THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 3, 1939.
S. The Financial Secretary addressed the Council and moved the following
resolutions:-
Resolved pusuant to section 49 (4) (b) of the Rating Ordinance, 1901, Ordinance No. 6 of 1901, as enacted by section 2 of the Rating Amendment Ordinance, 1935, Ordin- ance No. 10 of 1935, that the annual rate provided for in paragraph (a) of sub-section 4 of the said Ordinance be altered and reduced, in respect of that part of the New Territories comprised in the urban area of Tsun Wan, by fifty per cent. for the period 1st July, 1938, to 31st December, 1938, and that the rate for the said area for the said period be as appear- ing in the second column of the scale hereunder.
Resolved further that as from 1st January, 1939, the annual rate shall be restored to the full assessment, as appear- ing in the third column of the scale hereunder.
Annual Rate
Class of building.
for period 1st July to 31st December,
Annual Rate
as from 1st January, 1939.
1938.
Third class. If noted in the list as neither having nor using Govern- ment Waterworks water
If not so noted
Second class. If noted in the list neither having nor using Government Waterworks water..
as
If not so noted
$1
$2
$2
$4
$6
鸭肝
$3
$6
$12
First class. If noted in the list.
as neither having nor using Government Waterworks water..
$4
8$
If not so noted
$8
$16
Special class. If noted in the list as neither having nor using Government Waterworks water..
$1 per $1000 of the valuation.
If not so noted
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
$2 per $1000
$2 per $1000 of the valuation.
of the valuation.
$4 per $1000
of the valuation.
9. Asiatic Emigration (No. 2) Amendment Bill.-The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the First reading of a Bill intituled "An Ordinance to amend further the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915."
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.