18
NOTICES OF QUESTIONS.-The Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD gave notice that at the next meeting of Council he would ask the following questions :-
1. If the correspondence between the Government and myself on the subject of the appointment of the Honourable the Registrar General as Chairman of the Special Committee appointed by His Excellency the Governor to investigate and report on certain points connected with the Bill for the incorporation of the Pó Leung Kuk has been forwarded to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and if the Secretary of State has expressed any opinion as to the propriety or otherwise of that appointment.
2. Have the Government taken any steps, and if so what steps, to recover from the persons named in the report of the Commissioners appointed by His Excellency the Governor to enquire into and report on the Treasury defalcations, and from their sureties. the amounts of the money lost to the Government during the periods in which they respectively held office, and if not does the Government intend to take any action ?
QUESTION.-The Honourable E. R. BELILIOS, pursuant to notice, asked the following question
Will the Government state whether in connection with the erection of the new lighthouse on Waglan Island there was any understanding or agreement between the Chinese Government and the Imperial British Government or between the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs and the Colonial Government of Hongkong; also whether there was any special reason for the light- ing of the Eastern approach to the port of Hongkong being undertaken by the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs.
The Honourable the Colonial Secretary replied.
>>
BILL ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE FOR THE NATURALIZATION OF MEYER FREDERICKS.' -The Honourable the Colonial Secretary moved the first reading of this Bill.
The Honourable the Attorney General seconded. Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
BILL ENTITLED ** AN ORDINANCE TO MAKE PROVISION FOR REGULATING THE KEEPING OF DOGS AND FOR THE PREVENTION OF THE IMPORTATION AND SPREAD OF RABIES."-The Honourable the Attorney General moved the first reading of this Bill.
The Honourable the Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question put and agreed to.
Bill read a first time.
BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND INCORPORATION OF THE CHINESE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF KIDNAPPING AND FOR THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE PÓ LÉung Kuk.' -The Honourable the Registrar General moved the second reading of this Bill, and addressed the Council.
¿
729.
The Honourable Dr. Ho KAI seconded, and addressed the Council.
The Honourable E. R. BELILIOS addressed the Council.
The Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD addressed the Council.
The Honourable the Attorney General addressed the Council. Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a second time.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
Section 5.-The Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD moved that this section be amended by striking out at the beginning thereof the words "the Registrar General who shall be ex officio the President and also."
The Honourable the Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question put.
A division was taken when there voted
For the amendment.
The Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD.
Against the amendment.
The Honourable E. R. BELILIOS.
>>
Η ΚΑΙ.
J. J. KESWICK.
The Harbour Master.
The amendment was lost by a majority of 7. Bill reported with other amendments. Council resumned.
The Director of Public Works.
>
The Colonial Treasurer.
"}
}}
The Registrar General.
The Attorney General.
The Colonial Secretary.