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(vi) The report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1896; and

(vii) The tabulated statement of the Medical Officer of Health (Appendix No. 12) which shews that no more than about 18% of the Chinese dwellings in the City of Victoria can be regarded as "in a fairly good sanitary condition."

C. P. CHATER.

T. JACKSON.

T. H. WHITEHEAD. See further recom-

N. J. EDE.

mendations at foot hereof.

I agree with the above Report, with the exception that I am of opinion that para- graph 7 thereof should read as follows:

7.—In houses fronting on narrow lanes less than 15 fect in width, no cubicles should be allowed on any floor.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Chairman.

Note.-Paragraph 7 : We are of opinion that this should read as follows:

7.-In houses fronting on narrow lanes less than 15 feet in width, no cubicles whaterer should be allowed on any floor, and in houses fronting on lanes and streets of over that width no cubicles should be allowed on the ground floor without the permission of the Sanitary Board.

To paragraph 13 we desire to add:--

We are further of opinion that no cubicles erected or to be re-erected in future shall be placed nearer than six feet to any window the area of which is included in calculating the required window area of one-tenth of the flour area.

We also desire to add the following:

17.—Upon mature consideration we strongly recommend that the further erection of dwelling-houses of a greater depth than 30 feet, which cannot be ventilated and lighted on each floor from the back as well as from the front, should be absolutely prohibited and such ventilation should be provided by means of an open space, or yard, of an area not less than onc-eighth of the arca occupied by the building.

T. H. WHITEHEAD.

N. J. EDE.

HONGKONG, 9th March, 1898.