THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 21, 1913. 119
FINANCIAL MINUTES. The Colonial Secretary laid on the table Financial Minutes Nos. 1 to 7, and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee :-
No. 1.-Pensions, A.-Civil, Mr. H. B. Lethbridge,.....$ 200. No. 2.-Public Works, Extraordinary, Compensation for depriva- tion of Marine Frontage Rights in the case of K.M.L.'s 29, 30 and 31,
No. 3.-Royal Observatory, Printing and distribution of Meteoro-
logical Register,
2,360.
650.
No. 4. Miscellaneous Services, Other Miscellaneous Services,...... 7,340. No. 5.-Miscellaneous Services, Grant in aid of the Imperial
Bureau of Entomology in London, (£50),
500.
No. 6. Public Works, Extraordinary, Hongkong, Temporary
building for Survey Staff, etc.,
1,200.
No. 7.—Botanical and Forestry Department, Maintenance of
Gardens and Ground,
1,632.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
RESOLUTION. The Colonial Secretary addressed the Council and moved the following
Resolution:-
Whereas by the provisions of Section 3 of the Opium Ordinance, 1909, as amended by Section 2 of the Opium Amendment Ordinance, 1911, it is provided as follows:-
"No person shall import, or aid or abet the importation of any raw opium into the Colony or into the waters thereof, if such importation shall have been notified in the Gazette in pursuance of any resolution of the Legisla- tive Council as being illegal."
It is therefore hereby resolved that a Notification shall be made in the next issue of the Government Gazette that the importation of raw Turkish Opium is illegal. The Attorney General seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
RESOLUTION.-The Colonial Secretary addressed the Council and moved the following
Resolution:-
Whereas by the provisions of Section 3 of the Opium Ordinance, 1909, as amended by Section 2 of the Opium Amendment Ordinance, 1911, it is provided as follows:---
"No person shall import, or aid or abet the importation of any raw opium into the Colony or into the waters thereof, if such importation shall have been notified in the Gazette in pursuance of any resolution of the Legisla- tive Council as being illegal."
And Whereas by a resolution dated the 31st August, 1911, and made by the Legislative Council in pursuance of the provisions of Section 3 of the Opium Ordi- nance, 1909, as amended by Section 2 of the Opium Amendment Ordinance, 1911, and published in the Gazette of the 1st September, 1911, it was resolved that a Notification should be made in the following issue of the Government Gazette that the importation of any kind of raw Indian Opium except opium covered by Exports Permits from the Government of India to the effect that it had been declared for shipment to or consump- tion in China was illegal.
It is therefore hereby resolved that a Notification shall be made in the next issue of the Government Gazette that the above recited Resolution shall not apply to the trans-shipment in Hongkong of raw Indian Opium exported from China by the Chinese Maritime Customs to a port to which it is lawful to export the same.
The Attorney General seconded.
Question-put and agreed to..
COMPANIES (WINDING-UP) RULES.-The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the Com- panies (Winding-up) Rules made by the Chief Justice under Section 220 of the Companies Ordinance, 1911, and moved their adoption.
The Attorney General seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.