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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH JULY, 1896. MOTION. Mr. WHITEHEAD gave notice that at the next meeting of Council he would move the following resolution:---
That the Government lay upon the table copies of all letters or communications from the Governor or from any Officer of the Government addressed to the Senior Unofficial Member with a view to obtain from him and from his colleagues any expression of opinion on the subject of the Sanitary Board, copies of the correspondence between the Colonial Government and the Home Authorities, copies of the correspondence and reports in connection with the Sanitary Board in the time of Governor Sir William Des Vœux, and Administrator (now) Sir Francis Fleming, and all other documents bearing on the question.
NOTICE OF QUESTIONS.-Mr. WHITEHEAD gave notice that at the next meeting of Council he would ask the following questions:-
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Has the attention of the Government been directed to the account in the "Daily Press" of 16th ultimo of the insanitary state of things during the recent fatal disease amongst the cattle at Pokfulam, and will the Government obtain from the Sanitary Board and the Government departments concerned and lay upon the table a complete and detailed statement of the actual position of matters from day to day, as well as a copy of the correspondence between the Government and the Dairy Farm Co, Limited, together with the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon's reports for 1888 and 1889, also the report by the Hon. the Surveyor General, the Hon. O. Chadwick, and Mr. Ladds referred to in his (Mr. Ladds) report dated 12th January, 1891?
Will the Government inform the Council what steps have been taken or are proposed to be taken to secure the immediate services of a Veterinary Surgeon, and is it the intention of the Government to provide in future against the contingency of the Veterinary Surgeon going on leave?
Will the Government inform the Council the cause of delay in taking steps to obtain by public competition plans and designs for the proposed new Government offices, including the Post Office, the Supreme Court, &c., as directed some time ago by the Governor?
BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE FOR THE NATURALIZATION OF Lee Shew (). Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
The Acting
Bill entitled “AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND CONSOLIDATE THE LAW RELATING TO THE CARRIAGE -His Excellency appointed the following Committee to AND POSSESSION OF ARMS AND AMMUNITION,"
consider and report on the draft Bill:-
Honourable Acting Attorney General (H. E. POLLOCK), Chairman.
Honourable Harbour Master.
Honourable Acting Captain Superintendent of Police.
Honourable C. P. CHATEr.
Honourable Ho KAI.
Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD.
BILL ENTITLED
"AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUE OF SEARCH WARRANTS IN THE CASE OF SUSPECTED COINAGE OFFENCES."-The Acting Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
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BILL ENTITLED An Ordinance TO AMEND THE BUILDINGS Ordinance, 1889'. Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
-The Acting
The Acting Attorney General moved the suspension of the Standing Rules and Orders. The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
The Acting Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a second time.
Council in Committee on the Bill,
Council resumed and Bill reported without amendment,