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for goods sold and delivered and for expenses incurred. Mr. Bowley (of Lir. Lennys's office) appeared for the plaintiffs and withdrew the suit as against Lee Sing who was sued as a partner. The case was then formally proved by the plaintiffs, and judgment was given for the full amount against Danenberg and Co.
3rd December.
BUI HEUNG Chuen anD YEUNG POW SHI v. HO HING.
The first plaintiff is the executor and the second the executrix of the will of Young Tak Wai, deceased, and they sued for the return of a quantity of clothing belonging to the de- ceased's estate and wrongfully detained by the defendant; in the alternative they claimed $870, the value of the clothing. The case was heard some time ago, and the point at issue was who was responsible for the clothing. It was taken away to Macao during the plague epidemic after Young Tak Wai died in order to prevent it from being disinfected or burnt. The plaintiffs sejd the defendant took it away and refused to return it, while the defendant denied his liability and said the clothing, which cousisted of si!! taken away
in accordance with a family arrauge- ment.
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His Lordship gave judgment 1. r the defend ant with cost.
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HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD.
A meeting of t. Tuesday at the (Director of PN were also prese Hastings (Act
Police), Dr.
geon), Dr. I
oard was 11 en F. A. Cooper pic: ded, and there im inter W. C. H. superintendent of
Cedical Officer of Health), and Mr. f. alum (Secretary,
MINUTES.
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed.
THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH AN
THE SELECT COMMITTLE,
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
The PRESIDENT, in moving the resolution standing in his ne se da quii, peut ent that owing to the with al of air. uroste prom the Board's services i order to return to the bes pital a vacancy has occurred on the Select Com- mittee. The Medical Officer of Health has recently taken charge, and think he will be able to render very valuable assistance to the Board as he is better acquainted with the ins and outs of the various questions than many of us can possibly be. I therefore beg to move- "That the Medical Officer of Health be #p- pointed, under the provisions of section 3 of Ordinance 11 of 1895. a member of the Select Committee controlling the work connected with the removal of illegal cubicles and illegal cock. lofts, the stopping of the ilegal occupation of basements, and seeing that common lodging. houses are properly occupied.
The ACTING CAPTAIN SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE seconded.
Carried.
NEW BY-LAWS.
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Select Committee had declined to grant per- mission for anyone to pass the night in base- ments such as these. Between the room abutting on the earth and Sam To Lane there is a narrow yard and a covered space evidently intended to serve as a cookhouse.
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The Medical Officer of Health wrote:- "These basements have no light or ventilation other than that derived from the lane, which is 12 feet wide. They can, by by-law 15 (Or- dinance 15 of 1894). be used as shops, but I cannot recommend that permission be granted for a caretaker to pass the night in any of them."¦
The following minutes were appended: Mr. J. Ede--I should think one caretaker might be allowed
The Acting Colonial Surgeon--The caretaker might be allo: ed | resme he does not sleep there. It is on duty at night
The Acting Captain Superinterdent of Police- Doom end retura. Orrestert, the Medical Officer of Health, re nner de refusal; why ask bis opinion if it is rỗt to be taken?
A petition was received from Wong Wai Kai requesting permission to use the basements of Nos. 1 to 9, Ch dng Fuk Lane as stores, and to have his men swing timber from early morning till 5 o'clock in the afternoon. No person will pass the night in these basements.
The Bedical ficer of Health wrote that the basements conlū] by by-law 14 (Ordinance 15 of 1894). He needly as stores or out housesg.
In reply to this the Secretary wrote "What is the point raise The man asks to be allowed to 's premises as workshops during the ay do far as I know the law he is quite within his righ' fiu dolay so. No permission is required i think!”
ile Medical Officer of Health replied- By-law 15 Ordinance 15 of 1894) requires that any basem: ccupied as a shop must front on a streef of a clear width of not less farn eight feet. My note shows that the lane is only 5 feet 0 neles wide, and hence, by by-law 14, can Ķe used as a store, kitchen,
uthouse crdy,
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The secretar a minute to the Pre- sident said...“ Isloul think that a place used for cuffing word comes fairly within the de- fluition outhouse." I presume the point is. Is a workshop of this kind ah outhouse or shop?
The following minutes were attached :-
Mr. Ede-If de kasement Le properly concreted and dry and properly verilated I would allow it to Te sed for withing in by day.
The Arting Colonial Surgeon-May be used as stores fuit not fogj any other purpose. To allow men to work in suelrå isen.ent is clearly against the by-
law.
The Acting Cptain Superintendent of Police- Stures only. There has been trouble enough clear- ing these basements Don't let the thin end of the wedge le got in again.
A similar application was made by Tsang Keng. of No. 391. Queen's Road, for permission to inhabit the basement, and another was made by Mr. Ho Tung for permission for one care- taker to sleep at night in each of the godowns Nos. 7 and 8. Au Fang Street (basements of Nos. 347 to 355, Queen's Road West).
