THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 13, 1918.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
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No. 480. It is hereby notified that His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government in Council has, under Section 7 of the Holidays Ordinance, 1912, Ordi- nance No. 5 of 1912, appointed Thursday, the 2nd day of January, 1919, to be observed as a General Holiday.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
12th December, 1918.
A. D. BALL,
Clerk of Councils.
No. 481.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 10.
THURSDAY, 17TH OCTOBER, 1918
PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT
(Mr. CLAUD SEVERN, C.M.G.).
His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General FRANCIS
VENTRIS).
The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (ARTHUR GEORGE MURCHISON FLETCHER).
the Attorney General, (JOSEPH HORSFORD KEMP, C.B.E.).
the Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).
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the Director of Public Works, (THOMAS LUFF PERKINS).
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the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, (EDWIN RICHARD HALLIFAX, O.B.E.).
the Captain Superintendent of Police, (CHARLES MCILVAINE MESSER,
O.B.E.).
Mr. DAVID LANDALE.
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Mr. PERCY HOBSON HOLYOAK.
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Mr. Ho FOOK.
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Mr. HERBERT WILLIAM BIRD.
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Mr. CHAN KAI-MING.
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Mr. STANLEY HUDSON DODWELL.
The Council met pursuant to adjournment.
The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 3rd October, 1918, were confirmed. PAPERS. The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the following paper :-
Report on the Investigations of the Outbreak of Epidemic Meningitis in Hong- kong by First Lieutenant Peter K. Olitsky, M.R.C., U.S.A., of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, New York.
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government addressed the Council in connection with the Report.
FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Colonial Secretary laid on the table Financial Minutes Nos. 79 to 82, and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee:-
No. 79.-Department of Director of Eduction, Cheung
Chau School, Rent,
No. 80.-Fire Brigade, Repairs to Engines and Plant, No. 81. Miscellaneous Services, Special War Allowance
on Salaries,
No. 82.-Fire Brigade, Repairs to Engines and Plant, The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
$5 110.00
300.00
200,000.00 424.00