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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH JULY, 1887.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 316.
The following extracts from the Minutes of the Sanitary Board are published for general information.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th July, 1887.
Extracts from the Minutes of the proceedings of the Sanitary Board at a meeting held in the Board Room on Tuesday, the 12th July, 1887.
PRESENT:
The Honourable the Surveyor General, (Chairman).
The Acting Registrar General.
The Colonial Surgeon.
Major T. C. DEMPSTER.
The Honourable A. P. MCEWEN.
Dr. Ho KAI.
HUGH MCCALLUM, Esquire, (Secretary).
Dr. P. MANSON, LL.D.
ABSENT:
N. J. EDE, Esquire, (on leave).
The Minutes of a meeting held on the 28th June, 1887, were read and confirmed.
The Secretary reported the steps he had taken with a view to the prosecution of a Householder whose house is so overcrowded as to be dangerous to the Public Health.
The Chairman stated that the Market Sub-Committee had begun to arrange for the accommodation of the Central Market Stall-holders pending the erection of the New Market.
The Honourable Mr. McEwEN addressed the Board on the subject of the publication in the ette of extracts from the Minutes. After some considerable discussion it was agreed that a letter should be addressed to the Government, recommending that, after the passing of the Public Health Bill, the meetings of the Board should be held with open doors, except when the Board is in Committee, and that the letter should be circulated among Members previous to its transmission to Government.
A Return of the summonses applied for by the Inspectors of Nuisances during the weeks ending the 2nd and 9th July, 1887, was laid on the table by the Secretary. The Return showed that 19 prosecutions had been instituted, that in each case a conviction had been obtained, and that fines to the amount of $33.75 had been inflicted.
The Board then adjourned till 5 P.M. on Tuesday, the 26th July, 1887.
Read and confirmed, this 26th day of July, 1887.
HUGH MCCALLUM, Secretary.
J. M. PRICE, Chainman.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 317.
The following Returns from the Acting Registrar General, are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th July, 1887.
FREDERICK Stewart,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
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