C.8.0.
168% of 1893.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH AUGUST, 1898.
WILSONE BLACK,
779
The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five hundred and Fourteen Dollars and Thirty Cents ($514.30) in aid of the following votes:-
(a) Executioner's Fee and inflicting Corporal Punishment, ......$100.00 (b) Rent of Quarters for Superintendent and Warders,............................
Total,..........
Government House, Hongkong, 11th July, 1898.
The Acting Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
414.30
$514.30
RESOLUTION.- Mr. WHITEHEAD addressed the Council and moved the following resolution :----
That it is desirable in the interests of the public that the land marked red on the annexed plan should not be let for building purposes but should be, henceforth, reserved as an open space and appropriated for the purposes of recreation, and that the sanction of the Secretary of State should be asked for the introduction of an Ordinance giving the Governor in Council power to make regulations, from time to time, as to the uses of the land so reserved, and to enforce such regulations by suitable penalties.
Dr. Ho KAI seconded.
Question-put and agreed nem. con.
REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE.-The Director of Public Works laid on the table the report of the Public Works Committee, dated the 15th March, 1898, (No. 3), and moved that the second part of the report be adopted.
The Acting Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE FOR THE NATURALIzation of Chau TUNG SHANG.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.
The Acting Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
BILL entitled AN ORDINANCE FOR THE Naturalization of Tong Yuk, alias Tong LẠI TS'ÜN, The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.
The Acting Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE To amend The Kowloon Godowns Tramways ORDINANCE, 1897. Mr. BELL-IRVING moved the first reading of the Bill.
Honourable C. P. CHATER seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
Bill entitled AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF TRADE MARKS.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.
The Acting Colonial Secretury seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO FURTHER AMEND THE CATTLE DISEASES, SLAUGHTER-HOUSES, and Markets ÖrDINANCE, 1887.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.
The Acting Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO FURTHER AMEND THE BUILDING ORDINANCE, 1889.—The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.
The Acting Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORISE THE APPROPRIATION OF A SUPPLEMENTARY SUM OF THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE DOLLARS AND NINETY-THREE CENTS, TO DEFRAY THE CHARGES OF THE YEAR 1897.-The Acting Colonial Treasurer moved the first reading of the Bill.
The Acting Colonial Secretary seconded,
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.