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A.
Enclosed in
(1) on 92583/24/32!
The alterations made in the Bill which were
suggested in (7) on 82746/31 had already been made
when the Bill was published in the Supplement of the
Hong Kong Gazette on the 19th August, 1932, and so no
reference to them should be made when we write to the
China Association. The following further alterations
have now been made in the Bill:-
At the end of Clause 2 (1) "Governor-in-Council"
has been substituted for "Legislative Council or
Finance Committee thereof".
The former clause 3 becomes clause 2(4).
A new clause, clause 3, has been inserted.
Clause 5(3) is also new.
Clause 8 has been redrafted to make it correspond
more closely with Ordinance No.26 of 1932.
The period within which compensation must be claimed
has been extended to three months and a new sub-clause
has been added
ors.
(4) that provides for the appointment of assessor
Clause 12 has been shortened.
The Governor has not been able to accept the
suggestion contained in the representations which
were conveyed to him in the second para. of (11). He
states that such modification would stultify the whole
Bill.
Otherwise, the objections of the China
Association inso far as they concern the effect of the
Bill in the Colony appear to have been met.
We do not know exactly what past works are to
be validated by this Ordinance. It must, I think, be
admitted that if the validation of past works is
Sucha
is not one
necessary, that is not matter/which could suitably
except
be dealt with by
a general Ordinance.
We