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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 8, 1914.
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee (No. 3), dated the 26th February, 1914, and moved its adoption.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
SUPREME COURT FEES AMENDING OLDER, 1914.-The Colonial Secretary moved the approval of the Supreme Court Fees Amending Order. 1914, made by the Chief Justice on the 28th day of January, 1914.
The Attorney General seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
SUPREME COURT SCALE OF COSTS.-The Colonial Secretary moved the approval of the Rules made by the Chief Justice on the 28th day of January, 1914, under Section 32 of the Supreme Court Ordinance, 1873, for taxing costs in the Original Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
The Attorney General seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
QUESTIONS. Mr. HEWETT, pursuant to notice, asked the following Questions, in the absence of Mr. POLLOCK :—
1. By whose orders were certain trees in Royal Square, which have been growing there for many years past, cut down on the 9th March and for what reason?
2. Will the Government take prompt action to prevent the further cutting down of
trees in that vicinity?
3. In view of the fact that the pollen from the flowering privet tends to induce coughing and catarrh will the Government take steps to exterminate the privet shrub in the vicinity of dwelling-houses in the Island of Hongkong and in Kowloon? 4. Was any written representation sent in by the Nurses on the Staff of the Govern- ment Civil Hospital to the Principal Civil Medical Officer last summer upon the subject of the insufficiency in numbers of the Nursing Staff at that Hospital? Will the Government lay such written representation upon the table of this Council? Has any answer been sent to such written representation? If so, will the Government lay such answer upon the table of this Council? What steps, if any, have been taken, and when, to remedy such insufficiency?
The Colonial Secretary replied.
SEDITIOUS PUBLICATIONS BILL.-The Attorney General moved the First reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to provide against the circulation in the Colony of seditious publications.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
The Attorney General moved the suspension of the Standing Orders so that the Bill might be read a second and third time.
The Colonial Secretary seconded, and the motion was agreed to.
The Attorney General then addressed the Council and moved the Second reading of the Bill.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a second time. Council in Committee on the Bill.
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