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WATERWORKS . [ 10 of 1890.] 1309


No. 16 OF 1890.
An Ordinance to provide for and regulate the supply Title.
of Water in the Colony of Hongkong and for the
maintenance and repair of the works in connection
therewith .
[ 7th August, 1890. ]
Wh
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expended and may hereafter n time toin time
s have befro:expended been Preamble.
the estab
lishinent and maintenance of waterworks to secure a proper and
adequate supply of water for the inhabitants of the Colony and
it is expedientto provide for and regulate the supply of water
from such works as well as the maintenance and repair of all
works in connection therewith and also to make provision for
the payment of all such sums as aforesaid not otherwise provided
for and for the repayment of any loans in connection therewith
* *
and of the interest to accrue thereon .
1. This ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Short title.
IVaterworks Ordinance, 1890.
2. In this ordinance and in any regulations made hereunder tion.
Interpreta
unless there be something in the context repugnant to or
inconsistent with such construction the following words and
expressions shall have or shall include the meanings respectively
set against them , viz. : --
:



Waterworks.-- All reservoirs, dams, weirs, tanks, cisterns,
tunnels, filter-beds, conduits, aqueducts, pipes , fount
ains, sluices, valves, pumps, steam -engines, and all
other structures or appliances used or constructed, or
to be used or constructed, for the storage, conveyance,
supply, measurement or regulation of water which are
so used or have been constructed by, or on behalf of,
the Crown, and are the property thereof or which shall
hereafter be us d or constructed by the Water Author
ity.
Water Authority .-- The Resident Engineer of the water
works or such other person , persons or body corporate
as the Governor in Council may, from time to time,
appoint to manage, or supervise the waterworks or
water supply of this Colony.
Service.-All pipes, valves, cisterns, cocks, fittings, and
other appliances ( excepting any meter as hereinafter
defined ) by or through which water flows or is
intended to flow from the waterworks or which are or