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2237 of 1891.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH NOVEMBER, 1891. -
A sum of Six hundred and Forty Dollars, to provide for the Salaries and Uniform
for 4 Chinese Constables for Cemeteries,...
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Votes passed.
$ 640.00
The Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD gave notice that at next meeting of Council he would move the following resolution :---
That in view of the opinions expressed at the meeting of the International Congress of Hygiene and Demography held in London on 11th August last the Government appoint a Commission composed of medical men to investigate and report on the whole subject of Quarantine and Quarantine Regulations and as to the advisability or otherwise of retaining Section 25 in the proposed new Ordinance to consolidate and amend the laws relating to Merchant Shipping. The Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD gave notice that at next meeting of Council he would ask the following questions:-
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1. As the place formerly set apart to be a Lazaretto, viz., "That part of the northern shore of
Stone-cutters' Island which is bounded and contained by a line of yellow posts" has been abandoned, the hulk Hygeia" having as stated in this Council by the Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary on 19th October, 1891, been completed and substituted for it, in accordance with arrangements made last year with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, but as this arrangement does not provide for the removal from ships of persons other than those actually suffering from infectious or contagious disease, will the Government inform the Council what provision Government has made, or what provision does Government propose to make, if any, for the suitable detention of passengers and other persons arriving in the waters of the port in vessels subject to Quarantine.
2. Is it the fact that a reduction has been made in the Opium Farmer's monthly payments under existing contracts, and if so to what amount, from what date, and on what grounds has this reduction been made?
3. Referring to Government Notification 384 of 12th September, 1891, under the authority of
what Ordinance or law is the Government proceeding in establishing a Jinricksha Farm Monopoly.
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BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE ENACTED BY THE GOVERNOR OF HONGKONG, WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THEREOF, TO APPLY A SUM NOT EXCEEDING TWO MILLIONS FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AMD TWENTY-ONE DOLLARS TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF THE YEAR 1892."-The Acting Colonial Secretary moved the first reading of the Bill.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read first time.
BILL ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL ORDINANCES No. 1 OF 1884 AND No. 17 of 1886 AND TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO THE PREPARATION OF OPIUM."-The Acting Attorney General moved that the Bill be recommitted.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
Council resumed and Bill reported with amendments.
The Acting Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
The lionourable T. H. WHITEHEAD moved that the Bill be rejected.
The Honourable P. RYRIE seconded.
The Council divided when the motion for the third reading was carried by 6 to 3 votes. Bill read a third time.
Question put-that this Bill do pass.
Bill passed.
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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE No. 22 of 1887."-The Acting Attorney
General moved the third reading of the Bill.
The Colonial Treasurer secondel.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a third time.
Question put-that this Bill do pass. Bill passed.
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