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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
PAPERS.
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, by command of H.E. the Governor, laid upon the table the following papers:-
Regulation under section 2 of the Public Places Regulation Ordinance, 1870, relating to horses, etc., using Deep Water Bay beach.
Regulations under section 3 of the Dogs Ordinance, 1927.
Order made by the Chief Justice under section 115 of the
Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1931.
By-law under section 16 of the Public Health and Buildings
Ordinance, 1903.
Order including Pokfulam under section 78 of the Public Health
and Buildings Ordinance, 1903.
Report of the Superintendent of Imports and Exports for the
year 1933.
FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, by command of H.E. the Governor, laid upon the table the report of the Finance Committee, No. 8 of 28th June 1934, and moved that it adopted.
to.
THE COLONIAL TREASURER seconded, and this was agreed
EXCHANGES ORDINANCE, 1934.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL moved the first reading of a Bill intituled "An Ordinance to regulate and control Exchanges". He said: The aim of this Bill is to make unlawful such concerns as the recent Gold Bar exchanges which were mere "bucket shops" and served no purpose beyond providing the community with facilities for one form of gambling on a large scale.
It does not touch the buying or selling forward of stocks and shares or ordinary exchange transactions with banks or operations by brokers on exchanges outside the Colony.
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded, and the Bill was read a first time.
Objects and Reasons.
The "Objects and Reasons” for the Bill were stated as follows:-
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