708047-1869-GOVERNMENT-NOTIFICATION — Page 5

HE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH SEPTEMBER, 1869.

As to Veran- dahs, &c.

Fire Proof Verandahs may be erected.

Owners of Verandalis

Projection from any Building shall extend beyond the general Line of Fronts in any Street, except with the Permission of the Surveyor General.

XXI. Verandahs shall be allowed over the Pathway on Queen's Road and Praya when solidly constructed of Iron, Brick, or Stone throughout in Accordance with a Plan approved by the Surveyor General, but not otherwise.

XXII. Fire Proof Verandahs or Balconies may, with the Sanc- tion of the Surveyor General, be erected over the Public Path- ways generally.

XXIII. The Owners of Verandahs and Balconies shall enter into an Agreement with the Surveyor General that they will not at any Time, unless re-approved, deviate from or add to the an Agreement. Plans of Verandahs originally approved and signed by him.

to enter into

As to Pathways under Verandahs, &c.

As to Sun Shades.

Buildings to

of Ordinance

are inapplica- ble.

XXIV. The Pathway under Verandahs erected by the Tenant of the adjoining Lot shall be properly paved with Stone Flagging to the Satisfaction of the Surveyor General, but the entire Con- trol over and Property in every such Pathway shall be vested in the Colonial Government.

XXV. Sun Shades over Public Pathways shall be allowed only in Accordance with a Plan which may be seen at the Surveyor General's Office.

XXVI. Whenever any Builder is desirous of erecting any Iron which Rules Building or any other Building to which the Rules of this Or- dinance are inapplicable, he shall make an Application to the Surveyor General stating such Desire, and setting out a Plan of the proposed Building with such Particulars as to the Construe- tion thereof as may be required, and the latter, if satisfied with ́ such Plan and Particulars, shall signify his Approval of the same, and thereupon such Building may be constructed according to such Plan and Particulars.

above Three Months)

resuming

Works.

XXVII. No New Buildings or Works shall be commenced until properly prepared Plans in conformity with this Ordinance have been submitted to and approved by the Surveyor General.

As to Commence- ment and Alteration of Buildings. Four Days'

XXVIII. It shall not be lawful for any Person to commence Notice to be or (in the Case of any Works, the Progress whereof shall have given before

been for a Period exceeding Three Months suspended) to resume commencing

any Wo

Vorks, other than Works of like nature as are excepted in or (in the Case of Works Section VII, until Four Days' written Notice of the Intention to suspended for commence or resume the same shall have been given unto the Surveyor General at his Office by the Person by or for whom such Works are intended to be commenced, or resumed, and every such Notice shall specify the material Particulars of the said intended Works, and any Person commencing or resuming any Works without having first given such Notice as aforesaid to the Surveyor General, or before the Expiration of Four Days from every Default. the giving thereof, shall for every such. Default forfeit and pay Except in to Her Majesty a Sum not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars; except where any inevitable Accident or Emergency shall have occurred to make it necessary to commence or resume any Works imme- in which Case diately, in which Case only, it shall be lawful to commence or resume the same, yet so as that written Notice thereof and of the given within material Particulars of such Works shall within Two Days after commencing or resuming the same be given by the Person by or for whom the same were so commenced or resumed unto the said Surveyor General at his Office aforesaid.

Penalty for

Case of

inevitable

Necessity,

Notice to be

Two Days after commencing

or resuming the Works.

As to Sheds for Workmen.

Matshed over Building.

As to

XXIX. The Erection of Sheds for Workmen shall be allowed only on the written Permission of the Surveyor General, and a separate Permit will be given for each Shed stating the Size allowed and the Sheds must in all Cases, if within Fifty Yards of any Building, be made of Timber Planking and roofed with Tiles.

XXX. No Matshed shall be placed over any Building in course of Erection without the Permission of the Surveyor General.

XXXI. During the Erection or Repairs of any Building, Leave Occupation of will be granted by the Surveyor General on written Application for the Occupation of the Pathway by enclosing it with Hoarding, both for Protection of Passers-by and for the Convenience of the Contractor and in Cases where there is no Pathway or Margin a Width or Breadth not exceeding Ten Feet will be allowed.

Pathway.

Works to be liable in

XXXII. The Surveyor General shall have Access to any Tene- ment for the Purpose of surveying or inspecting any Works certain Cases thereon or therein commenced, resumed, or in Progress, and any Person obstructing or interfering with the said Surveyor General in the Discharge of this Duty shall be liable for each and every Offence to a Penalty not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars.

to be abated as a Nuisance.

Contracts

made or executed

XXXIII. All Contracts hereafter to be made for Works contrary to the Provisions of this Ordinance shall be null and void, and it shall not be lawful to execute in Contravention of the said Pro-