No. 576 of
1908.
F. D. LUGARD.
The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Eight thousand five hundred Dollars ($8,500) in aid of the vote, Public Works Extraordinary, Miscel- laneous Water Works.
Government House, Hongkong, 17th June, 1908.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
RESOLUTION.-The Colonial Secretary addressed the Council and moved the following Resolution :-
Whereas application has been duly made by the Sanitary Board to the Governor under Section 167 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance 1903 for the erection of a Public Latrine on the site now occupied by No. 1 Chuk Hing Lane; And Whereas such application having been approved by the Governor and a notification of the intention to erect a Public Latrine upon such site having been duly published in three successive numbers of the Gazette, certain owners of property in the immediate vicinity of such site have objected to such erection; And Whereas the objections so made have been considered by this Council;
It is hereby resolved by this Council that the above mentioned site and the erection
thereon of a Public Latrine be approved.
The Director of Public Works seconded.
After discussion the Resolution was put to the vote and carried, eleven members voting for and two-Dr. Ho Kai and Mr. WEI YUK-against the motion.
SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION BILL.-The Colonial Secretary moved the Third read- ing of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to authorize the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum of One hundred and sixty-six thousand seven hundred and thirty-five Dollars and eighty-five Cents, to defray the Charges of the Year 1907.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a third time.
Question put-that this Bill do pass.
Bill passed.
PHARMACY BILL.-The Attorney General moved that the Council resolve itself into a Committee of the whole Council to consider the Bill entitled An Ordinance to provide for the registration of Chemists and Druggists and to regulate the Sale of Poisons.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
Council resumed, and Bill reported with amendments.
PUBLIC HEALTH AND BUILDINGS AMENDMENT BILL.-The Committee stage on the Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, and The l'ublic Health and Buildings Amendment Ordinance, 1903, was postponed until the next meeting.
ADJOURNMENT.—The Council then adjourned until Thursday, the 25th June, 1908.
Read and confirmed, this 25th day of June, 1908.
F. D. LUGARD,
Governor.
C. CLEMENTI,
Clerk of Councils.