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way between the top of the wall and the underside of the topmost timber of the roof.
Objects and Reasons.
1. The chief object of this bill is to reduce the minimum statutory height of storeys in suitable cases in order thereby to lessen the cost of building.
2. The reduction will apply to detached and semi- detached houses and to any other houses to which the Building Authority considers that the reduced minima should apply.
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3. A special definition of the term "storey been adopted for section 2 of this Ordinance because the general definition in s. 6 (53) of the principal Ordi- nance excludes spaces with a less height than nine feet. If that general definition were to apply to this section such spaces would be entirely unregulated unless speci- fically referred to. In other words, it would be useless to fix minimum heights for storeys if it were possible to construct spaces which would evade the section by being so low that they were not "storeys " within the statu- tory definition. The only effect of such a section would be to prohibit spaces of heights lying between the statutory "minimum and nine feet.
1. Sub-clauses (3), (5) and (8) of clause 2 of the bill embody the present provisions. The new relaxations are contained in sub-clauses (4) and (6).
5. The new section 1168 provides that no space under nine feet high "in the clear" shall be used for human habitation. This applies to all buildings.
J. H. KEMP,
Attorney General.
26th May, 1920.
NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 151.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.
Place or Port.
Nature of Measures.
Date.
Reference to Govern- ment Noti- fication.
Philippine All passengers from Hongkong to produce special certificate.
Islands.
Newchwang. All vessels arriving from Hongkong will be treated as
Suspected Vessels.
Singapore.
Bengal.
Netherlands- India.
Hongkong declared an infected port on account of plague.
Regulations for the prevention of the introduction of plague by sea enforced in the ports of Orissa against vessels arriving from Hongkong.
Hongkong declared an infected port on account of plague. Importation of the following articles from Hongkong or transshipped at this port is temporarily prohibited :- (1) wearing apparel, old and worn clothes, household effects for daily use, and used bedding, unless these goods are transported as personal luggage or in consequence of removal; (2) rags. (Refuse of new goods coming direct from the weaving-mills, from workshops where apparel is made, or from bleaching-establishments, artificial wool, and cuttings of newspaper, are not considered as rags.)
Quarantine up to 21 days according to the state of health on board the ships but subject to exemption on production of certificates legalised by the Netherlands Consul- General at Hongkong.
7th March, 1918. No. S. 49.
27th May, 1919.
No. S. 86.
19th July, 1918. No. S. 181.
24th June, 1918. No. S. 192.
10th Feb., 1920.
No. S. 38.
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