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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2ND FEBRUARY, 1889.

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of the foundations, walls, and arch or covering of such main-drain, nullah, or water-chaunel, in such manner as shall in the opinion of the Surveyor General enable it to support with safety the weight of such building.

66. It shall not be lawful for any persou to dig out the foundation of any building, or to excavate any site, for any purpose whatsoever, in such manner as shall ent into, open ont, divert, undermine, obstruct, dam, or otherwise interfere with any Government drain, nullah, cateh-water or other water-channel situated on Crown Laud or within private land, unless such person shall have made at his solo cost previous provision, to the entire satisfaction of the Surveyor General, for the escape of any waters flowing through such drain, nullah, catch-water or other channel.

67. No person shall, after the passing of this Ordinance, construct or reconstruct any boundary wall or enclosuro wall of stone, fronting any public road or thoroughfare within the City of Victoria, unless such stone be cut to flat beds and laid in mortar.

68. No person shall after the commencement of this Ordinance, construct or reconstruct, any stone surcharged retaining-wall or scarp-wall whether of rubble masonry built dry or in mortar, exceeding twolve feet in height, unless such wall is provided with one or more adequate foundation- courses of footing stones ent to flat beds, and bedded on a layer of lime concrete at least six inches thick laid on the solid ground, and such footing stones shall project at least six inches beyond the face of such wall, and shall extend back the full thickness of the wall, and every such retain- ing-wall or scarp-wall shall be provided at every square yard of surface-area of such wall with a header or bond- stone, at least one foot square, extending back through the full thickness of the masonry,

69. Save as by this Ordinance provided, and except in the case of public buildings, all the doors of which shall open outwards and in the direction of exit, it shall not be lawful for any person to make any door or gate in such manner as to open over a public thoroughfare, nor to project any door step or landing on, to, or across any public foot-path, nor to extend or affix any sun-shade, telegraph-wire, sign-board, lamp, grating, gutter or other unauthorized projection from any building, in such manner as shall cause obstruction, danger, or annoyance to any way or to the passengers thereon, or as shall make any encroachment on Crown Land.

Wells.

70. It shall not be lawful for the owner of any building to sink any well upon his premises, except by the leave of the Surveyor General who may grant the same on, a written application, provided such well be not sunk within the curtilage of any building, or provided there be no structural or other objection. Every well shall be steined so as to exclude surface water for a depth of at least twelve feet, below the surface of the ground, and shall be surrounded with a brick and cement parapet-wall, at least two feet high and nine inches thick, and with a properly paved or concreted surface-gutter for the conveyance of the drip or waste water to the nearest drain-inlet or other channel with which such gutter may lawfully communicate,

Piers and Wharves.

71. Except in the case of such piers and wharves as are specially provided. for by Ordinance, it shall not be lawful for any person to construct or reconstruct, any iron, timber, or stone pier or wharf projected over any foreshore the property of the Crown, without the previous sanction and authority of the Governor, and unless such person shall have previously signed an undertaking according to the form contained in Schedule D, of this Ordinance; and in case reconstruction such undertaking shall supersede any undertaking which may have been previously respect of such pier or wharf at the time of its magrukt erection. The erection and maintenanes of it pier and wharves shall be subject to such Rules and Raguiations wi may be made by the Governor in Council andu, this Unde

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· Plans and Notices to Surveyor General, 72. It shall not be lawful to commence any building ne work, until proper plans of the same showing the dimensions and position of all portions of the contemplated stracture as are mentioned in this Ordinance shall have been previously submitted to the Surveyor General and approved by him as being in conformity with the requirements of this Ordinance,

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