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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH MARCH, 1887.

6. No person shall bring into the Colony, or drive, carry, transport, remove, or have or keep, or knowingly suffer to be had or kept under his control or on his premises any animal or other creature used for human food in any way which may cause needless or avoidable suffering to such animal or creature.

7. All animals brought to the Colony for the purpose of being slaughtered shall be kept, except when they may be turned out to graze, in a properly constructed depôt licensed by the Sanitary Board under section 11 of Ordi- nance 7 of 1883. No animals shall be turned out to graze when the Sanitary Board shall, for sanitary reasons, forbid such grazing by an order in writing.

PART II.

Slaughter-Houses.

8. A sufficient number of fit and proper slaughter- houses to meet the requirements of the Colony shall be provided by the Government and it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to grant to any person or persons the sole privilege of slaughtering cattle within the Colony or within any particular district or locality therein, for such rent, premium, or consideration and for such period and upon such conditions as shall be deemed expedient; always provided that the Governor in Council may at discretion lease the privilege of slaughtering animals by private contract or appoint any person to manage the public slaughter-houses. All contracts entered into for the leasing of the privilege of slaughtering animals within the Colony before the passing of this Ordinance shall continue in force until such contracts shall expire.

9. No slaughter-house shall be opened or kept open except under the provisions of this Ordinance; and every slaughter-house which shall be otherwise opened or kept open shall, together with the building in which the same shall be carried on, be deemed a nuisance.

10. The Lessee of the privilege of slaughtering animals shall enjoy, during the whole of the term of his lease, the sole and exclusive privilege of slaughtering animals in the Colony, and shall give such security for the payment of the rent thereof and for the due observance of the bye-laws regulating slaughter-houses as the Governor in Council may direct.

11. The Lessee of the privilege of slaughtering animals in the Colony shall not sublet or assign any part thereof without the written permission of the Registrar General.

12. No person shall slaughter any animal or dress any carcase thereof for sale except within a slaughter-house appointed for that purpose under this Ordinance; always provided that goats may be slaughtered by or for any In- dian Troops or Indian Police quartered in the Colony...

13. Except as provided in this Ordinance no person shall demand or receive any money or other valuable con- sideration as a fee, fine, toll, rent or otherwise for access or admission to or for slaughtering any animal in any slaughter-house.

14. The Captain Superintendent of Police, the Registrar General, the Surveyor General, and their respective officers as well as Members and Officers of the Sanitary Board shall have at all times free access to every part of every slaughter- house.

15. The Governor in Council may from time to time make and when made revoke, add to, or alter bye-laws for regulating the slaughter-houses in the Colony.

PART III.

Markets.

16. All markets established at the time of the coming into operation of this Ordinance shall be continued and shall be subject to this Ordinance, but it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time to close any of them, and also to establish or close any new market. No market shall be opened or kept open except under the provisions of this Ordinance; and every market which shall be otherwise opened or kept open shall, together with the building in which the same shall be carried on, be deemed a nuisance.

Transport of animals.

Cattle Depots.

Establishing of slaughter- houses and the letting thereof,

Prohibiting the stablish- ment of other slaughter- houses.

Privilege of slauzhtering animals.

Sub-letting prohibited.

Slaughtering except in Blaughter- houses prohibited

Unauthorised fees or charges prohibited.

Slaughter- houses open to inspection.

Power to make Bye-laws.

Establishing markets. Prohibiting other markets,

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