484 THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 13TH JUNE, 1883.
19.-Nothing contained in these Regulations shall apply to Contractors employed by Her Majesty's Naval or Military Authorities.
20. Any wilful breach on the part of the Government Contractors for the time being of the whole or any part of the covenants entered into between the Government and the Government Contractors for the removal of night-soil and for the general scavenging of the City of Victoria, may upon Summary Conviction before a Police Magistrate be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.
21.-The Rules and Regulations of the 2nd of October, 1874, under Ordinance No. 9 of 1867, are hereby repealed.
Council Chamber, Hongkong, 13th June, 1883.
ARATHOON SEth, Clerk of Councils.
Rules and Regulations made by the Governor in Council, this 13th day of June, 1883, for the effectual carrying out of Ordinances No. 9 of 1867, and No. 7 of 1883, in the villages of Hongkong and its dependencies.
1.-The Sanitary Board shall enter into an Agreement with a Government Scavenging Contractor for the Surface Scavenging of each one of the villages of Shau-ki Wan, Aberdeen with Ap-li Chau, Stanley, Yau-ma Ti, and Hung Hoin.
2. The removal of night-soil from Government Buildings and public latrines in the village shall be solely under the charge of the Government Contractor for the village.
3. All carriers of night-soil, urine, house-slops, or of any noisome refuse matter, whether they be the servants of the Government Contractor or whether they be private carriers, shall use buckets with close fitting covers, according to a pattern which shall be kept for public inspection at the village Police Station.
4. No night-soil, urine, house-slops, garbage, or refuse matters whatsoever of a noisome character shall be allowed to remain within a tenement over one day. Such refuse matters shall be removed every morning before 8 o'clock, either by the Government Contractor or by private carriers.
5.--All night-soil and urine removed by the carriers of the Government Contractor shall become the absolute property of the Government Contractor.
6.-Two or more public latrines shall be erected by the Government in each village, and they shall be maintained by the Government Contractor in proper order in accordance with the terms of his agreement, free of charge to the public.
7.-Owners of gardens shall be at liberty to use on their own land the waste products of their tenements if conveyed according to existing Regulations, and if such waste products are not used on their own land by Garden owners, the latter shall not be at liberty to dispose of such waste products in any way other than by direct transmission to the Licensed manure depôts.
8.-Two or more public dust-bins shall be erected and maintained by the Government in each village.
9.-No one shall deposit house sweepings, ashes, or rubbish in any place other than the public dust-bins, which shall be daily emptied by the Government Contractor and their contents disposed of as may be directed by the Sanitary Board.
10. The Sanitary Board shall set apart suitable sites for manure depôts for each village, and the same shall be licensed by the Sanitary Board for the sole use of the Government Contractor, and no depôts for manure shall be allowed other than those licensed.
11.-Any breach of the above regulations may be punished by a fine not exceeding $100, or by imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any period not exceeding 3 months.
12.-Any wilful breach on the part of the Government Contractor of any of the terms of his agreement for the general scavenging of the village, may upon summary conviction before a Police Magistrate be punished by a fine not exceeding $100.
Council Chamber, Hongkong, 13th June, 1883.
ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.
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