678 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 10, 1909.
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee, dated the 27th August, 1909, and moved its adoption.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
LIQUOR LICENCES.-The Resolution for the increase of Fees for Licences payable under the provisions of the Liquor Licences Ordinances, 1898-1908, was not proceeded with.
QUESTION. Mr. M. STEWART, pursuant to notice, asked the following question :-
Is it a fact that, as stated in the newspapers, a coolie was fined $25 at the Police Court for playing a dice game in the street, and that, in the same Court on the same day, fines amounting to less than half that amount were imposed in the case of a conviction for being drunk and disorderly in Morrison Hill Road, and unprovokedly assaulting and wounding Mr. Blowey by striking him several times on the head with a heavy stick?
The Colonial Secretary replied.
MAGISTRATES AND CRIMINAL LAW FURTHER AMENDMENT BILL.-The Colonial Secre- tary moved the First reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Magistrates and Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 1909.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
His Excellency the Governor addressed the Council.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
OPIUM BILL.-The Colonial Secretary moved the Second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend and consolidate the Laws relating to Opium and its Compounds,
The Colonial Treasurer seconded,
Mr. M. STEWART and His Excellency the Governor addressed the Council.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a second time.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
Council resumed, and Bill reported with amendments.
The Colonial Secretary moved that the Bill be read a third time.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a third time.
Question put-that this Bill do pass.
Bill passed.
HARBOUR OF REFUGE BILL.-The Second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to authorize the Construction and Maintenance of a Harbour of Refuge upon and over certain portions of the Sea Bed and Foreshore situated upon the Harbour frontage at Tai- koktsui, Mongkoktsui, and Yaumati, Kowloon, in this Colony, was not proceeded with.
TRAMWAY AMENDMENT BILL.-The Second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Tramway Ordinance, 1902, was not proceeded with.
LIQUOR LICENCES AMENDMENT, BILL.-The Second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Liquor Licences Ordinance, 1898, and the Liquor Licences Exten- sion Ordinance, 1908, and to repeal the Liquor Licences Amendment Ordinance, 1902, was not proceeded with.
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