INCLOSURE 2
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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Heat 20 SEP 39
Hongkong 13th August 1899.
Report on Ordinance 22 of 1899.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance, entitled
An Ordinance to further amend the Cattle Diseases Slaughterhouses and Markets Ordinances.
and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to the Governor's Instructions.
OBJECTS and REASONS.
The object of section 2 of this Ordinance is to reduce the maximum amount payable by the Government of this Colony as compensation for slaughtered cattle, it having been found that the sums recently paid as compensation have reached a very considerable total. Sub-section 4 of section 3 of Ordinance 17 of 1887 provided that the maximum amount of compensation payable for each animal slaughtered should be $50 only, but Ordinance 12 of 1890 raised the amount payable to $200. It is