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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD JUNE, 1883.
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7.—It is prohibited to all householders to retain within their premises night-soil, urine, house- slops, garbage, or any refuse matters whatsoever over one day; and it will be the duty of the Police Inspector to see that such refuse matters are regularly removed from every house in the village, in buckets with close fitting covers, and carried to the proper depôts every morning before 8 o'clock. In respect of the contents of the licensed manure depôts, the Police Inspector shall see that such are not removed except by the Government Contractors' coolies, and that such removal is effected only in buckets with close fitting covers and before 8 o'clock in the morning.
8.-The Police Inspector shall see that the Government Contractor keeps a proper and efficient servant in charge of the public latrines of the village, that such latrines are kept at all times in a clean and inoffensive condition, that they are properly whitewashed once a month according to the terms of the Contractor's agreement, and that no charge is made to the public for their use.
9.-The Police Inspector shall not allow any cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, poultry, or other live stock to roam at large about the streets of the village.
10. The Police Inspector shall be primarily responsible for the general order and cleanliness of the village under his charge, and he shall at all times use his best endeavours to promote the object, intention, and spirit of these instructions in respect of the prevention of any abuses and offences against public order and cleanliness which may not have been herein specified or provided against.
11.-It shall be the duty of the Police Inspector to see daily that every clause of the agreement for the scavenging of the village shall be faithfully and scrupulously fulfilled by the Government Contractor, and that the Rules and Regulations of the Governor in Council under Ordinances No. 9 of 1867, and No. 7 of 1883 are strictly enforced.
12.-The sanitary condition of the village will be periodically examined into and reported upon to the Sanitary Inspector by a visiting Inspector of Nuisances, who will in the first instance call upon the Police Inspector at the Police Station, and ask him for any information he may have to offer upon matters connected with the scavenging contract, with the general sanitation of the village, or with any infractions of sanitary law, and the Police Inspector is hereby required to give the visiting Inspector of Nuisances every information and assistance the latter may require in his inquiries.
Captain Superintendent of Police.
Approved in Executive Council, this 20th day of June, 1883.
ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.
Scavenging Contract.
1.--The Contractor shall, each and every day, sweep all the public or private streets, courts, lanes, alleys, passages and roads in Victoria, between the Western Slaughter House and Causeway Bay, including the Kennedy Road. For this purpose, he shall maintain six permanent sweeping gangs consisting of as many coolies as may in the opinion of the Sanitary Inspector be necessary to carry out the terms of this Contract, but such gangs are to consist of never less than Fifteen coolies in each. The coolies shall be provided with serviceable and proper brooms, baskets and all tools and implements necessary for the efficient execution of their duty. Each gang shall consist of able bodied adult coolies, and shall be placed under a thoroughly competent foreman, who must understand the English language, The gangs must work separately, and shall have charge of the Eastern, Central and Western divisions of the City respectively. The boundaries of each division will be the same as those allotted to the Inspectors of Nuisances, viz.: between the Eastern and Central divisions, a line drawn from the Robinson Road passing along Garden Road to Murray Wharf; and between the Central and Western divisions, a line drawn from Robinson Road passing along West Street and the Western Market to the Praya.
2.-The Contractor shall every day scrape or sweep the channels of the streets, clearing them of all sand, mud, refuse, and rubbish as carefully as the streets themselves, for this purpose he shall maintain a separate gang of coolies, who shall accompany the sweeping gang and carry on this work at the same time as the latter.
3.--The Contractor shall likewise every day carefully sweep and clear all footpaths 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
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