of charcoal shall be provided with a hood of sheet metal or of lath and plaster of sufficient size connecting with a chimney shaft or smoke flue carried up above the level of the roof. The interior surfaces of every flue shall be smoothly rendered with mortar, and no flue shall have less than eighty-one square inches of sectional area.
Chimneys and Fire-places.
"38. No fire-place, kitchen, or cook-house, shall be con- structed without a proper chimney or smoke flue or in such manner as to allow the smoke to escape through any side opening, window or hole in the walls or roof, or through any vent other than the smoke flue.
"39. The upper surface of any floor under any oven, stove, or fire-place shall be of incombustible materials, extending over the whole area covered by such oven, stove or fire-place and beyond to a distance of 12 inches at least on every side of such oven, stove or fire-place and such floor shall have hearths of stone, tile or other incombustible material laid before every chimney-opening.'
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11. The requirements of section 41 of the principal Ordinance in relation to chimney shafts shall apply to smoke flues.
12. The requirements of section 69 of the principal Ordinance in relation to plans in the case of proposed new buildings or of the repair or reconstruction of old buildings shall apply to plans for new works and plans for the repair or reconstruction of old works.
13. Section 72 of the principal is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the words following "and except in cases where the whole of such work or building, including the old portion of the structure, when completed complies with the provision of this Ordinance such alteration, addi- tion, or other work shall be subject to the approval of the Surveyor General.”
14. In addition to the powers and authorities conferred upon or vested in the Surveyor General by the prin- eipal Ordinance or this or any other Ordinance or by law he shall have power on his being satisfied of the necessity of the case to temporarily stop, divert, or partially stop or partially divert the traffic along any street or road or to block up or occupy or partially block up or occupy such street for the purpose of carrying out works of a public
nature.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 472.
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of the Queen, to the following Ordinances passed by the Legislative Council:--
Ordinance No. 21 of 1891.-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to repeal Ordi- nances No. 1 of 1884 and No. 17 of 1886 and to amend the Law relating to the preparation of Opium.
Ordinance No. 22 of 1891.--An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend Ordi- nance No. 22 of 1887.
By Cominand,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th November, 1891.
W. M. GOODMAN, Acting Colonial Secretary.
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