844 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST NOVEMBER, 1884.
5.---The Contractor shall likewise every day carefully sweep and clear all foothpaths 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 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 provide a coloured foreman to supervise the work of cleansing the sewer traps.
9.-In order to prevent gully-holes and the gratings of the sewer traps from getting chocked by sand, leaves, sticks, or other matters, and the roads from being destroyed by the overflow of surface drainage, the Contractor shall on rainy days station fifty coolies beside or near the sewer traps, with instructions to keep the same clear, and it is to be distinctly understood that these fifty coolies shall be exclusive of those engaged in the street sweeping gangs, and that the Contractor will be responsible for and make good at his own cost any damage caused by the overflow of surface drainage through his neglect to keep gully-holes, gratings of sewer traps, &c., clear of obstruction. The coolics shall be stationed in the following order :-
Morrison Gap,
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Elgin Street,
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Praya West,......
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Wántsai Road,
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Gage Street,
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Queen's Road West.......4
Praya East, ...
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Caine Road,
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Eastern Street,..
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Queen's Road East,......3
Albert Road,
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Centre Street,
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Cricket Field,
1
Albany and Robinson
Western Street,
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3
Praya Central,
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Road,....
Pokfulam Road,.
Queen's Road Central....3
Market Street,
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Bonham Road,
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Bonham Strand,.
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Station Street,
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Jervois Street,
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Po-Yan Street,
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Hollywood Road,.
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Gage St. & Pound Lane, 1
Western
Eastern District, 1 foreman. Central
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D'Aguilar Street,
Wyndham Street,.
10.-The Contractor shall at least once a day carefully clean out and free of all sand, dead leaves, stones, and rubbish, all the open catch water drains built across public roads, for this purpose, he shall provide the sweeping gangs with suitable iron scrapers of such form and shape as the Sanitary Inspector may approve.
11. The Contractor shall, after every heavy rain, or as often as required by the Inspectors of Nuisances, void of sand and mud and thoroughly cleanse the present catchpits to all Nullahs and sewers, and such other catchpits as may hereafter be built by the Government, and the sand and mud so voided shall be carefully removed to the dust boats unless otherwise specially directed by the Sanitary Inspector.
12.-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 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 coolic 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.
13-The Contractor shall, within such hours as may be indicated to him from time to time by the Sanitary Inspector, visit daily with a proper service of dust-carts all the streets now visited, and any other streets which may hereafter be pointed out to him by the Sanitary Inspector, in order to remove to the dust boats the dust, dirt, ashes and refuse from the public dust bins, and from the dust boxes of private tenements. The carts used for this purpose will be provided by the Government,
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