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To the Owner and Occupier of the

Appendix C.

SANITARY BOARD.

HONGKONG.

In the matter of The closeil houses and insanitary dwellings Ordinance, 1894.

Notice is hereby given to you on behalf of the Sanitary Board that cocklofts or mezzanine floors and cubicles are being continued or maintained in the above domestic building in contravention of Ordinance 15 of 1894, and that if such continuance or maintenance exists on and after the

a prosecution will be instituted.

To

day of

189

By order of the Sanitary Board,

Secretary.

Extract from Ordinance 15 of 1894.

Section 7.-"It shall not be lawful to construct, put up, continue or maintain in any room of any domestic building now or hereafter erected or in course of erection any mezzanine floor, storey or cockloft where such room is partitioned or divided off into separate compartments without the permission in writing of the Sanitary Board."

Section 8, Sub-section (b).-" Where any room of any domestic building is divided into separate compartments by partitions, it shall not be lawful to put up, continue or maintain partition walls of a greater height than 8 feet, or to leave a space between the top of the partitions and the ceiling or underside of the joists, of less than 4 feet, or to allow such space to be closed except in such manner and with such material as may be prescribed by the Sanitary Board, and unless the whole of such compartments are provided with light and ventilation to the satisfaction of the Sanitary Board. For the purposes of this section every sub-division of a domestic building unless it has one window at least, as herein before specified opening directly into the external air, shall be considered a compartment." (The window is required to have a total area, clear of the window frame, of at least one-tenth of the floor area of the room.)

Section 13, Bye-law No. 7.-The space required by section 8, sub-section (b), of Ordinance 15 of 1894, to be left above partitions shall not be enclosed except with wire netting, iron bars, lattice work or carved wood work, arranged in such a way as to leave at least two-thirds of such space open and as far as practicable eveuly distributed.

N.B.-The words "domestic building" include "any human habitation or building where persons (other than a caretaker) pass the night." (Section 2.)

Appendix D.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 373.

COCKLOFTS AND CUBICLES in

Buildings erected BEFORE the passing of the Closed Houses and Insanitary Dwellings Ordinance No. 15 of 1894, (29th December, 1894).

1. No permission will be granted under the provisions of sub-section 1 of section 7 of Ordinance 15 of 1894 for the erection or continuance of mezzanine floors, stories or cocklofts in rooms partitioned or divided off into separate compartments unless the following conditions are complied with:-

(a) The premises are constructed and maintained in a satisfactory sanitary condition. (b) Such mezzanine floor, storey or cock loft is situated on the top or ground floor of

premises