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THE HONGKONG. GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH JUNE, 1889.
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Compensation for Cattle destroyed.-Some correspondence having reference to compensation being given for certain animals slaughtered, owing to an outbreak of disease at the depôt at Kennedytown was read.
Mr. FRANCIS moved,—
That the correspondence be returned to Mr. Ladds to fix the compensation under Section 5 of Ordinance 17 of
1887, and then that it be forwarded to the Government.
The Acting Captain Superintendent of Police seconded.
Question-put and passed.
Adjournment. The President moved and Mr. FRANCIS seconded that the Board adjourn until Wednesday, the 29th May, 1889, at 4.15 P.M.
Question-put and passed.
Read and confirmed, this 5th day of June, 1889.
HUGH MCCALLUM,
Secretary.
S. BROWN, President.
No. 13.
Minutes of the Proceedings of the SANITARY BOARD at a Special Meeting held on Wednesday, the 29th of May, 1889:-
PRESENT:
The Colonial Surgeon, (Dr. PHILIP Bernard ChenERY AYRES), President.
The Surveyor General, (Honourable SAMUEL BROWN).
The Acting Registrar General, (The Honourable NORMAN GILBERT MITCHELL-INNES).
The Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, (Major-General ALEXANDER HERMAN ADAM GORDON).
The Honourable WONG SHING.
JOHN DAVID HUMPHREYS, Esquire.
Dr. JAMES, CantLIE.
NATHANIEL JOSEPH EDE, Esquire.
ABSENT:
JOHN JOSEPH FRANCIS, Esquire, Q.C.
Dr. Ho KAI.
The Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Pokfulam Water Supply.-A letter from the Honourable Colonial Secretary transmitting copies of certain correspondence with Dr. HARTIGAN regarding the Pokfulam Water supply was read.
The Surveyor General addressed the Board and replied to the questions which the Board had put to him regarding the water supply of the city.
Mr. HUMPHREYS and Dr. CANTLIE spoke on the subject of the city water supply.
The Surveyor General replied.
Letting of Contracts.-A minute by the Secretary regarding the letting of contracts was read. On the motion of the President it was agreed that the proposed letting of the contracts should be advertised in the manner recommended by the Secretary, and that the Secretary should submit to the Board as early as possible the bye-laws referred to in the resolu- tion proposed and carried at a meeting held on the 16th January last.
Adjournment.-The Board then adjourned until Wednesday, the 5th June, 1889, at 4.15 P.M.
Read and confirmed this 5th day of June, 1889.
HUGH MCCALLUM,
Secretary.
S. BROWN, President.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. —No. 268.
The following Returns of Deaths for the Month ended 31st May are published for general information.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th June, 1889.
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