THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 16, 1927.
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8. Prohibited Areas (Afforestation) Bill.-The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the First reading of a Bill intituled An Ordinance to enable certain areas to be declared prohibited areas with a view to the pro- tection of afforestation operations.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
9. REVIEW OF THE PAST THIRTY YEARS, - His Excellency the Governor addressed the Council and reviewed the Colony's financial history for the past thirty years.
10. Appropriation Bill for 1928.-The Colonial Secretary addressed the Council and moved the First reading of a Bill intituled An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Seventeen million four hundred and fifty thousand one hundred and three Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1928.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
11. Public Works Loan Bill.-The Colonial Secretary addressed the Council and moved the First reading of a Bill intituled An Ordinance to make provision for a loan of five million dollars for the carrying out of certain public works. The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
ADJOURNMENT.
12. The Council then adjourned until Thursday, the 15th day of September, 1927.
Confirmed this 15th day of September, 1927.
E. W. HAMILTON,
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
C. CLEMENTI,
Governor.
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No. 532. His Excellency the Governor has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the KING, to the following Ordinances passed by the Legislative Council :-
Ordinance No. 11 of 1927.-An Ordinance to amend the Asylums Ordinance,
1906.
Ordinance No. 12 of 1927.-An Ordinance to enable certain areas to be declared prohibited areas with a view to the protection of afforestation operations.
Ordinance No. 13 of 1927.-An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Seventeen million four hundred and fifty thousand
one hundred and three Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1928.
Ordinance No. 14 of 1927.--An Ordinance to make provision for a loan of five million dollars for the carrying out of certain public works.