THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 25, 1915.
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SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION BILL. The Colonial Secretary addressed the Council and moved the Third reading of the Bill intituled 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.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
Bill read a third time and passed.
GIFT OF AEROPLANES.-
His Excellency the Governor read two telegrams received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies and from the Overseas Chib respectively acknowledging the gift of two aeroplanes from the Colony.
DENTISTRY AMENDMENT BILL.The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the Second reading of the Bill intituled An Ordinance to amend the Dentistry Ordinance, 1914.
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.
Estate Duty BILL.---The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the Second reading of the Bill intituled An Ordinance to provide for the levy of Estate Duty payable in respect of the estates of deceased persons.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Mr. HEWETT, Mr. POLLOCK, Mr. LANDALE, Mr. LAU CHỮ PAK, the Attorney General, and His Excellency the Governor addressed the Council.
Question--put and agreed to.
Bill read a second time.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
On the motion of the Attorney General the following amendments were agreed to:- In section 1, the date "Ist day of January, 1916" was inserted in the second and third lines.
In section 3, the word “originally" in the third line of the definition of the term "Property passing on the death" was deleted and the word "certainly" substituted therefor.
The following sub-section, nembered (3), was inserted at the end of section 4:--
"(3.) The probate duty payable under the Stamp Ordinance, 1901, 57 and 58 shall not be levied in respect of any property chargeable with estate duty under this Ordinance.”
Vict. c. 30,
s. 1.
In sub-section (3) of section 9, the comma and words ", or charged on property situate within the Colony" were inserted after the word “Colony" at the end thereof.
The following sub-section, numbered (4), was inserted at the end of section 11:-
"(4.) Where the Commissioner allows payment to be postponed under sub-section (2) of this section he may reduce or remit any interest payable."
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