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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 28, 1927.
ABSENT:
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government (the Honourable Mr. WILFRID
THOMAS SOUTHORN, C.M.G.)
The Honourable Mr. ROLAND ARTHUR CHARLES NORTH, (Secretary for Chinese Affairs).
Mr. DALLAS GERALD MERCER BERNARD.
1. The Council met pursuant to adjournment.
His Excellency the General Officer
Commanding the Troops occupied the Chair.
MINUTES.
2. The Minutes of the Meeting held on the 15th September, 1927, were confirmed.
PAPERS.
3. The following papers were laid on the table :-
Administration Reports, 1926:-
Part I.-General Administration :-
Report of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
Sessional Papers, 1927 :-
No. 9.-Bias Bay Piracies (Supplement to Sessional Paper No. 7 of 1927). Regulations made by the Governor in Council under the Public Places Regula-
tion Ordinance, 1870, on 15th September, 1927.
Order made by the Governor in Council under section 7 of the Rating Ordi-
nance, 1901, on 15th September, 1927.
Regulation made by the Governor in Council under sections 25 (4), and 33 (2) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, on 21st September, 1927. Rule made by the Governor in Council under section 18 of the Prisons Ordi-
nance, 1899, on 28th September, 1927.
Rescission of the Orders made by the Governor in Council under the Merchant
Shipping Ordinance, 1899, on 29th September, 1927.
Regulation made by the Governor in Council under section 3 (1) of the Opium
Ordinance, 1923, on 29th September, 1927.
Order made by the Governor in Council under section 4 of the Asylums Ordi-
nance, 1906, on 4th October, 1927.
Regulation made by the Governor in Council under section 47 of the Protection
of Women and Girls Ordinance, 1897, on 4th October, 1927.
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
4. The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee
(No. 11), dated 12th September 1927, and moved its adoption.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
QUESTIONS.
5. The Hon. Mr. W. E. L. SHENTON, pursuant to notice, asked :—
Are the Government prepared to deal with motor cars plying for public hire
in the public streets of the Colony by-
(a) Fixing a scale of fares, or
(b) Insisting that each motor car so plying carries with it a meter
registering an approved scale of charges.
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