THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 4, 1912. 511
POST OFFICE AMENDMENT BILL.-The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the First reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Post Office Ordinance, 1900.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
FINAL REVISION BILL.
The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the First reading of a Bill entitled An Urdinance for effecting the final revision and amendment of the Ordinances of the Colony from 1844 to 1912 inclusive before incorporating them in the New Revised Edition of the Laws of the Colony.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
FULL COURT BILL.-The Attorney General moved that the Council resolve itself into a Committee of the whole Council to consider the Bill entitled An Ordinance to make provi- sion for the reconstitution of the Full Court.
The Colonial Secretary second d. Question-put and agreed to.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
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On the motion of the Attorney General the following amendments were agreed to:- In section 2 the words "this and in" were inserted between the words "In" and "all in the first line, and the words "whether in Court or Chambers" were added after the word "together" in the third line thereof.
In section 7 the date "first day of December, 1912," was inserted as the date of the commencement of the rdinance.
In the Schedule :---
The following was inserted as section (4.) of the amendments to Ordinance No. 3 of 1873:—“ (a.) By the repeal of the preamble." and the sections (a.) to (k.) were renumbered (b.) to (7.) respectively.
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In the amendments to Ordinances Nos. 1 of 1903, 21 of 1909, and 21 of 1910, the words the Senior or only" in the third and fourth lines were deleted and the word "a" substituted therefor.
The amendments to Ordinance No. 31 of 1911 were deleted and the following substituted therefor :-"In section 39D by the repealf the definition of the Full Court."
On Council resuming, the Attorney General reported that the Bill had passed through. Committee with slight amendments and moved that it be read a third time.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Messrs. O-BORNE, STEWART, POLLOCK and Ross and His Excellency the Governor addressed the Council.
On the motion being put to the vote it was declared carried seven members voting for and three-Messrs. Ross, OSBORNE and STEWART-voting against the motion.
Sir KAI HO KAI and Mr. POLLOCK did not vote.
Bill read a third time and passed.
ADJOURNMENT. ——The Council then adjourned sine die.
Read and confirmed this 3rd day of October, 1912.
R. H. CROFTON,
Clerk of Councils.
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F. H. MAY,
Governor.
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