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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23rd JUNE, 1883.
No. 18.-Dust-cart with 6 Dustmen.
To start from St. Joseph's College, and go along Robinson Road, Bonham Road, Pokfulam Road to French Street Wharf.
No. 19.-Dust-cart with 6 Dustmen.
To start from the corner of Third Street and New East Street, and go along Third Street, along Second Street and back to Pokfulam Road and Queen's Road to New East Street Wharf.
No. 20.--Dust-cart with 8 Dustmen.
To start from the corner of First Street and New East Street, and go along First Street, Pokfulam Road, Battery Road, Nullah Street Praya to New East Street Wharf.
12. All dust-carts shall start at 5 A.M. in summer, and 5.30 A.M. in winter, visiting the Public Dust-bins in the localities through which they may pass, and after waiting a few minutes at every main crossing, they shall reach the floating dust-bins not later than 6.40 A.M. in summer, and 7.10 A.M. in winter.
13.--The Contractor shall appoint one dustman out of every gang employed in drawing the dust- carts to act as foreman of the gang, and the Contractor shall see that all such foremen adhere punctually to the hours of departure and arrival here laid down for the dust-carts, that all the dust-boxes are properly emptied into the carts by the people, and that in respect of such bye streets as are not visited by the dust carts every facility and assistance be given to the inhabitants to empty their dust boxes into the carts while the latter are passing along the streets, and with a view to notify the people of the approach of the dust-cart, the foreman of the same shall ring a bell at every main crossing.
14. The Contractor shall maintain the dust-carts at all times in good repair, and expiration of his contract he shall return such carts to the Sanitary Inspector in good condition, fair the upon wear and tear excepted.
15. The Contractor shall carefully scavenge to the satisfaction of the Sanitary Inspector the whole of the public markets and slaughter houses within the town, carefully removing the refuse from the same to the dust-boats.
16. The Contractor shall provide dust-boats adequately manned, and suitable in number and size, as directed in section 4 of the Rules and Regulations issued by the Governor in Council under Ordinances No. 9 of 1867 and No. 7 of 1883, and the carrying capacity and crew of each dust-boat shall not be less than those specified in the following list ;-
No.
STATION.
1
Jardine's Bazaar,
2
Ship Street,
3
Eastern Market,
4
Ice House Street,.
5 Pottinger Street,
6
Gilman's Bazaar,
7 Cleverly Street,
8 Queen Street,
9
New Eastern Street,
10 French Street,
11
Shekt'ongtsui Nullah,
Dust-boats.
CARRYING CAPACITY IN PICULS WEIGHT,
MINIMUM NO. OF CREW.
300
5
·500.
7
300
5
500
7
500
7
600
7
600
7
600
7
300
4
400
5
400
5
17. The dust-boats shall be stationed daily at the wharves named between the hours of 4 A.M, and 7 A.M. in summer, or 4.30 A.M. and 7.30 A.M. in winter, but they will not be allowed to remain on any account whatever after the times specified, but will proceed direct to Lápsápwán, and such dust-boats, as well as the dust-carts referred to in the preceding clause, shall be carefully cleansed every day after the conveyance of the refuse, so as to be inoffensive to the neighbourhood in which they may be kept.
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