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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 21, 1939.
PAPERS.
4. The following papers were laid on the table :-
Amendment made by the Governor in Council under section 42 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, Ordinance No. 10 of 1899, to Table M in the regulations, dated 15th June, 1939
Amendment made by the Midwives Board under section 4 of the Midwives Ordinance, 1910, Ordinance No. 22 of 1910, to the regulations, dated 22nd June, 1939.
Official Statistics in Hong Kong. A Memorandum on Studies Conducted with
a View to Establishing a Statistical Department.
QUESTION.
5. The Hon. Sir HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, Kt., K.C., LL.D., pursuant to notice,
asked the following question:--
Has the assessment for the year 1939/1940 been completed? If so, will the Government give the figures of the new rateable values as compared with those for 1938/1939?
The Colonial Secretary replied as follows:--
The totals of the new valuations for the several divisions of the rating area are shown in the following table, together with comparative figures for the assessment year 1938/39.
District.
Valuation Valuation 1938-1939 1939-1940
City of Victoria
21,346,621 24,657,053
Hong Kong Villages
3,828,927 4,279,463
Kowloon
8,118,336 10,085,784
New Kowloon
2,208,738 2,892,772
35,502,622 41,915,072
MOTIONS.
6. The Financial Secretary addressed the Council and moved the following
resolution:
That the resolution relating to Widows' and Orphans' Pension Fund passed on the 1st day of June, 1938, be rescinded and that the following resolution be substituted therefor :-
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, except in special cases where the Governor in Council has deemed it equitable to sanction payment at that rate.
The Colonial Secretary seconded. Question-put and agreed to.