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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST MAY, 1890.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 228. The following Minutes are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st May, 1890.
W. M. DEANE,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 10.
Minutes of the proceedlings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on friday, the 16th day of May, 1890:--
PRESENT:
The Surveyor General, (The Honourable SAMUEL BROWN), President.
The Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, (Major-General ALEXANDER HERMAN ADAM GORDON), Vice-President. The Acting Registrar General, (The Honourable NORMAN GILBERT MITCHELL-INNES).
The Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. PHILIP BERNARD CHENERY AYRES).
The Honourable OSBERT CHADWICK, C.M.G.
WONG SHING, Esquire.
JOHN JOSEPH FRANCIS, Esquire, Q.C.
JOHN DAVID HUMPHREYS, Esquire.
Dr. JAMES CANTLIE.
NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
The Honourable Ho KAL.
ABSENT:
In the temporary absence of the President the Vice-President presided.
Minutes confirmed.-The Minutes of a meeting held on the 2nd of May, 1890, were read and confirmed. Common Lodging-house bye-laws.-A letter from the Honourable Colonial Secretary dated the 7th May, 1890--which is being circulated to Members-was read.
Mr. FRANCIS addressed the Board and moved,—
That the matter be again referred to the Colonial Secretary together with a clear statement as to what the
Board's difficulty really is.
The Honourable O. CHADWICK seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
At this stage of the proceedings the President arrived and took the chair.
Report. A letter from the Honourable Colonial Secretary dated the 10th May, 1890-which had been circulated to Members concerning the Superintendent's report for the year 1889, was laid on the table and discussed.
The Vice-President moved,—
That the Board having read the whole of the correspondence is of opinion that there is nothing in the report to
justify the complaints made.
Mr. FRANCIS seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Cattle Disease.-A letter from the Honourable Colonial Secretary dated the 13th May, concerning the payment of compensation for the animals destroyed with a view to suppress the recent outbreak of a dangerous communicable disease, was read. The Secretary stated that the whole of the money had been paid to the proper persons.
Report. A report by the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon regarding the cultivation of vaccine lymph was laid on the table. It was agreed that the report together with the previous papers should be circulated to Members.
Report. The Superintendent's report for the month of April, 1890, was read. It was agreed that before serving notices for the abatement of nuisances, the particulars of the nuisance and the notice should be in each case circulated to Members.
Mortality Returns.-The returns for the weeks ended the 3rd and 10th May, 1890, were laid on the table. Boat Breaming.-The papers concerning boat breaming at Yau-ma-ti-which had been circulated to Members- were laid on the table and the question discussed generally.
Mr. FRANCIs moved,-
That the Board from a sanitary point of view sees no reason for the removal of boat breaming from Yau-ma-ti, but sees no objection to the extension of the present breaming ground to the north. The Board considers the ground to the south, asked for by the Petitioners, unsuitable.
The Honourable O. CHADWICK seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Cattle Disease Ordinance.-The papers on the subject of the amendment of Ordinance 17 of 1887, Part I— which had been circulated to Members-were laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
Mr. FRANCIS moved,--
That the papers be forwarded to the Honourable Colonial Secretary with a recommendation that the maximum amount to be paid as compensation for an animal destroyed under the Ordinance be raised to the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) as recommended by the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon.
The Acting Registrar General seconded,
Question-put and agreed to.
Adjournment.-The Board then adjourned till thursday, the 29th day of May, 1890.
Read and confirmed this 29th day of May, 1890.
HUGH MCCALLUM,
Secretary.
S. BROWN,
President.
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