THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 27, 1920.
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FINANCIAL MINUTES.---The Colonial Secretary laid on the table Financial Minutes Nos. 3 to 6, and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee :-
No. 3.-Public Works, Extraordinary, Kowloon, Latrine at
junction of Ning Po and Woo Sung Streets, ...$ 1,500.00 No. 4. Kowloon-Canton Railway, Special Expenditure, Training Stream in the Lam Chun Valley, New Territories,
No. 5.-Kowloon-Canton Railway, Special Expenditure,
Erection of an iron shed,
No. 6.--Police Department, Personal Emoluments,
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question put and agreed to.
6,399.00
600.00
7,352.00
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.--The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee (No. 1), dated the 29th January, 1920, and moved its adoption.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question put and agreed to.
QUESTIONS.- Mr. POLLOCK, pursuant to notice, asked the following questions :-
1. Is it a fact that the Indians on the Gaol staff are recruited locally whilst the Indians in the Police are recruited in India? If so, what is the explanation? Will the Govern- ment put both Services on the same fooling as regards the field for recruiting?
2. Was Government rice supplied to the prisoners in the Gaol during the rice control period last
year? Was this rice inferior in quality to the rice which had been previously supplied ?
3. Is the food which prisoners in the Gaol refused or were unable to eat added to surplus and sold by the Government? If so, how many pounds of surplus food was so sold during each month in the last six months of the year 1919?
The Colonial Secretary replied.
FOREIGN
CORPORATIONS (EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS UNDER SEAL) BILL. The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the Second reading of the Bill intituled An Ordinance to make provision with regard to the execution of instruments under seal by the agents of certain foreign corporations.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
Bill read a second time.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
On Council resuming, the Attorney General reported that the Bill had passed through Committee without amendment and moved that it be read a third time.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question put and agreed to.
Bill read a third time and passed.
VOLUNTEER BILL. The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the Second reading of the Bill intituled An Ordinance to provide for the establishment of a Volunteer Force.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
Bill read a second time.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
On Council resuming, the Attorney General reported that the Bill had passed through Committee without amendment and moved that it be read a third time.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
Bill read a third time and passed.