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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH OCTOBER, 1886.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 423.

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The following Contract is published under the provisions of Section 2 of Ordinance 7 of 1883.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th October, 1886.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Scavenging Contract.

1. The Contractor shall, each and every day, sweep and cleanse all the public or private streets, courts, lanes, alleys, passages and roads in Victoria, between Mount Davis and Causeway bay, including the Kennedy Road and the Wong-nai Chung Road. For this purpose, he shall maintain eight permanent sweeping gangs consisting of as many coolies as may in the opinion of the Sanitary Inspector be necessary to carry out the terms of this Contract, but such gangs are to consist of never less than Fifteen coolies in each. The coolies shall be and provided with serviceable and proper brooms, baskets and all tools and implements necessary for the efficient execution of their duty. Each gang shall consist of able bodied adult coolies only, and shall be placed under a thoroughly competent foreman, who must understand the English language. The gangs must work separately, and shall have charge of the Eastern, Central and Western divisions of the City respectively. The boundaries of each division will be the same as those allotted to the Inspectors of Nuisances, viz.: between the Eastern and Central divisions, a line drawn from the Robinson Road passing along Garden Road to Murray Wharf; and between the Central and Western divisions, a line drawn from Robinson Road passing along West Street and the Western Market to the Praya.

2. The Contractor shall sweep and cleanse the principal thoroughfares twice daily, the first sweeping to be finished by 9 A.M.; and the second shall be done at such hours as the Sanitary Inspector may direct.

3.- The Contractor shall sweep and cleanse once a week, or as often as may be required, the principal roads in the Hill Districts, and for this purpose he shall maintain a permanent gang of two coolies.

4. The Contractor shall every day scrape or sweep the channels of the streets, clearing them of all sand, mud, refuse, and rubbish as carefully as the streets themselves, and for this work he shall maintain three gangs to consist of not less than six coolies in each gang, and he shall periodically wash such side channels and stone steps as may be directed by the Sanitary Inspector.

5.-The Contractor shall likewise every day carefully sweep and clear all footpaths and side walks, taking care that no dirt, rubbish or refuse is allowed to accumulate thereon, and he shall also once a week during the hours of low tide carefully clean and scrub with sand the steps of the following public wharves, viz. :-Commissariat Lane Wharf, Murray Wharf, Peddar's Wharf, Pottinger Street Wharf, and Central Market Wharf.

6. The Contractor shall daily remove all filth, rubbish, or offensive matter found floating in the Harbour close to the Praya Wall or washed up along the City foreshore, as also any filth, rubbish, or offensive matter found lying on any waste or vacant lands within the boundaries of the City of Victoria.

7.-The Contractor shall empty and thoroughly clear and cleanse all the public sewer traps at present existing, or such additional traps as may be constructed during the term of his contract, at least twice in every week during the dry season. He shall immediately after voiding them of all mud and filth, fill them with clean water, but he shall on no account attempt to begin the cleansing of any trap until he shall first have the requisite quantity of clean water on the spot ready to pour into the trap immediately upon the latter being emptied and cleansed. During the rainy season he shall clean out the sewer traps as often as required by the Sanitary Inspector, but never less than once in

every week. The mud, filth, and water scavenged out of the sewer traps shall on no account be emptied into any sewer or open surface drain, but shall be disposed of in such manner as may be from time to time directed by the Sanitary Inspector. No sewer trap is to be scavenged except between the hours of midnight and 6 A.M.

8.-The Contractor shall, within such hours and in such manner as may be directed, empty and thoroughly clean and cleanse out every day all the existing public dust-bins, or such additional dust- bins as may be constructed during the term of his contract, or such carts or boats as may be stationed and used as public dust-bins, carefully removing their contents to the dust-boats stationed along the Praya. He shall station one coolie permanently at each dust-bin to see that no dust or refuse of any kind is deposited outside the dust-bin, and he shall on no consideration whatsoever allow the raking out and sifting of the contents of the dust-bin or boat, either by his own servants or by the Public.