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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH JULY, 1890.

6. The owners or occupiers of tenements provided with services prior to the passing of this Ordinance shall, within thirty days after the receipt of notice in writing from the Water Authority, cause the service to be so altered, repaired or renewed as is certified by the Water Authority to be necessary to prevent waste of water or damage to the waterworks or to the public distribution of water. If the said owner or occupier fail to alter repair or renew the service as herein before directed within thirty days after the receipt of such notice it shall be lawful for the Water Au- thority to cause the defective service to be disconnected from the waterworks and it shall not be reconnected until the service is renewed, altered or repaired to the satisfaction of the Water Authority.

7. The expenses of constructing, altering or re-adjusting all services shall be borne by the owner of the tenement, to which such services are laid.

8. The Water Authority may in its discretion construct alter and repair any services at the request of the owner or occupier and on completion thereof the person so requesting shall pay the cost thereof at such time and place and in such mode as may be prescribed by any Regulations made under this Ordinance shall pay the expenses thereof.

9. It shall be lawful for the Water Authority to measure or otherwise determine the quantity of water supplied by means of any service or services to any tenement or block or group of tenements.

10. The Water Authority shall from time to time deter- mine with the approval of the Governor in Council (such approval to be notified in the Gazette) the quantity of water per head per day which shall be deemed to be legitimate domestic consumption. In determining this quantity regard shall be had to the annual valuation of the tenement to be supplied as defined by the Rating Ordinance for the time being but in no case shall such quantity be less that five gallons per head per day. Such quantity shall, for the pur- poses of this Ordinance and of any Regulations made there- under be termed the " Prescribed domestic quantity."

11. If, in the opinion of the Water Authority, the water consumed by any tenement or block or group of tenements appears to be excessive, the Water Authority shall call upon the Registrar General to ascertain the number of inhabitants in such tenement, bloek or group of tenements, and the Registrar General shall, as soon practicable, furnish the Water Authority with a Return showing as nearly as practicable the number of persons inhabiting the same.

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12. The Water Authority shall ascertain the total quantity of water supplied to the tenement, block or group of tenements to which the Return aforesaid applies during a period of not less than thirty consecutive days, including the day of the date of the Return. Thereupon the Water Authority shall by comparing such total quantity of water supplied with the number of persons shown in the returo, determine the average daily rate of consumption per head.

13. If such average daily rate per head is found to ex- ceed the "prescribed domestic quantity" the Water Author- ity shall serve notice upon the occupiers, by leaving one such written or printed notice in English and Chinese at each tenement, to abate such excessive consumption forth- with, and shall also where practicable notify the owner of the fact of such service; and if within fourteen days after service of such notice such excessive consumption be not abated to the satisfaction of the Water Authority, it shall be lawful for such Authority to disconnect the service of such tenement or tenements from the waterworks, for any period not ex- ceeding three months and such service shall not be recon- nected without the written application of the owner.

14. If shall be lawful for the Water Authority to fix meters for measuring the consumption of water in all cases of non-domestic supply and the Water Authority shall call upon the owner or occupier of any tenement to which a "non-domestic" supply is given and measured by a meter, to enter into an agreement with the Colonial Secretary on behalf of the Crown to pay quarterly to the Colonial Treasurer subject to the deduction in the next paragraph mentioned for the quantity of water consumed in or upon such tenement at the price per thousand gallons hereinafter set forth, and to pay quarterly in advance to the Colonial Treasurer a rent for the use of the meter. Such meter

Alteration of defective mervica

Penalty for neglect.

Expenses. By whom borne.

Services may

be constructed by Water Authority. Costs thereof.

Measurement

of water to blocks, tenement, &c. legalised.

Prescribed

domestic

quantity.

Enumeration

of inmates and return.

Determina-

tion of daily rate of consumption per head.

Notice to abate

excessive consumption. Penalty for neglect.

Neu-domestic

upply. Meters 12 ręc mênis. Penalty for neglect.

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