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DOMESTIC CLEANLINESS.
The ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY laid on the table the following psper and moved its
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"The Bye-laws Nos. 2 and 3, under the heading "Domestic Cleanliness ard Ventilation," and the whole of the Bye-laws under the heading Scavenging and Conservancy," contained in, Schedule "B" of the Public Health and Build- ings Ordinance, 1903, aro hereby repealed, and the following Bye-laws are hereby substituted
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therefor :-
New Bye-laws made under Section 16 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903 Scavenging and Conservancy.
1. The general surface scavenging of the City of Violoris, the Hill Districts and the larger villages in the Colony and the removal of nightsoil and cognate matters from the Hill Districts, public buildings, and free and licensed latrines, shall be carried out by contractors in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the contracts for the time being in force.
2 The servants of the various public sanitary contractors shall, while at work, wear such distinguishing badge as shall from time to time be directed by the Board.
3. The occupier of any premises, or if there be no occupier the immediate landlord, shall make due provision for the daily removal of all excra. tal matters, domestic waste, refuse or other objectionable matters, from his promises to the conservancy boats, and dust-casts or dust-boats. 4. Occupiers shall provide themselves with strong substantial movable dust-bins for the reception of the day's house refuse.
5. No excretal matters shall be placed in or upon or conveyed along or across any public
road or street except between the hours of 1 a.m. and 6 a.m.
6. No pig-wash or other uoxious or offensive waters shall be placed in or upon or conveyed along or across any public road or street except between the hours of midnight and 9 a.m.
7. No excretal matters, pig-warh, or other noxious or offensive waters shall be placed in or upon or conveyed along or across any public road or street except in strong substantial buckets with closely ctting covers and of such pattern as may from time to time be approved by the Board."
8. No excretal matters, or pig-wash or other noxious or offensive waters shall be emptied, discharged, deposited, or placed in, over, or upon any gully, drain, or sewer or say inlet thereto or (after removal from any premises) in any place other than the conservancy boats provided for that purpose (except in the case of pig-wash, which may be conveyed to any licensed pig-stys),
9. In these Bye-laws the term matters includes urine.
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The ATTORNEY GENERAL Seconded, and the motion was agreed to.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
The ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY al:0 moved the approval of the following Amend- ment to No. 5 of the Domestic Cleanliness and Ventilation Bye-laws contained in Schedul "B" of the Public Health and Buldings Ordinance, 1903, made under Section 16 of theg aforesaid Ordinance:-
No. 5 of the Domestic Cleanliness and Ventilation Bye-laws contained in Schedule "B" of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, is hereby amended by deleting the last sentence thereof and substituting there for the following:-"and notice that such cleansing and limewashing has been completed shall be sent to the Secretary of the Board within three days after the date of completion." The Note to No. 5 of the Domestic Clean- liness and Ventilation Bye-laws made by the Board on June 4th, 1903, and published in the Gazette as Government Notification No. 442 of 1903, is hereby repealed; and the following substituted therefor:-"The western boundary of the eastern division of the City is Gilman Street and Peel Street; the western boundary of the central division of the City is Tank Lane and Cleverly Street; the western division of the City lies to the west of Tank Lane and Cleverly Street. Kowloon is divided into eastern and western divisions by Robinson Road and a straight line drawn from the north end thereof through the Yaumati service reservoir to the northern boundary of Kowloon."
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL 800onded and the motion was agreed to.
ODA
[March 21, 1904.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated that he did not propose to proceed with this Bill at present as he wished to consider some objections and re- Regulation commendations which had been made to him on
the subject.
NEW TERRITORIES REGULATION ORDINANCE. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the following resolution :- Whereas, by Section 6 of The Now Territories Ordinance (No. 12 of 1899) it was enacted that the s id Ordinance should remain in force for the period of the date of its coming into operation, and for year from such further period or periods might, from time to time, he determined by resolution of the Legislative Council: And whereas, by previous resolutions of the Legislative Council the said Ordinance has been continued in force until the 18th day of April, 1904, and it is expedient that the said Ordinance should have permanent effect given to it Regulation Ordinance, 1899, shall remain in it is bereby resolved that the New Territories
force until otherwise resolved by this 'ouncil." He said-The object of the resolution is to make permanent Ordinance No. 12 of 1899 under which the Governor in Council has power to mak⚫ rules for farming out or licensing the right to deal in spirits, opium, salt, and any other commodity in the New Territory, and to make rules for the collection by process of low of revenue and the custody and mann r of keep. ing accounts relating thereto, and for the collection and recovery of rents, taxes and contributions generally for revenue purposes from the New Territory. For these purposes under this Ordinanca the Governor in Council
is authorised to make rules and regulations The Ordinance as originally passed in 1899 was to remain in operation for one year only or for such further period a: the Legislative Council by res lation from time to time should deter. mine. Year by year resolutions have been passed,
and the last resolution was passed two years ago to the effect that the Ordinance should remain in force until April of this year. It has been found inconvenient for many reasons to have this constant recurrence of application to the Council for keeping in force this most necessary Ordinance. Among other dangers there is the danger of omitting this resolution when the Ordinance would lapse and all the powers there- under fail. It has been considered wise and expedient therefore that the Counci! should now be asked to pass a resolution which in its terms will keep the Ordinance in force until this Council shall otherwise determine, It will take the place of the annual or bi-annual re- solution keeping the Ordinance in force for a limited period only.
