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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 5, 1917.
FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Colonial Secretary laid on the table Financial Minutes Nos. 7 to 10, and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee:-
No. 7-Kowloon-Canton Railway, Special Expenditure,
Goods Examination Shed at Kowloon Station, $ 97,864.89. Kowloon-Canton Railway, Special Expenditure,
No. 8.
Building Coaches,
No. 9.
Military Expenditure,
Capitation Grant,..
Volunteer
4,673.79.
Reserve,
7,040.00.
14,500.00.
No. 10.----Public Works, Recurrent, Kowloon, Communi- cations, Improvements to Roads and Bridges,
Mr. WEI YUK seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee (No. 2), dated the 15th March, 1917, and moved its adoption.
Mr. WEI YUK seconded,
Question--put and agreed to.
OFFENSIVE TRADES BY-LAWS.--The Colonial Secretary moved the approval of the new By-law made by the Sanitary Board on the 6th day of March, 1917, under Section 16 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, in substitution for By-law No. 3 contained in Schedule B of the aforesaid Ordinance.
Mr. WE YUK seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR WAR PURPOSES. -His Excellency the Governor addressed the Council with reference to what has been done in the Colony in the way of contributions for war purposes,
MERCHANT SHIPPING AMENDment BiLL--The Attorney General moved the First reading of a Bill intituled An Ordinance to amend the Merchant Shipping Ordinances, 1899-1913.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
RATING AMENDMENT BILL.The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the Second reading of the Bill intituled An Ordinance to amend the Rating Ordinance, 1901.
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.
PUBLIC SERVANTS LIABILITIES BILL.-The Attorney General moved the Second read- ing of the Bill intituled An Ordinance to protect certain Public Servants from Legal Proceedings in respect of certain Liabilities.
The Colonial Secretary addressed the Council and seconded.
Mr. POLLOCK, Mr. HOLYOAK, 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 Mr. POLLOCK it was agreed that the word “like” be inserted before the word instrument in the second line of sub-section (1) (2) of section 3.