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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 8, 1933.
MINUTES.
2. The Minutes of the Meeting held on the 12th May, 1938, were confirmed.
ΟΑΤΗ.
3. The Honourable the Officer Commanding the Troops, (Colonel GEOFFREY CATHCART GOWLLAND) took the Oath of Allegiance and assumed his seat as a Member of the Council.
PAPERS.
4. The following papers were laid on the table :—
Resolution made and passed by the Legislative Council under the Public Officers (Changes of Style) Ordinance, 1937, Ordinance No. 25 of 1937, on the 12th May, 1938.
By-laws made by the Urban Council under sections 5 and 6 of the Public Health (Food) Ordinance, 1935, Ordinance No. 13 of 1935, on the 26th day of April, 1938, amending the by-laws in the Schedule to that Ordin- ance under the heading "Dairies and Milk Shops."
Order made by the Governor in Council under section 2 of the Prisons Ordin- ance, 1932, Ordinance No. 38 of 1932, discontinuing the use of "The Prison Ward" in the Kowloon Hospital and the Queen Mary Hospital for the purposes of a prison, dated 13th May, 1938.
Declaration under section 18 of the Quarantine and Prevention of Disease
Ordinance, 1936, Ordinance No. 7 of 1936, dated 18th May, 1938.
Amendments made by the Governor in Council under section 3 of the Adulter- ated Food and Drugs Ordinance, 1935, Ordinance No. 8 of 1935, to the regulations, dated 13th May, 1938.
Declaration under section 18 of the Quarantine and Prevention of Disease
Ordinance, 1936, Ordinance No. 7 of 1936, dated 19th May, 1938.
Administration Reports, 1937 :-
Part I.-General Administration:
Report of the Director of the Royal Observatory, Hong Kong.
Part II.-Law and Order :-
Report of the Official Receiver and Registrar of Trade Marks
and Patents.
Report of the Land Officer and Registrar of Marriages. Report of the Superintendent of Prisons.
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
5. The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee
(No. 4), dated 12th May, 1938, and moved its adoption.
The Financial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
MOTIONS.
6. The Financial Secretary addressed the Council and moved the following
resolution:
It is hereby resolved that the resolution of this Council adopted on the 2nd August, 1902, requiring that pensions paid in England from the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Fund be paid at the rate of 3/- to the dollar shall not apply to any pension granted on or after the 1st June, 1938.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.