1108 THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 9TH DEC., 1891.
Amendment
of s. 20.
Report of ss.
37, 38, 39,
of 15 of 1889.
Construction
of kitchens or cook-houses,
Kitchen or cook-house to have smoke
fue.
Floor under oven, &c.
Extension of
B. 41 No. 15 of 1889.
Amendment
of s. 63 No. 15 of 1889 and schedule D.
Schedule D., No. 15 of 1889,
Extension of 8. 69 No. 14
of 1889.
Amendment of a. 72 No. 15 of 1889.
9. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 29 of the principal Ordinance, the Surveyor General may in his dis- cretion grant permission for the erection of temporary plat- forms, superstructures, 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10, Sections 37 to 39 inclusive of the principal Ordinance are hereby repealed and the following sections shall be sub- stituted in lieu thereof.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 sixty 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."
11. The requirements of section. 41 of the principal Ordinance in relation to chimney shafts shall also apply to smoke flues.
12. (1.) Section 68 of the principal Ordinance is hereby amended by substituting for the words "The erection and maintenance of all piers and wharves shall be subject &c." to the end of the section, the words following:-
"(2.) The Governor in Council shall have power to make and when made to add to alter and repeal Regulations for the erection and maintenance of all piers and wharves and for the payment of an annual rent for the encroachment by all piers and wharves constructed or reconstructed under the provisions of this section."
Such regulations shall be published in the Gazette.
(3.) The undertaking required to be given by section 68 of the principal Ordinance shall include an undertaking to pay the annual rent chargeable in respect of any pier or wharf in respect of which such first mentioned undertaking is required.
(4.) Until added to, altered or repealed the Regulations in the schedule hereto shall be the Regulations for piers and wharves constructed or reconstructed under the provi- sions of the said section.
13. 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.
14. Section 72 of the principal Ordinance 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, addition, or other work shall be subject to the approval of the Surveyor General.”
15. In addition to the powers and authorities conferred upon or vested in the Surveyor General by the prin- cipal 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 auy 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. Provided that in every instance where a road is temporarily stopped public notice shall wherever practie- able be given.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 7th day of December, 1891.
A. M. THOMSON, Acting Clerk of Councils. Assented to by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, the 8th day of December, 1891.
W. MEIGH GOODMAN,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
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