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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 30, 1939.
PAPERS.
4. The following papers were laid on the table
Amendments made by the Governor in Council under the Post Office Ordin- ance, 1926, Ordinance No. 7 of 1926, to the rates of postage in Class A, dated 20th May, 1939.
Regulation made by the Governor in Council under section 5 of the Ferries Ordinance, 1917, Ordinance No. 28 of 1917, relating to the exclusion of the ferry of Cheng Chik Pui from the operation of that Ordinance, dated 27th May, 1939.
Notification made by the Governor in Council under section 10 of the Regis- tration of Persons Ordinance, 1939, Ordinance No. 12 of 1939, directing the application of sub-section (2) of section 2 of the said Ordinance to British subjects, dated 2nd June, 1939.
Amendments made by the Governor in Council under section 9 (1) of the Police Force Ordinance, 1932, Ordinance No. 37 of 1932, to the Police Pensions Regulations, dated 2nd June, 1939.
Administration Reports, 1938:-
Part II.-Law and Order :-
Report of the Police Magistrates' Courts.
Part V.-Defence:
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Report on Air Raid Precautions.
Part VII.-Undertakings of Government :-
Report of the General Post Office.
Annual Abstract Account for 1937, with report of the Director of Colonial
Audit.
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
5. The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee
(No. 4), dated 25th May, 1939, and moved its adoption.
The Financial Secretary seconded.
Question put and agreed to.
MOTIONS.
6. The Colonial Secretary addressed the Council and moved the following
resolution :-----
WHEREAS application has been made by the Urban Council to the Governor under section 52 of the Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance, 1935, for the erection of a Public Flush Latrine on a site at the eastern end of Lower Lascar Row;
AND WHEREAS Such application has been duly approved by the Governor and a notification of the intention to erect a Public Latrine at such site has been duly published in three successive numbers of the Gazette; AND WHEREAS the owner of The Central Theatre in the vicinity has objected
to such erection ;
AND WHEREAS such objection has been duly considered;
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by this Council that the above mentioned site and the erection thereon of a Public Flush Latrine be and the same are hereby approved.
The Attorney General seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.