which is attached to 23360. In view
that I have altered the draft and
Submit with it a private letter for
for your consideration.
in' Wills for your
Event
1//x C.P.L.
Government House,
Hongkong, 7th September, 1901.
368
Sir,
I have the honour to enclose for your
consideration a Tramway Ordinance that has been passed in
Legislative Council through the Committee Stage and which
awaits the settlement of certain points submitted in the
enclosures noted in the attached list before proceeding with
the third reading.
2.
In Committee of the whole Council upon
the Bill, all the amendments contained in the report of the
Standing Law Committee of which I enclose a copy were adopted
with the exception that the amendment numbered 3, which re-
lates to Clause 14 of the Bill, was adopted as amended in red
ink.
3.
In view of the fact that there are numerous
matters of a technical character, which will require to
be decided by competent experts at home, I have thought it
advisable not to proceed with the Third Reading of the Bill
now, but to leave the Bill in its present stage so that it
may be reconsidered in Committee of the Legislative Council
after you have decided, upon the advice of experts at home,
what further amendments ought to be inserted in the Bill.
4.
The questions now pending, which in parti-
RIGHT HONOURABLE
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,