The ACTING Colonial SECRETARY seconded
and the motion was agreed to.
MOTIONS POSTPONED,
In the absence of Hon. H. E. Pollock, the following motions of which he had given notice were meantime with draion:-" That, ia view of the letter which was ro. cently adressed by Mr. Jonathan Hutchinson, F.R.S., to the Times newspaper on the subject of leprosy being caused by tainted fish, it is sirable that the Hongkong Government should
cause some enquiry to be made into the question by its medical officer. That it is desirable that the replies to questions which are put by nofficial Members of Council should be published in the Goverent Gazette in addition to the questions themselves.
NEW TERRITORIES LAND COURT OR INANCE. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the first reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to further amend the New Territories Land Court Ordinance, No. 18 of 1891.
The ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY second ed, and the motion was agreed to.
The object of this Bill is to provide for the reconstruction of the Land Court constituted under Ordinance No. 18 of 1900 and for a modification of its procedure for the purpose of facilitating the work of settling claims to land n the New Territories. With this object in ew the Bill provide, inter alia, that such tember of the Court shall have power sitting one to hear and determine any claim. By the ppointment of additional members to the Court he work of settling titles, which for various reasone has been progressing slowly, will, it is expected, be rapidly and satisfactorily accom- plished.
PREPARED OPIUM ORDINANCE.
The next item on the agenda was the second reading of a Bill entitled] an Ordinance to amend the Prepared Opium Ordinance, 1891.
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SUGAR CONVENTION. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the first reading of a
Bill entitled an Ordinance to enable effect to be given in this Colony to a Convention signed the fifth day of March, Nineteen hundred and two, in r lation to Sugar.
The ACTING Colonial SECRETARY 8 'cond-
ed, and the motion was agreed t).
This Ordinance is intended to enable this
Colony to give effect to the Brussels Sugar
The Council adjourned till the 21st inst.
Convention.
FINANCE COMMITTEE. A meeting of the Finance Committee was held after the Council, the Acting Colonial Secretary (Hon. A. M. Thomson) presiding.
GRANTS TO OFFICIALS,
The Officer Administering the Government recommended the Council to vote sums of $2,000 each for remuneration to Hon. W. Chatham, D.P.W., and to Mr. Bruce 8b p herd, Land Officer, on account of work done by them in connection with the Praya Reclamation
The vote was agreed to. COMPENSATION FOR SLAUGHTER OF COWS.
The Officer Administering the Government recommended the Council to vote a
sum of $6,050.55 for compensation on the valuation of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, for the slaugh- of Kennedy's cows and destraction of utensils, &c., necessitated by the recent outbreak of 32 sick cows and bull. @ $100 each =
disease :-
1 healthy calf
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calves
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Utensils, foodstuff, &c.,
$ 75
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$3,200.00
300
300
100
350
375
600
300
2,400.00
450.55
$6,050,55
that оп disease in
The CHAIRMAN account of яд outbreak of the dairy the whole lot of the COWB had to be slaughtered. Under the Ordinance the compensation for each was limited to $100, but it was proposed to pay rather more in respect of the cows that were not attacked by disease and yet had to be killed.
The vote was passed.
COMPENSATION VOTE.
The Officer Administering the Government recommended the Council to vots a sum of 86,50 in aid of the vote Public Works, Extra- Shan, executor of See Sang Kai, deceased, for ordinary, being compensation to Mr. See Kok
the resumption of Inland Lot No. 509.
The vote was passed.
FILLING-IN A SWAMP.
The Officer Administering the Government recommended the Council to vote a sum of $3,000 in aid of the vote Public Works, Extra- ordinary, for filling in and draining the awamp near the Starling Inlet Police Station and forming a catchwater drain round the hill which borders the area,
The DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS sistel that apart from sanitary considerations this improvement would provide the police with a level piece of ground for parade, exercise, etc.
The vote was approved
LIGHTHOUSE LIPINSES. The Offloer Administering the Government recommended the Council to vote a sum of $3,600 in aid of the vote Harbour Master's Department, Lighthouse, under Other Charges, for the following:-
Value of the apparatus for converting fixed lights at Cape D'Aguilar aud Green Island, £300 @ 1/8-$3,600.
The DIRECTOR of PUBLIC WORKS stated in reply to a question by H.E. General Hatton that the Cape D'Aguilar lighthouse was to be abolished altogether. The apparatus mentioned was for converting a fixed into an occulting light.
The vote was passed. The was all the business.
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