THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 28, 1915.
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ESTATE DUTY BILL.-The Second reading of the Bill intituled An Ordinance to pro- vide for the levy of Estate Duty payable in respect of the estates of deceased persons, was not proceeded with.
1915.
ADJOURNMENT. --The Council then adjourned until Thursday, the 27th day of May,
Read and confirmed this 27th day of May, 1915.
A. G. M. FLETCHER,
Clerk of Councils.
F. H. MAY,
Governor.
No. 234. His Excellency the Governor has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the King, to the following Ordinances passed by the Legislative Council:-
Ordinance No. 14 of 1915.—An Ordinance to authorize the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum of Seven hundred and eighty-seven thousand two hundred and fifty- two Dollars and twenty-six Cents, to defray the Charges of the Year 1914.
Ordinance No. 15 of 1915.--An Ordinance to amend the Dentistry Ordinance,
1914.
Ordinance No. 16 of 1915.-An Ordinance to provide for the levy of Estate Duty payable in respect of the estates of deceased
persons.
HONGKONG.
No. 14 of 1915.
An Ordinance to authorize the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum of Seven hundred and eighty-seven thousand two hundred and fifty- two Dollars and twenty-six Cents, to defray the Charges of the Year 1914.
I assent to this Ordinance.
LS
F. H. MAY, Governor.
[28th May, 1915.]
WHEREAS it has become necessary to make further pro- vision for the public service of the Colony for the year 1914, in addition to the charge upon the revenue of the Colony for the service of the said year already provided for:
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
A sum of Seven hundred and eighty-seven thousand two hundred and fifty-two Dollars and twenty-six Cents, is hereby charged upon the revenue of the Colony for the service of the year 1914, the said sum so charged being. expended as hereinafter specified; that is to say :-
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