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THE HONGKONG GOV" GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 13mи JUNE, 1883.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 209.

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The lowing Rules and Regulations are published under the provisions of Ordinances 9 of 1867, and 7 of 1883.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th June, 1883.

W. H. MARSH,

Colonial Secretary.

Rules and Regulations made by the Governor in Council, this 13th day of June, 1883, under Ordinances No. 9 of 1867, and No. 7 of 1883, in relation to the maintenance of Order and Cleanliness within the Colony of Hongkong.

1.—The general surface-scavenging of the City of Victoria, and the daily removal of Excreta from Government Buildings and from Public Latrines shall be solely under the charge of Government Contractors.

2.-All carriers of night-soil from private tenements, whether such carriers be the servants of the Government Contractors, or whether they be private carriers, shall use buckets of a uniform size with closely fitting covers, according to a pattern deposited for the inspection of the public at the District Police Stations in the City, and no night-soil shall be allowed to be carried in buckets other than of the class here specified.

3. The night-soil carriers and the scavengers in the employ of the Government Contractors shall bear a distinguishing badge.

4.-No boats other than those belonging to the Government Contractors shall be used for the conveyance of night-soil or urine, and all such boats shall be of the size of No. 2 cargo boats, and they shall be completely decked over, and be constructed in accordance with a specification to be determined by the Sanitary Board.

5.--The night-soil boats shall be stationed at the following wharves :—

1. Jardine's Bazaar.

2. Ship Street, Wán-trai.

3. Eastern Market.

4. Pottinger Street.

5. Gilman Street. 6. Cleverly Street.

7. Queen Street. 8. Eastern Street. 9. French Street. 10. Shek-t'ong-tsui.

6. No night-soil carrier shall convey any night-soil along any public road before 2.30 A.M. or after 7 A.M. in summer, or 7.30 A.M. in winter; and the night-soil boats shall not remain at the aforementioned wharves after 7 A.M. in summer, or 7.30 A.M. in winter; and in respect of the carriage of night-soil or noxious waters from the Hill Districts of Victoria Peak, Mount Gough or Mount Kellett, no carrier shall convey the same after 5.30 A.M. in summer or 6 A.M. in winter.

7. No person shall be at liberty to purchase and take delivery of any manurial matters from the Government Contractors' boats while the latter are stationed at the wharves, or while they are on their passage to the anchorage station outside the harbour, and no Government Contractor shall part with any such manurial matters until after the boats shall have arrived at the anchorage station.

8.-No person shall upon any account whatsoever permit any night-soil or urine to remain within his tenement or premises over twenty-four hours, but shall take the necessary steps for the daily removal of the same to the night-soil boats with due regularity, by a private carrier or by a Government Contractor, between the hours laid down in the preceding Rule.

9.--No person shall carry noxious waters along any public road or thoroughfare within the city of Victoria, for the purpose of feeding pigs or for manurial irrigation, except in buckets provided with tightly fitting covers, and no such noxious waters shall be carried along any public road or thoroughfare after 7 A.M. in summer, or 7.30 A.M. in winter.