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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH NOVEMBER, 1890.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 492. The following Minutes are published for general information.
By Command,
W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th November, 1890.
No. 24.
Minutes of the proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD, at a meeting held on friday, the 14th day of November, 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.
NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
ABSENT:
The Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. PHILIP BERNARD CHENERY AYRES).
JOHN JOSEPH FRANCIS, Esquire, Q.C.
JOHN DAVID HUMPHREYS, Esquire.
Dr. JAMES CANTLIE.
The Honourable Ho KAI.
Minutes.-The Minutes of a meeting held on the 31st day of October, 1890, were read and confirmed.
Quarry Bay.-A letter from the Honourable Colonial Secretary, dated the 4th Noyember, 1890, transmitting a report on the sewerage of this village by the Resident Engineer of the Water and Drainage Department—which had been circulated to Members-was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read.
Street Watering.-A letter from the Honourable Colonial Secretary, dated the 5th November, 1890, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Honourable Surveyor General on this subject-which had been circulated to Members-was laid on the table and the minutes on the circulating cover read. It was agreed that the watering of the streets should, for the present, remain with the Sanitary Department.
Roman Catholic Sanitariums at Pok-fu-lam-The circulation of the papers on this subject had not been completed. It was agreed that the Superintendent should inspect the Sanitariums and submit a report thereon to the Board. Quarry Bay. A correspondence regarding the disposal of house refusé, etc. at this village-which had been circu- lated to Members-was laid on the table and a minute on the circulating cover read.
It was agreed that Messrs. BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE should be informed,—
1. That the same arrangements will be made for the removal of house refuse from dwellings at Quarry Bay as
exist in other villages.
2. That the deposit of house refuse which has formed in the Quarry Bay nullah through the misuse of the
house-drains by the tenants thereof must be removed by the owners of the property or their tenants.
3. That they are in error in assuming that the Board had passed a résolution having any reference to the duty
of the Government as regards the providing of public sewers.
Salaries of Board's Inspectors.-A petition by the Inspectors--which had been circulated to Members-praying that their pay should be so increased as to bear the same relation to the pay of Inspectors of Police as formerly was con- sidered.
It was unanimously agreed that the petition and the minutes having reference thereto be transmitted to the Honourable Colonial Secretary with a recommendation that its prayer receive favourable consideration.
Mortality Returns.-The returns for the weeks ended the 1st and 8th November, 1890, respectively-which had been circulated to Members-were laid on the table.
Report. The Superintendent's report for the month of October was read.
Report.-A report by the Superintendent having reference to Messrs. DENNYS & Mossor's complaint regarding the drainage of Nos. 49 and 51, Queen's Road Central, was read. It was agreed that the report should be referred to the Surveyor for his opinion as to the desirability of placing inlets to the underground drains directly under the down-pipes.
Drainage of a Dwelling at Ice Works.-The papers having reference to this subject-which had been circulated to Members-were laid on the table.
It was agreed that the remarks of the Surveyor be transmitted to Messrs. JARDINE, MATHESON & Co. with a request that they carry out the improvements in the drainage of the dwelling recommended by the Surveyor.
Public Laundries. The Committee's report and a letter dated the 8th November, 1890, from the Honourable Colonial Secretary transmitting a copy of a letter from the Honourable Surveyor General concerning the erection of a set of laundries at Wantsai-both of which had been circulated to Members--were considered.
The Vice-President moved,—
That the Committee's report be adopted and forwarded to the Honourable Colonial Secretary with a recom- mendation that the work of erecting the first set of laundries at Wantsai be proceeded with as early as practicable.
Mr. WONG SHING seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Adjournment.—The Board then adjourned till friday, the 28th day of November, 1890.
Read and confirmed this 28th day of November, 1890.
S. BROWN, President.
HUGH MCCALLUM,
Secretary.
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