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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 18, 1936.
The question will be further considered in the light of the results obtained from the foregoing decision.
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
7. The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee
(No. 10), dated 24th November, 1936, and moved its adoption.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
MOTIONS.
8. The Colonial Treasurer moved the following resolution :-
Resolved pursuant to section 6 of the Hong Kong Government Service (Levy on Salaries) Ordinance, 1936, that with effect from the 1st day of October, 1936, until the 31st day of December, 1936, both days included, that one sixth of the salary, if expressed in terms of sterling, of every officer of the Hong Kong Government Service, who shall have a wife or a child under the age of twenty-one years dependent on him and resident in a sterling or gold-standard country, shall be exempt (after deduction of the levy, if any, and of the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Coutribu- tion, if any, or of either) from the operation of the special conversion rate provided for in section 2 (4) of the said Ordinance during the period in which such wife or child is so resident.
And Resolved further that in the case of such an officer, who has two or more such dependents so resident as aforesaid, the exemption (after the said deductions, if any) shall extend to one third of the salary.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
9. Cremation Amendment Bill.--The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the First reading of a Bill intituled An Ordinance to amend the Cremation Ordinance, 1934."
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to. Bill read a first time.
10. Director of Medical and Sanitary Services (Change of Name) Bill.-The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the Second reading of a Bill intituled "An Ordinance to give effect to the change in name and style of the offices heretofore known as those of Director of Medical and Sanitary Services and Deputy Director of Medical and Sanitary Services.”
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a second time.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
On Council resuming, the Attorney General reported that the Bill had passed through Committee without amendment, and moved that it be read a third time.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to. Bill read a third time and passed.