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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TM SEPTEMBER, 1890.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 371. The following Minutes are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th September, 1890.
W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 18.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on friday, the 22nd day of August, 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),
WONG SHING, Esquire.
Dr. JAMES CANTLIE.
The Honourable OSPERT CHADWICK, C.M.G.
ABSENT:
The Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. PHILIP Bernard CHENERY AYRES),
JOHN DAVID HUMPHREYS, Esquire.
JOHN JOSEPH FRANCIS, Esquire, Q.C.
NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
The Honourable Ho KAI.
Minutes.-The Minutes of a meeting held on the 8th day of August, 1890, were read and confirmed.
Mortality Returns.-The returns for the weeks ended the 9th and 16th August, 1890--which had been circulated to Members—were laid on the table and a minute on the circulating cover rend. The Secretary reported the particulars he had been able to ascertain regarding the death from typhus fever recorded in the return for the week ended 2nd August, 1890.
Superintendent's Monthly Report. The report for the month of July, 1890–which had been circulated to Members-was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
It was agreed that the necessary action be taken to open and inspect the drains of the houses on Inland Lots 368, 381 382 and 698 and the drains of houses 1 to 19, Lyndhurst Terrace, as well as the drains of 24, Shelley Street.
The Vice-President moved,—
That the papers before the Board regarding the drainage of Marine Lots 102 and 103 be forwarded to the Honourable Colonial Secretary with a recommendation that the proposal made therein by the Owners of these lots be acceded to on the clear and distinct understanding that it will not be consulered as a precedent for other cases.
Mr. Wong SHING seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
The Acting Registrar General did not vote.
Defective Drains.-The Surveyor's report on the state of the drains of houses 35, 37 and 39, Queen's Rond Central, was read and considered.
Dr. CANTLIE moved,—
That the Owners of these houses be called upon to re-drain them in the manner provided for by the Health Ordi-
nance and the byc-laws made thereunder,
The Vice-President seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Occupation of an uncertified Building. The correspondence regarding the occupation of the Marine Hotel, situated on Marine Lot 71, before the certificate required by section 74 of the Health Ordinance had been granted was read and considered. The Secretary was directed to write to the Owners of the property and enquire if they have any reasons to advance why a prosecution should not be instituted against them for contravening section 74 of the Health Ordinance.
Nuisance. A letter from Mrs. R. E. SKERTCILY complaining of a nuisance arising from gardening operations near her residence in Kaulung was read and the question discussed.
The Vice-President moved,--
That the Secretary issue the necessary notice directing that the nuisance be abated within 7 days and if it is not
then abated that he should prosecute in the manner provided for by the Health Ordinance, Dr. CANTLIE seconded. Question-put and agreed to.
Quarantine.-A draft of a letter in reply to one from the Honourable Colonial Secretary regarding the existence of cholera in Japan was read and considered. It was agreed that the letter should be transmitted to the Honourable Colonial Secretary.
Adjournment.-The Board then adjourned till 4.15 P.at. on friday, the 5th September, 1890,
Read and confirmed this 5th day of September, 1896.
HUGH MCCALLUM,
Secretary.
S. BROWN,
President.
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