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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 31, 1919.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.--The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee (No. 10), dated the 18th September, 1919, and moved its adoption.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question put and agreed to.
RESOLUTION. The Colonial Secretary moved the following Resolution :-
Resolved by the Legislative Council that the percentages on the valuation of tenements payable as rates in the undermentioned area be altered as follows, with effect from the 1st of January, 1920:—
The area bounded by the extension of Argyle Street on the North, by the extension of Waterloo Road on the South-East, by Victory Avenue on the North-East, and by the Kowloon-Canton Railway on or towards the West,
The Attorney General seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
from 7% to 13%.
APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1920.-The Colonial Secretary moved the First reading of a Bill intituled An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Eleven million one hundred and seventy-three thousand two hundred and twenty-six Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1920.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
His Excellency the Governor addressed the Council.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
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ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned until Thursday, the 30th day of Octo-
ber, 1919.
Confirmed this 30th day of October, 1919.
A. G. M. FLETCHER,
Clerk of Councils.
R. E. STUBBS,
Governor.
No. 510.-His Excellency the Governor has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the KING, to the following Ordinances passed by the Legislative Council:-
Ordinance No. 21 of 1919.—An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Eleven million one hundred and seventy-three thousand two hundred and twenty-six Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1920.
Ordinance No. 22 of 1919.-An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law
relating to Places of Public Entertainment.