In introducing the new by-laws for regulating
The PRESIDENT moved that the papers be re- the offensive trades of bone-boiling, tallow-melt-ferred to the Select Committee, who had full ing, fat-melting, and fat-extracting, the 'RE- powers to deal with them.
Carried, SIDENT said that dr. Ede was unable, through ill health, to be present at the meeting, but he generally concurred ir the by-laws.
The by-laws were approved.
APPOINTMENT OF DR. CLARK AS MEMBER. The following letter to the Secretary was read: -"27th November, 1895. Sir,—1 am directed to state for the information of the Sanitary Board that his Excellency the Governo has been pleased to appoint Dr. Francis William Clark, Medical Officer of Health. to be a member of the Board until further notice.-I have. &c., J. H. Stewart Lockhart, Colonial recretary.'
THE OCCUPATION OF BASE ENTS.
Messrs. Leigh and Orange :ote on behalf of Chan A King for permission to occupy the basements of Nos. 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12, in a lane off Second Street. The floors had been recently concreted acording to Ordinance.
The Assistant Secretary, in a note to the Medical Officer of Lealth, said these basements could, with the permission of the Board, be used as "shops." Hitherto the
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AN ADDITIONAL INSPECTOR WANTED. The Medical Officer of Health, in a re- port, called the attention of the Board to the urgeut necessity for an additional Inspector of Nuisances for the rural districts. At the present time the senior inspector devotes almost the whole of his time to rural inspections and is thus placed on much the same footing as his subordinates, while he is totally unable to carry out the Standing Orders of the Board, which require him to supervise their work, to inspect at least once every week the whole of the city of Victoria, the hill districts, and the anchorages for transhipment of night-soil, etc. At no distant date two rural inspectors will be required, one of whom should be stationed at Aberdeen and the other at Shaukiwan, but for the present be (the Medical Officer) believed, that the work could be carried out by one man, residing in the city.
The PRESIDENT moved that a letter be ad- dressed to the Colonial Secretary forwarding
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this report with a strong recommendation that steps be taken to comply with the Medical Officer's request.
The ACTING Colonial SURGEON Secorded. Carried.
MORTALITY RETURNS.
For the week ended 23rd November the death rate was 35.7 per 1,000 per annum, as against 19.6 for the corresponding week of last year.
There were no minutes.
THE SANITARY SURVEYOR'S EXPORT. The Sanitary Surveyor, Mr. J. R. Crook in his third quarterly report for 1895, said that the re-draining of twenty-seven buildings had been completed during the year and nineteen were still in hand. An increase has again taken place in the number of houses for which drainage plans have been deposited, there being 111 houses more this quarter than last. A large increase must also be reported in the number of houses completed, viz., 623 against 214. Certificates have been granted during the quarter to 63 houses as having been built-in accordance with the provisions of the Publio Health Ordinance.
ADJOURNMENT.
The Board then adjourned.
THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LIGHT AND PASS REGULATIONS.
DISCONTENT AMONGST THE CHINESE.
Great discontent prevails amongst the Chinese in reference to the present strict en- forcement of the light and pass regulations. The grounds of complaint, we are informed, are
as follow
1.-For over ten years the regulations have not been enforced, but now the law is carried out so strictly as to be exceedingly inconvenient to all classes of Chinese, high and low, and to inflict a serious blow on various branches of trade.
2. Some people, especially shipping clerks, have to remain at their offices until eight or nine o'clock. When going home they must carry a lamp; otherwise they are arrested and no excuse whatever is accepted. These people are all respectable and it is repugnant to their feelings to be obliged to carry a lamp.
3.The law is enforced on women as well as men and no forbearance whatever is shown
to the weaker sex. Serious robberies are never committed by women, nor do women commit other serious offences during the night. The Women and Girls Protection Ordinance is in force, and why, it is asked, cannot females be allowed the privilege of going out at night?
4. People who are well dressed, of good repute, and who can give a good account of themselves are to be locked up if they are found out without a light and pass. even though they are in a chair or jinricksha. People crossing the street to an opposite shop are to be arrested for walking even those few paces without a light and pass.
5.--The streets are all quiet now after 7
p.m. and shops which formerly kept open to a later hour are now closed before eight o'clock.
6.-School boys, if without night passes, can- not attend the night schools.
7.-The Chinese theatres have now very small audiences.
8.--People who thought Hongkong was free from the night pass regulations have opened eating houses which carry on business prin- cipally at night. These people will be ruined, for they can now get few customers.
9.-The night pass regulations have never be- fore been so strictly enforced as now, even when first introduced.
10. In such a busy and populous place as Hongkong one or two small robberies cannot be considered a very serious thing.
11. The policemen are now entirely engaged in catching people who are abroad at night and sometimes a person walking along several streets will not meet a single policeman, because they have all gone with their prisoners to the police station. This is not the way to prevent crime, but rather affords robbers their opportunity.
12.-Do the Government intend to stop all business after 7 p.m., such as eating houses, theatres, and houses of entertainment
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