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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 6TH NOVEMBER, 1886.

Sales outside markets prohibited.

(9 of 1858, s. 8.)

Prohibition of other slaughter houses

or markets.

(9 of 1858, s. 4.)

Certain unles allowed.

(9 of 1858, a. 7.)

Governor may grant conces for sales outside markets.

(3 of 1878, s. 1.)

Establishment and closing of slaughter

houses. and markets (9 of 1858, s.2 & 3.)

Other fees or charges prohibited. (9 of 1858, 5. 27.)

Market open to inspection.

(9 of 1858,

8. 26.)

(9 of 1858, 8. 01.)

Buildings in markets. (9 of 1858, 8.5,)

Alterations.

(9 of 1858, s.

17.)

11. Except as by this Ordinance provided, no person shall within the City or Harbour of Victoria sell or expose for sale in any place not being a public market within the meaning of this Ordinance any articles of food for man usually sold or exposed for sale in a public market.

12. No Slaughter House or Market shall be opened or kept open except under the provisions of this Ordinance; and every Slaughter House or Market which shall be other- wise opened or kept open shall, together with the building in which the same shall be carried on, be deemed a nuisance.

13. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be so construed as to forbid any of the following sales of food;-

(1.) Of rice, bread, milk, salt-fish, or confectionery. (2.) Of green vegetables, fruit, bean-curd, congee, soup, or other prepared food by licensed hawkers. (3.) Of fish, by licensed boatmen at a distance of at

least one hundred yards from shore.

(4.) Of cooked provisions to customers by any licensed victualler or keeper of a boarding house or refresh-

ment room.

(5.) Of any food not being raw butchers' meat com-

monly sold by chandlers and purveyors.

(6.) Public sales by licensed Auctioneers.

14. The Governor in Council may from time to time grant licences for the sale of articles of food for man else- where than in a public market, to such persons, for such considerations, and for such periods as he shall think fit.

Slaughter Houses and Markets.

16. All Slaughter Houses and 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 or slaughter house, or to appoint any slaughter house to be the slaughter house of any particular district or of any village, and to grant to any person or persons the sole privilege of slaughtering animals within the Colony or within any part thereof upon such conditions as shall be deemed expedient. Every Order in Council under this Section shall be published in the Government Gazette in English and Chinese, and shall take effect from the date of publication or from any other day to be specified in the said order.

16. Except as provided by this Ordinance, no person shall demand or receive any money or other valuable consi- deration as a fee, fine, toll, rent or otherwise for access or admission to, or for slaughtering, selling, or buying in any slaughter house or market.

17. The Captain Superintendent of Police, the Registrar General, the Surveyor General, and their respective officers shall have at all times free access to every part of every slaughter house or market building.

18. No lessee of any slaughter house or market building shall sublet or assign the same or any part thereof without the written permission of the Registrar General, nor shall transfer his licence to any other person. Nevertheless the business of any lessee may be carried on, in case of his death or absence, by his executors, administrators, or agents until the expiration of his liceneg

Structures.

19. No buildings shall be erected or maintained in any market except shops, quarters for market officers and police or porters, and stalls. Such buildings shall be of stone or brick. Shops and stalls shall be fitted with stone or wooden counters. No person shall be allowed to tenant any house in any market unless with the written sanction and au- thority of the Registrar General.

20. No alteration in or addition to any slaughter house or market building shall be made or commenced by any lessee thereof without the sanction of the Surveyor General in writing.