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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 5, 1919.
No. 30. Judicial and Legal Departments, E.-Office of
No. 81.
Land Registry, Typewriter,...
Miscellaneous Services, Peace Celebrations
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
$ 152.86
4,700.00
369
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the Report of the Finance. Committee (No. 7), dated the 17th July, 1919, and moved its adoption.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
PAPERS.----The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the following papers :----
Report on the General Post Office, Hongkong, for the year 1918.
Medical and Sanitary Reports for the year 1918.
Report of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs for the year 1918.
PUBLIC LATRINE AND URINALS.-The Colonial Secretary moved the following Resolution:-
Whereas application has been duly made by the Sanitary Board to the Governor under section 107 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, for the erection of a Public Latrine and Urinals under the steps in Duddell Street :
And whereas such application having been duly approved by the Governor and a notification of the intention to erect a Public Latrine and Urinals at such site having been duly published in three successive numbers of the Gazette, certain owners and occupiers of property in the vicinity have objected to such erection :
And whereas such objections have been duly considered :
It is hereby resolved by this Council that the above mentioned site and the erection thereat of a
Public Latrine and Urinals be and the same are hereby approved.
The Attorney General seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
QUESTIONS.--Mr. ALABASTER, pursuant to notice, asked the following questions :-
1. In order to lessen the loss of life in typhoons and to obviate as far as possible the exploita- tion of poor sampan people by excessive launch towage charges, will the Government arrange with the owners of powerful tugs and launches to render gratuitous towage service to sampans and other craft in difficulties whenever the black signals are hoisted during a flood tide?
2. Does the Observatory take into consideration the state of the tide in calculating the period of warning they give in the case of approaching typhoons? If not, will they give longer warning on a flood tide than on an ebb tide?
3. When will telephonic communication with Cheung Chau be restored ?
4. Can the Government give any information with reference to the suggested establishment of a Chinese Government aerodrome in Hongkong, mentioned in the North China Daily News of the 19th August and the Hongkong Daily Press of the 25th August ?
The Colonial Secretary replied.
INDICTMENTS BILL.The Attorney General moved the First reading of a Bill in- tituled An Ordinance to amend the Law relating to Indictments in Criminal Cases, and matters incidental or similar thereto.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.