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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH JUNE, 1887.
Begulating sales.
Hawking prohibited.
Cleansing of stalla.
Butchers stalls.
Sale of flesh meat.
Sale of
imported flesh meat.
Return of dead meat. imported.
Cleaning of
carcase.
Fishmongers' stalls.
Poulterer's ktails.
Cleaning poultry.
Portable dust-bins.
Disposal of waste and refuse.
Cleanlinces of stalle.
Cleanliness of thorough- fares.
Scavenging.
Degs in markets
prohibited.
Maintenance of order.
Posting of bye-laws.
10. No sales within any market shall be carried on except in a market building.
11. No person shall hawk or cry any article whatever for sale in any market.
12. Every holder of a Market building shall cause his building to be properly cleansed immediately before the reception, deposit or exposure for sale therein or thereon and immediately after the removal therefrom of any marketable commodities or articles.
13. Every Butcher and Dealer in flesh meat shall thoroughly wash and cleanse his stall, block, stall-board and any fittings or utensils belonging thereto at least once a day.
14. No flesh meat other than that which has been slaughtered in the slaughter-houses of the Colony shall be exposed for sale in any market till it has been inspected by an Inspector of Markets and marked by him as being fit for human food.
15. Every Butcher and Dealer in flesh meat who ex- poses for sale flesh meat which has not been slaughtered in the slaughter-houses of the Colony, shall put up a notice on the front of his stall in English and Chinese stating the place from whence such flesh meat was imported, and the letters and characters of such notice shall be at least one and a half inches long.
16. Au Inspector of Markets shall make a weekly Return showing the weight of fresh flesh meat imported into the Colony during the week, and such Return will be published in the Government Gazette.
17. No person shall cleave any carcase or part of a carcase elsewhere than upon a cleaving block or chopping board or upon the hooks provided for the purpose.
18. Every Fishmonger shall thoroughly wash and. cleanse his stall and any fittings and utensils belonging thereto at least once a day.
19. Every Poulterer shall thoroughly cleanse his stall, pens, and any fittings belonging thereto at least once a day.
20. No person shall pluck or clean any poultry or game except in the places appropriated for the purpose.
21. Every stall-holder shall provide himself with a portable dust-bin in accordance with one or other of the patterns on view in the markets.
22. Every stall-holder shall cause all dust, garbage and solid refuse of any kind which may be produced or may accumulate in the course of his business or in the cleaning of poultry or fish to be immediately placed in his portable dust-bin, and he shall, as often as may be necessary, but never less than once a day, cause such dust-bin to be removed, emptied, and cleansed at the place set apart for the reception of dust and garbage.
23. No stall-holder shall suffer any garbage or refuse to remain or be under or about his stall and he shall keep the avenue or passage in front thereof in a cleanly condi-
tion.
24. No person shall throw any vegetable substance, offal, garbage, or offensive matter or thing on to any market avenue or thoroughfare,
25. The market avenues or thoroughfares shall be thoroughly cleansed by public scavengers as often as required but never less than three times every day.
26. No stall-holder shall keep any dog in any market, nor shall any person knowingly permit any dog to follow him into a market.
27. A sufficient number of Inspectors of Police and Constables shall be detached from the Police Department by the Captain Superintendent of Police for the mainte- nance of order in the markets, and shall be subject to such control as may be ordered by the Governor in Council.
28. Copies of the market bye-laws shall be at all times posted in conspicuous positions in the markets.
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