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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 24, 1936.
Amendments to the Registration of Imports and Exports Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 3 of the Registration of Imports and Exports Ordinance, 1922, Ordinance No. 12 of 1922, dated 13th February, 1936.
Amendment made by the Governor in Council under section 88 of the Liquors Ordinance, 1931, Ordinance No. 36 of 1931, to Form No. 5 in the First Schedule to that Ordinance, dated 14th February, 1936.
Notification under section 3 of the Marriage Ordinance, 1875, Ordinance No. 7 of 1875, declaring Chinese Methodist Church, Hennessy Road, (on Inland Lot No. 3775), licensed for the celebration of marriages, dated 17th February, 1936.
Notification made by His Excellency the Governor in Council under section 73 of the Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance, 1935, Ordinance No. 15 of 1935, relating to New Kowloon Cemetery No. 7, dated 2nd March, 1936. Addition to Regulation 30 of the Post Office Regulations, made by the Governor in Council under section 3 of the Post Office Ordinance, 1926, Ordinance No. 7 of 1926, relating to rates of postage for the trans-Pacific Air Service, dated 2nd March, 1936.
Amendments to the Boarding-house rules made by the Governor in Council under section 44 (1) of the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915, Ordinance No. 30 of 1915, and section 3 of the Boarding-house Ordinance, 1917, Ordinance No. 23 of 1917, dated 4th March, 1936.
Order made by the Governor in Council under section 7 (7) of the Public Health (Animals and Birds) Ordinance, 1935, Ordinance No. 16 of 1935, defining periods of incubation of certain diseases, dated 4th March, 1936. Amendment to the Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 3 of the Dogs Ordinance, 1927, Ordinance No. 21 of 1927, relating to increase in the licence fees for dogs, dated 12th March, 1936.
Administration Reports, 1935:-
Part I.-General Administration
Report of the Director of the Royal Observatory, Hong Kong.
Part II.-Law and Order :---
Report of the Official Receiver and Registrar of Trade Marks
and Patents.
Part VII.-Undertakings of Government :--
Report of the General Post Office.
QUESTIONS.
5. The Hon. Mr. José PEDRO BRAGA, O.B.E., pursuant to notice, asked the following
questions:
1. Will the Government communicate to the Council any information in its possession concerning the telegraphed report, dated London, March 6, 1936, that Mr. J. H. THOMAS has decided to despatch a Commission of Inquiry from Britain to Hong Kong to further investigate the mui tsai system?
2. Will the Government inform the Council whether—
(a) the report is true;
(b) if true, at whose expense the Commission will be proceeding to
Hong Kong; and
(c) if it be at the Colony's expense, will His Excellency the Governor forthwith protest against the imposition of any further expenditure on local taxpayers in presence of the Colony's unbalanced Budget for the current financial year?