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Sir,
REC
60742.
RE ! JEC.7)
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 24th. October, 1917.
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I have the homur to submit for the signifi
-cation of His Majesty's pleasure the following Ordinance
intituled:-
An Ordinance to amend the Linucrs Consolidation
No. 24 of 1917.
2.
Ordinace, 1911.
The report of the Attorney-General enclosed explains the scope of the Ordinmce, and I also forward the Hansard Report which gives the debate on the Bill before it
became law.
3.
The reasons for introducing this men sure are fully set out in the remarks made on the Second rending by the Colonial Secretary and myself, and the fact that the two Unofficial Members who opposed the bill did not ask for a division clearly indicates that they felt that the Council generally supported the mensure. In Hongkong ne in other Eastern Colonies the practice of signing orders for liquor, know as chits, is very prevalent, but with regard to the public bars of licensed premises the best public opinion in the Colony is I am convinced strongly opposed to its continu- ance. The privilege of obtaining liquor in this manner had been grossly abused in several cases which came to the notice
of
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
WALTER LONG, M.P.
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